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The Power Of Family In Night By Elie Wiesel

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The Destructive Power of Family Ties in Night

In the novel “Night” by Elie Wiesel family ties is a constant and essential theme of the novel. the relationship between Elie and his father shows that having someone during a traumatic time can be the difference between life and death and while it can be positive it can also lead to a negative outlook. Throughout the novel a change in responsibility, support, and guidance presents the highs and lows in the importance of how those relationships can either hinder or help.

The importance of family in challenging and traumatic times is very apparent as in “Night” Elie is thrown into such a new, dark and death filled place with no guidance from anyone but his father, Shlomo. In the initial stages of the novel Shlomo is very apparent in Elies's life as it was quickly changing at such an immature age by having everything stripped away like family, wealth, morals and even faith, some sort of crutch is needed. Family is a reliable source of emotional and physical support as they are always pushing you and want the best for you an example of this is in the novel when Shlomo and Elie finally …show more content…

During this time Elies's father, Shlomo, could be perceived as a physical manifestation of Elies' Survival Motivation and Emotional Resilience. Elie defines most of his will to live and continue coming from his father presence which fuels his determination to protect and support the final remaining connection he has to the rest of his family which is evident through his constant selfless acts to preserve and save his father. The shared hopes, fears and dreams now made Elie think of him and his father as one, for Elie to survive means his father needs to survive these experiences cause people to think of everyone as a whole and not a singular

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Elie shows this through the story when he writes about himself at just 15 years old wanting to be with his dad, when he wrote about Rabbi Eliahu, and when he wrote about his mother and sisters. One of the ways Elie showed the theme of the book was when he didn't leave his father's side during the entire book. “The ss officers were doing the selection the weak to the left those who walked well to the right. My father was sent to the left. I ran after him...”

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