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His Father's Relationship In The Book Night By Elie Wiesel

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Elie Wiesel's main support and where he got his will to live was his Father, Shlomo Wiesel. Although that is where he got his support, his relationship with his father changed drastically; this is shown throughout the book, but it is not focused on. Since it is not focused on as a main part of the book Night I will focus on it today.
At the start of the book his dad is really not talked about, in fact the first mention of his father is on page 4; where elie wiesel asks, “...My father can you guide me in the studies of Kabbalah. [His father’s response] “You are too young for that… (wiesel, 4) ” His father then proceeds to say “...one must be thirty [to study the Kabbalah]...(wiesel, 4)” The next page that he talks about his father is on page …show more content…

This is because falling asleep means death. Before leaving Gleiwitz the SS did a selection where his father was sent to the left. wiesel ran after his father causing chaos, but saving his father. This is different from the beginning because at the start when his father was beaten he did nothing. Another example of how this is different is when his father looks dead wiesel says, “...there is no longer any reason to live… (wiesel, 99)” In fact the only reason wiesel was still alive was because of his fathers encouragement such as when his father said “Don’t give in!...You must resist. Don’t lose faith in yourself… (wiesel, 102)” This all changes when they reach Buchenwald. His father becomes really weak even sleeping in the showers. wiesel look on his father changes as far as saying “If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to fight for my own survival. Take care of only myself… (wiesel, 106)” The last thing his father says is “Eliezer… (wiesel, 111)” and wiesel doesn’t answer. He says his father was taken away at dawn. After his father dies he only says “Free at last!… (wiesel, 112)” He is also transferred to the childrens blocks where he doesn’t think of his father or his mother anymore, only of extra soup. Once he got the Buchenwald there was a greater difference in what they

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