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Elie Wiesel's Relationship With His Father

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The relationship between a father and his son is an breakable bond, strong enough to withstand the test of time. The only question is if this bond can withstand all of the trials that come during the test of time? To some the thought of ever breaking the sacred bond with their father sounds horrible, but for others the bond has already been broken. Elie Wiesel's relationship with his father and many others’ were put to the ultimate test during the world’s most horrific event in history, the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel is taken to a concentration camp where he is separated from his whole family except his father. He is not the only one to suffer this same tragedy, all of the men were separated from the women and from there the weak were separated from the strong. During this time fathers and sons were split, while others were able to cunningly …show more content…

They lied about their ages and occupations just to survive together. “All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone (Page 30).” Many of the people who were taken to concentration camps thought the very same thing, if they had someone they knew, someone they loved, they could survive this Hell together. Elie Wiesel was not the only one who thought this, he saw it all around him. Sons and fathers were lying to stay together when it came to every aspect of the concentration camp. “‘Please, sir… I’d like to be near my father.’ ‘Alright. Your father will work here, next to you.’” Elie was constantly fighting to be next to his father because his father was his reason for survival. “An my father? I first thought of him now. How would he pass selection? He had aged so much… (Page 700)” Elie wanted nothing more than to

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