Father Son Relationship In Night By Elie Wiesel

Elie and his family were just a few out of millions of people who were sent to concentration camps. When Elie got there, he was separated from his mother and sisters. He and his father were not separated, which is good because that is what strengthened their relationship as a father and son. The relationship of Elie and his father evolves throughout the book. Their relationship in the past was taken for granted, but as the book progresses their relationship gets stronger. At the beginning of the book, Elie says that his father cared more about his work than he did his family. “My father rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin.” (pg. 4). This quote relates to the theme because it is backing up Elie’s statement that his father cared more of work than his family. Elie’s father felt like he was making his family

“By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple.” (pg. 3) This proves that Elie could have spent more time with his father but chose to do other things rather than bond with his family. Elie had plenty of time to bond with his family, but chose to do other things to make him busy. “My parents ran a store. Hilda and Bea helped with the work. As for me, my place was in the house of study, or so they said.” (pg. 4) By reading this, you can infer that Elie’s father spent most of his time working at his store, and Elie spent most of his time at school. Elie’s father was always busy, either helping the community or running the store with Elie’s mother. With that, and Elie’s devotion to Moishe the Beadle and his studies, there was hardly ever any time for the two of them to