Relationship Between Elie And His Father In Night By Elie Wiesel

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In the book Night Elie and his father, Shlomo, have a very strong relationship, they are able to keep each other going by motivating one another in many different ways. One way that shows how they keep each other motivated is Shlomo telling him to keep going even though he’s unbelievably tired. For example, Elie is having trouble keeping up and continuing to run, so his father is telling him to wait a little longer and to keep going. His father says, ‘“Not here…Get up…A little farther down. There is a shed over there…Come…” I had no desire nor the resolve to get up. Yet I obeyed”(Wiesel 88). Even though Elie is so tired he listens to what his father is telling him to do. This also shows that Shlomo is good at motivating him and keeping