Father Son Relationship In Night By Elie Wiesel

Night Father son relationships

Madalynn

In the section we recently read we were introduced to two more sets of fathers and sons. There were some similarities between these fathers and their sons, more in some than others. Elie and his father contrast a lot from the other two we learned about. Rabbi Eliahou and his son and Meir and his father were the other two father son groups we learned about.

Elie and his father we inseparable. Elie even cause a distraction to make sure he stayed with his father. They were basically living for each other. Elie only wanted to live because he knew it was the only thing keeping his father alive. Unlike the other two father son groups, They had hope. The had hope in each other if nothing else. Unlike the others Elie never wanted to leave his father. He wanted to stay with him no matter what. He even slapped him to wake him

Rabbi Eliahou and his son were inseparable. They had gone through selections together and both made it this far. Until Rabbi Eliahou starts to fall behind while they were running. He believes his son is unaware of him falling behind. His son, however, was aware and kept running anyway. His son left him for a better chance of survival. Elie even prayed to God that he would never do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son did. Rabbi Eliahou’s son and Meir have a lot in common.

The last father son relationship we read about was Meir and his father. This one occurs while they are on the cart that has no roof. As bystanders toss bread into the cart Elie sees a man crawl away clutching his chest. Elie soon learns that the man was not injured but hiding some bread. His son, Meir, had seen him and attacked. Meir’s father tried to explain to Meir that he had some for him too. Meir would not listen and killed his own father. Unfortunately for Meir, some guys had been watching and attacked him. Meir was killed in this fight, leaving both him and his father