Elie and his Dad had bunch of similarities before the holocaust, in the holocaust, and after the holocaust. In the beginning of the story Elie and his dad both had the same feeling and emotions. Also in the beginning of the book they were taken by german soldiers, and they were taken to a death camp were 1.6 million jews died. Some similarities they had were that they had the same background, this is because they were both in the holocaust at the same time. Another thing they had in common was they believed in the same tradition, because they were in the same family.
The relationship of elie and his father changed when his father started to get weak and elie needed to take care of him. For example, when the father of Elie got weak, Elie needed to bring him food because the father couldn't stand by himself. Consequently, a random person came and told eli to stop giving him his rations of food because he was going to die anyways. As an effect, Elie thought about it and got really sad because he knew he was going to die. As a result, Elie's
When they first arrived at Auschwitz Elie and his father looked to each other for support and survival, Sometimes Elie’s father being the only thing keeping him alive. In their old community Elie’s father was a strong-willed and respected community leader, as the book went on you could see how the roles were becoming reversed he was becoming weaker and more reliant on Elie to take care of him. Their father son bond had always been strong and only grew stronger with the things they had to endure. “My God, Lord of the Universe, give me strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou’s son has done” Elie was disgusted when he saw Rabbi Eliahou’s son abandon his father to help improve his chances of his survival he prayed he’d never do such a thing, but as his father becoming progressively more reliant on Elie he started to see his father as more of a burden than anything else.
All throughout the novel, we see different viewpoints of family and its importance. The most obvious of these viewpoints is the one of Elie and his father. They show a strong connection and sense of what family is. The two stick together through the
Elie didn’t want his father to die and did everything for him. In the beginning of the memoir he states “I had asked my father to sell everything, to liquidate everything, and to leave.” (Wiesel 9). Then again towards the end he took his fathers food, and laid above him while he died. So in the beginning he showed his love for his father, but then became very distant and not caring.
Elie would not have survived captivity without his father. Well, let me rephrase that. Elie might have survived, but I think he would have faced many extra and unnecessary struggles along the way. There are three main reasons why Elie would have had a harder time without his father, the first being that his father was his advisor. Secondly, his father was his motivation, and even though Elie was very motivated on his own, his father gave him that extra push that he needed.
Elie and his father struggle through hard times, but together they still manage to push through. Each time the prisoners come to a close call with their lives, Elie and his father manage to find a way to stay together. “My father was sent to the left. I ran after him. An SS officer shouted at my back: 'Come back here!'
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.
In the beginning Elie had little to no relationship with his father. His father did not have much time for Elie, because he was involved with the welfare of others than his own family.(Wiesel 4) In Chapter 3 after arriving at the camp Birkenau. Elie and his father gained a closer bond, because they are separated from the rest of their family and the two of them only have each other. (Wiesel 29)
After getting split up from the rest of their family, Elie and his dad developed a bond. This bond grew and grew with the help of each hardship that they faced together. At a point in time, Elie and his dad became codependent relying on each other for everything. Elie maintains his sanity by keeping one goal in mind, protecting his father. When Elie’s father is on the verge of death he calls out to Elie even though he knows the punishment.
Near the beginning of the novel, Elie wanted to be in the same camp with his father more than anything else. The work given to both his father and himself was bearable, but as time passed by, “. . . his father was getting weaker” (107). The weaker Elie’s father got, the more sacrifices Elie made. After realizing the many treatments Elie was giving his father compared to himself, each additional sacrifice made Elie feel as if his “. . .
These occurrences highlight the relationship between Elie and his father, as they contrast against these selfish acts. Even when people advised Elie to let go of his father, he kept persistent and remained loyal to his
Elie’s Relationship With His Father Elie and his father have a strong relationship throughout the memoir. Every time they are placed in a tough situation, they manage to get through it with each others help. Elie would have most likely died if his father was not with him. Shlomo, Elie’s father, was the treasure at the end of the map that Elie was looking for. Elie was not planning on giving this treasure up any time soon.
Families should always be important to you no matter what. Elie and his father are in a very rough spot because they are in concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. They are going through times trying to survive in the camp so they would have to stick together. “Listen to me, kid. Don’t forget that you are in a concentration camp.
Hello there Doctor, My name is Harold Mitchell or Mitch and I have a concern about my one close friend named Blanche. Blanche is someone who I met when she was visiting her sister, Stella. Blanche was a single lady who came from the small town of Laurel and decided to move in with her sister for a few months after having a past few months back in Laurel. Blanche and I became very close and had a few romantic encounters, but I am not going to marry her.
