Father And Son Bond In Elie Wiesel's Night

In the novel Night, a non-fiction story about the Holocaust. As the book is non-fiction, Elie recalls events from his memory, through his story we see many times how a father and son bond can be a beneficiary to your survival. Elie Wiesel explores the importance of a father and son bond by highlighting different types of relationships between fathers and sons to reinforce how helpful a strong bond can be in difficult situations. Throughout Night, the bond between Elie and his father, Shlomo, serves as a lifeline in the face of unspeakable suffering. After hours of running through the snow, the Jews reached an abandoned factory where they were allowed to rest. Shlomo worried his son told him that if he fell asleep, he would die. Eventually, they came up with a compromise. Shlomo says "Don't

After he ate it “a shadow lain down beside him”. And this shadow threw itself over him. Stunned by the blows, the old man cried: "Meir, my little Meir! Don't you recognize me You're killing your father. I have bread.for you too. for you too." (Wiesel 101). Had the bond between them been stronger, they could have overcome the urge to fight over the food, saving them both. The themes of resilience and familial bonds depicted in Night resonate with contemporary struggles and triumphs. Early in the story, when they first arrived in Auschwitz, they were being interviewed by the officers to determine if they would be kept or killed. After Ellie got sent to the left, he waited anxiously for the officer to decide his father's fate. Once he was sent to the left, Ellie said. “We did not know, as yet, which was the better side, right or left, which road led to prison and which to the crematoria. Still, I was happy, I was near my father” (Wiesel, 32). Elie was excited to be with his father, even though there was a good chance they were both about to get murdered. It was the bond between them that had calmed