Book Report On The Night By Elie Wiesel

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The Night takes place in Europe during World War II, like Elie most families were became separated because of death, ghettos, and concentration camps all created by the Nazi party which was an organization which planned to completely erase the Jewish population. The Night written by Elie Wiesel is a memoir about his time during World War II. Elie’s father never payed attention to him their relationship was substandard. This greatly changes as they are forced into concentration camps and must survive together. Throughout the story it is discovered that family plays an important role in not just surviving but living too. In the concentration camps Elie’s father being alive had kept Elie alive and had given him humanity, but when his father dies …show more content…

It’s Rosh Hashanah (the start of the Jewish year) and Elie is losing faith in because of the horrors he has seen at these concentration camps, he doesn’t know whether or not to wish his father a happy new year. “I ran to look for my father… I went up to him, took his hand and kissed it. I felt a tear on my hand… I said nothing. Nor did he. Never before have we understood each other so clearly.” (page 68-69). At this point in the story Elie and his father are going through the same hardships at this camp, and because of this they understand each other and know what the other is going through. Therefore the two are showing empathy and their relationship is becoming …show more content…

Elie’s foot had gotten much worse as him and his father were walking to Gleiwitz. The only thing going through Elie’s head was death, he just wanted to die. “The idea of dying… To no longer feel anything… to let myself slide to the side of the road… My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me.” (page 86). Elie was exhausted while running toward inward Germany (plus the foot wasn’t helping) thought death was the only thing to stop the suffering, but because of his father being there Elie kept going without his father. Because of his father Elie is still alive without Shlomo he would’ve given up and maybe even