Elie Wiesel's memoir Night relates his experiences as a Jewish boy during the Holocaust. The memoir focuses on Elie's relationship with his father and how it impacts him throughout the events. Elie's connection with his father develops with time, with both positive and negative effects for him. In Elie Wiesel's memoir “Night” it can be argued that Elie and his father have an easy relationship. They form a close bond and encourage one another as they go through difficult moments in the camp. But it can also be argued that their relationship is distant in parts. They don't talk much since his father isn't concerned with how he is treating Elie at the end of the book.
Elie's relationship with his father in the memoir "Night" by Elie Wiesel affects
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This puts a big strain on their relationship. Elie is forced to take care of his father and make sure his dad is taken care of enough to survive. Elie gets very frustrated with his father for not being able to take care of himself. At one point, Elie even thinks about leaving his father behind to save himself. In this quote, "I could have screamed in anger. To have lived and endured so much; was I going to let my father die now? Now that we would be able to take a good hot shower and lie down?” (pg.105) a negative vibe is being resembled. It resembles how much Elie does not want his father to die because they have been through so much. He can not just let him go like that. Elie wants him and his father to make it. In this part of the book Ellie and his father are now allowed to take a shower. Ellie's father cannot stand for that long and he collapses once again. Ellie lets him sit down and stay but he checks up On his father multiple times. Ellie makes sure to take a quick shower so that he can help his father. Once again, his father will not get up and will not do what Ellie says. Just like any other kid Ellie gets angry and he feels that his father does not care