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Night Father's Relationship Analysis

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In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie’s relationship with his father is distant, but as the story progresses the relationship grows, eventually degenerating, but resolving in peace. In the beginning of the book Elie’s relationship with his father is distant. They don’t speak to each other that often, his father cares about the community more than his family, he didn’t leave when they had the chance, and lastly he never wanted to study the cabbala with Elie because he’s too young. Elie’s father is more concerned about the community than his own family. Elie’s father is always occupied with his business and working with the community, Elie says “my father is cultured...He was more concerned with others than with his own family ( Wiesel pg2).’’ Elie’s father didn’t want to leave because he felt that he was too old to start a new life from scratch in a country far away. Wiesel asks his father to sell out, liquidate his business and they all leave (pg6). Elie’s father …show more content…

Elie wanted to give up on because of how bad his foot was hurting, but with his father by his side running through the thick snow with him made him not give up. His father was out of breath and running out of strength. Elie kept moving with him (Wiesel pg 82). Rabbi Eliahou 's son had left his father behind because he thought he was to weak to go on… Elie saw what he had did and lied to Rabbi Eliahou saying that he hasn’t seen his son. Elie said to himself that he wouldn’t do what Eliahou’s son did ( Wiesel pg 86-87). Many people have died inside the train car. Elie’s father was sleeping, Elie tried to wake up his father so the SS officers wouldn’t throw him out. Elie was trying so hard to wake his father up but he just wouldn’t.. The SS officers were trying to take him. Elie knew his father wasn’t dead, He slapped him hard. His father started to slowly open his eyes and wake up. They continued their miserable

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