Important events in Night By Shirin Malik What is the most important event in Night? Night by Elie Wiesel is a very important and meaningful book that has many events that can stand out to the reader. This book really made me understand how hard it was for the Jews at that time. There were many events that were shocking and very touching, the Jews never deserved the pain and trauma that Hitler put them through. The event that stands out to me the most is Elie’s father dying, his father was the only thing that was really keeping him going. “The idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. To break rank, to let myself slide to the side of the road.. My fathers presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support”(Wiesel 87). This quote is very meaningful. Elie had no reason to keep going; he didn't know what would happen after the death march, he could’ve easily let himself fall and peacefully rest forever, but he didn’t because he was scared his father wouldn't have made it without him. This …show more content…
“I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: "Free at last!!”(Wiesel 112). The reason Elie had felt this way was because of how much effort he was putting into his father. When his father was sick he would give up his portion of bread and soup just so his father could get better. Elie did not care if he was hungry, all he cared about was if his father was hungry, he cared for him much more than he cared for