Intimate Relationships In Elie Wiesel's Night

Despite describing his father as cold, Elie and his father stick together through it all, to his father 's last breath. Even though their sufferings were horrible their relationship improved because before becoming prisoners, they did not spend much time together. Elie is mostly focusing on his religious studies and his father on community meetings. Once they go to the concentration camps their relationship improves and they live mostly for one another. When father and son are taken from their home, they experience harsh conditions in the camps.

The book “Milkweed” by Jerry Spinelli is a story about an orphan gypsy boy named Misha living through the hardships of World War II and the holocaust. Throughout the story Misha meets many people who help him and some that do not. He meets other people like him, children who are also orphans and Jewish people trying to survive the holocaust. The main boy who helped Misha in the book we an older boy named Uri who helped teach Misha to be selfless and help other people and how to lay low, to stay away from trouble he couldn’t get out of in order to stay alive. The theme of “Milkweed” is trust.

Through works such as the memoir Night, by survivor Elie Wiesel, and the artistry of the 1997 film Life is Beautiful, directed by Roberto Benigni, these times of hardships are kept alive in common memory. Through contrasting the lives of Elie Wiesel, and the fictional character of Giosue from Life is Beautiful, in the concentration camp, the evolution of the father-son relationship over time can be seen. Before the war had come to the forefront, both the lives of Wiesel and Giosue are similar in the basic sense. Their relationship with their father was, for the most part, one of reliance -- a bond similar to that of a teacher and a learner. Through the experiences documented in Night, Wiesel tells of how he saw his father as a leader, and as a protector.

Throughout the book we are led to believe that Salva’s parents and siblings had passed away but he never lost hope that they were still alive. In the end, his suffering paid off as his hope and dream of finding his family alive finally came true. Through the story of a young boy who treasured all his blessings in a harsh environment, I learned to value the things I have and to not waste these special

Critics argue that this is not the main focus of the book although they are right this is still an important focus of the story. Vladeck and his family are put in very hard situations that they have to find some type of safety to save themselves and others this happens when Vladek and his wife have to figure out what to do with their son. “I have a good friend, a pole, who’s willing to hide my son until the situation gets better. ...I think he’d take you boy too.” (Spiegelman, 81). Safety is the priority for their son and this shows great humanity that someone is looking out for their son and his well being.

As they arrive, they hear orders over the loudspeaker – they need to organize themselves into ranks and groups – and Elie secures his father’s hand in his in fear of losing him again. Their hands hold a tighter connection than a scared, little toddler’s hand grips their parent’s hand in a horrendous, spine-chilling haunted house on Halloween. The palm-to-palm contact exhibits a heart-to-heart relation, a valuable feeling felt since Elie and Shlomo trust one another. In addition, Elie sacrifices his food resources to care for his father. Elie relentlessly gives his ration of bread and soup to his father, trying to keep him alive.

In the text, we see love between George and Lennie when George is able to accept that he is not like other men in traveling alone and accepting who Lennie is and caring for him like a brother. In the film, it is also shown between Che and his son, Jesse, when Che finds out that Jesse is homosexual. Che learns to accept him for who he is and learns to accept himself as Jesse’s father. Love can be both a positive or a bad experience that everyone will eventually go through but it all depends on the person you

Starvation, death, anti- semitism, mistreatment, pain, forced labor, abuse -- all are situations Jewish people had to experience How did prisoners endure such hardships? Was it better to focus on one’s own survival or to work together to survive? In the memoir Night and the movie Schindler’s List, director Steven Spielberg and author Elie Wiesel explore this idea. They explore this idea by showing Jews helping other Jews to live and survive during the horrors of the Holocaust in Night and Schindler’s List. In the movie Schindler’s List, the director showed how Jews were helpful to other Jews by depicting many men helping others.

The narrator comes to recognize being a brother in an abstract light is looking out for another whether or not it is in times of peril. Following Grace’s death, the narrator remains in constant contact with Sonny going as far as to support him financially and provide living arrangements. This connotes to the author realizing he must be there for his brother and their bond proves unbreakable. Despite the turbulent past between the brothers,they are bonded by brotherhood which will guide them in continuing a lasting

In the graphic novel Maus II, Art Spiegelman reveals what hardships his father had to go through to survive his time during the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel depicted what him and his father went through to withstand the suffering in the concentration camps during the holocaust in his autobiography, Night. The connection between these two works from contrasting genres is the relationships and loyalty to family and friendships shown throughout these accounts. When facing critical situations, remaining loyal to your family and friends is more essential to survival than self-preservation and resourcefulness. Having close relationships with friends and family could benefit you by granting you opportunities to receive support, resources and other components to survival.

Compassion is a feeling of wanting to help someone who is sick, hungry, in trouble. These three factors are important throughout the book, I chose prompt 1. In the story Night by Elie Wiesel compassion plays a key role in the survival of Elie and the Jews in the concentration camp with him. The author Elie Wiesel’s view on compassion changes throughout the story. In the beginning Elie shows compassion to others and helps them survive during rough times.

There were several characters that became part of Elie’s journey in the book; Shlomo, Moishe the Beadle, Idek, Dr. Josef Mengele, and so on. Shlomo, his father, is present throughout most of the book. He is highly respected by the Jewish community of Sighet, especially by his son. Alongside Elie, they try to remain together throughout their time at the concentration camp. Elie gains a will to survive for his father, for example on pages 75-76, when his father does not pass the selection he states “How good would it be to die right here!” This example shows how he is almost the center of Elie’s survival.