Family is our backbone to life. The book Night is about a boy named Elie and his father, as they challenge life in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. By examining the novel Night, we can see family is the key to survival, which is important because people that do not have family often don’t have family often don’t have the support and comfort to keep going in ruthless situations. Elie survives because his family is there. With his father by his side, his father’s presence is a motivation for him to keep moving on. On the train Elie is scared by the idea of his father's end when he doesn't move. Elie expresses in this moment “My mind was invaded suddenly by this realization, there was no more reason to live, no more reason to struggle.”