Through the unforgettable moments in Elie Wiesel’s book, Night it explains what the holocaust did, and how the Germans made it possible to question humanity. It displays Elie’s relationship with his father; Relationships helps the mind prevail through tough situations; They can be powerful and can influence one to keep hope for the future. Elie Wiesel describes his experiences in the numerous Auschwitz concentration camps. Elia and his father had their mind set to get to survive the camps as soon as they knew what was truly going on. Elie and his father’s relationship was instantly strengthened when Elie did not have to go with his mother, Elie describes “His voice was terribly sad. I realized that he did not want to see what they were going to do to me. He did not want to see …show more content…
This displays their relationship briefly, it shows how his father cared for him and how he saw how sad he was, but was still there for him. These moments happened often throughout the story, but each time their relationship grows stronger and stronger, helping them prevail through tough situations. Relationships are powerful, at the end of the book Elie’s father insisted Elie to stop helping him because he is too weak to move on and feels like he is dragging Elie down and lessening his chance for survival. His father was willing to give up his life to greater the chances for Elies survival, Elie explains; “There were no prayers at his grave. No candles were lit to his memory. His last word was my name. A summons, to which I did not respond. I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I had no more tears. And, in the depths of my being, in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched