During the years of 1933-1945 the Holocaust separated and killed many Jewish families. Night, a memoir by Elie Wiese,l is the story of a young Jewish boy and his family going through dehumanizing situations in Concentration Camps. In those situations the father-son relationship it grew stronger each time. The relationship progresses from to almost nothing to never wanting to be separate from each other to feeling relief and guilt.
Elie’s father is an unsentimental man who is respected very much in the
Jewish community of Sighet. Elie and the rest of the family has no connection whatsoever with their father, even though he is very well known in the Jewish community. Elie’s father is said to have “…rarely displayed his feelings, not even with his family…” (Wiesel 4). It shows his father is distant with his family. He is a man who never shares his affection with others, even Elie. Which indicates they have no relationship. At the
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He had been taken to the crematorium by the SS men while he was still breathing. Elie finding out about his death he feels relieved because he did not have to watch over anyone else but him from now on, he has absolutely no tears. Elie states “Free at last!...” (112), although, he was feeling guilty right after having those thoughts. It shows how close Elie and his father got that Elie fought for his father to stay alive for so long that he was tired of having the responsibility.
The father-son relationship ended in Elie feeling guilt and relief that progressed up from never wanting to be separate from having no relationship at all. Schlomo and Elie went through so many situations which brought them closer but caused them so much pain, physically, mentally, and emotionally. The Holocaust had also caused the country a lot terror and pain which is important to learn about so in the future it would not be