Father Son Relationship In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Accordingly is about the relationship between father and son from Signet to liberation. How love molds their bond despite the suffering that they have experienced. At the beginning, Elie and his father do not have a strong connection. When they were in Sighet, Eliezer was fascinated by the study of mysticism. So, he told his father about what he wanted. Unfortunately, Elie's father has nothing positive about it. Eliezer sought out Moshes, to teach him the Cabala. Elie and his father have no time to play or talk about anything under the sun. His father was always busy with others and their community. Furthermore, by the time they were taken to the concentration camp, their relationship had begun to become deeply intense. The time they were isolated from his mother and three sisters. The agony of being separated from their loved ones is heartbreaking. They realized that they must stand to each other to strengthen their faith and survival. …show more content…

They defended each other, so they could live. Even when his father lost hope, he tried to motivate and strengthen his mind set. His father began to have health issues, He became frail from fatigue and despair. Elie protects his father as much as he can. He did not sacrifice his father for his salvation, as other children did to their parents. "Father! Get up here! Immediately! You're killing yourself." This shows how Elie wants his father to realize that he has to fight, not give up. He did not sacrifice his father for its own good, as many children do to their parents in order to survive. However, as the days passed, he began to feel some resentment when he was unable to protect himself from the brutality of the guards instead of pitying