Analytical Essay On Night By Elie Wiesel

Elie cares about his father and does not him to just give up and die, he forces him to get up and take a shower. Later when his father was taken to the infirmary the nazi’s did not give him any food. Elie gives his father half of his soup instead of giving him all of it. This shows that Elie is more concerned with himself than his father. Like the son that killed his father on the way to Buchenwald.

In the story Night by Elie Wiesel, his relationship with his father changed drastically from the time they shared within their time within the German concentration camps. Elie had always closest to his father, but once they entered the camps. In these camps Elie became

Wiesel and his father, Chlomo, had a helpful relationship at times. One way their relationship was helpful was when the two was running Gleiwitz. Wiesel was tired and his foot was throbbing, he was ready to give up and quite running. Wiesel states, “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me. . .” (82).

Because they were stripped of everything and all they had left was each other. Secondly, “their relationship demonstrates that Wiesel’s love and solidarity are stronger forces of survival than his instinct for self-preservation” (Sparknote editors). This quote helps explain the way that the bond between Elie Wiesel and his father really did help them stay alive. As said, Wiesel’s love and solidarity are much stronger than just his will to keep himself alive. This shows they had a strong father-son bond because he truly cares about his dad's conditions, before his own.

Death. Sad. Pain. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie recalls about the Holocaust

Another example is when Elie’s father was ill and was taken to the crematory to be burned by the SS officers. On page 81 it says “I woke up at dawn on January 29. On my father's cot there lay another sick person. They must have taken him away before daybreak and taken him to the crematorium. Perhaps he was still breathing.

In the memoir Night, the author, Elie Wiesel, uses vividly descriptive diction to establish the theme that one should never let go of their goals. After Elie and his family were forced to leave their home, they were loaded into a box car. Elie recalls that, “After two days of traveling [on the train], [ they] began to be tortured by thirst.” (Wiesel 21). Elie Wiesel’s choice of the word torture, instantly brings to mind a picture of people going through unbearable suffering. His vivid descriptions easily bring to mind instant images of what the text is depicting. Through Elie’s ride in the box car, he never let go of his goal of survival. His vivid description of the box car show you what Elie had to withstand while never letting go of his

Hanging in the gallows for what felt like more than half an hour, Elie and the other prisoners were forced to look at the boy while he was suffering. Elie says that God is hanging within the young boy’s body: “Where He is? This is where–hanging here from the gallows. ”(Wiesel 65). After Elie experiences the hanging, Elie loses his faith showing rebellion against God as he questions His presence and role in allowing such atrocities to

In the beginning of the book, before experiencing life threatening difficulties, Elie was much more determined to stay with his family (in order to survive). Eliezer thought that his father was what kept him going and gave him strength, he was certain that the right thing to do was to stay with his dad. In chapter 3 Wiesel states, “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone” (30). In these sentences, Elie explains that he and his father needed to stay together. This quote also shows what Elie’s emotions were; he was scared to suffer through the concentration camp alone. Elie also shows his need for family when he says, “Franek, the foreman, assigned me to a corner... ‘Please, sir ... I’d like to be near

During Elie Wiesel’s book there seemed to be many mixed emotions throughout the situation of being in the camp and the separation of their family, and along with the relationship between him and his father. In the beginning of the book Elie thought that his father could care less about him and what he does since he always seemed to be busy and had no time for his wife or his children. “My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental, He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin” (Wiesel, 4). In the middle of the book things started to change, the both of them tried their hardest to stay together and to never be separated apart no matter what circumstances stood by “We’ll take turns. I’ll watch over you and you’ll watch over me” (Wiesel, 89).

While at the concentration camp Elie felt as though “the days resembled the nights, and the nights left in [their] souls the dregs of their darkness” (100). “Night” throughout the book is used to symbolize death, suffering and loss in faith. Night represents life for the prisoners to be submerged in suffering and hopelessness. While at the camp Wiesel feels as though the “first night in [the] camp turned [his] life into one long night seven times sealed”(34). This exaggeration emphasizes that Elie’s life has changed forever. His life has become one single long night, which could also be described as a nightmare. This description of prolonged nights and darkness foreshadows the horrific experiences Wiesel will have at the concentration camp. While reflecting on events from the first night at Auschwitz, Wiesel states that he shall never “forget those moments what murdered [his] God and his soul and turned [his] dreams to ashes” (34). Elie believes that experiences in the camp murdered his faith and dreams. The memories of the atrocities he suffered have been deeply ingrained in his mind and can never be forgotten. Hence, his destroyed dreams and lost faith can never be restored. Even though many victims of the Holocaust were initially extremely spiritual people, for many, their belief in God was weakened by their experiences at internment camps. When asked “where is God?” Wiesel responds by saying “this is where -- hanging here from the gallows” (65), indicating that he feels God is dead. The victims/prisoners questioned why they were being afflicted with such horror. Many felt betrayed by God. The Holocaust did much more then just physical torture; it diminished the faith, hope, and dreams of

Later he recalls a moment in the camp when he witnesses a little boy being hung and struggling from life and death. “Behind me, I heard the same man asking: “for God’s sake, where is God?” and from within me, I heard a voice answer: “Where is he? This is where the gallows hang” (Wiesel 65). While Elie watches this little boy be hung, he questions how the God he loved and worshiped could let this happen, especially to a little boy.

After the Pipel in the camp was executed by hanging, Elie explains what everything felt like to him. He even explains that “the soup [that night] tasted like corpses,” (Wiesel 65). After witnessing the brutal hanging, he begins to lose faith in God and himself. He now thinks of nothing but death, which is the main goal by the Nazis. Elie even says that “the idea of dying, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me,” (Wiesel 86). The process of dehumanization clearly had a negative effect on Elie, as he now becomes interested in the idea of dying himself. A major goal of dehumanization was to prevent people from fighting back. If the person can only think about death and not live on fighting the oppressors, then dehumanization is evident. Elie wasn’t even the worst one off, as another prisoner even states that he has “more faith in Hitler than anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people,” (Wiesel 80). This prisoner was clearly affected to the core by the Nazis as he himself says that he can now only trust his

During the years prior to Elie's Wiesel's experience in the Holocaust, Elie and his father shared a distant relationship that lacked a tremendous amount of support and communications but, eventually, their bond strengthens as they rely on each other for survival and comfort.

The Gypsy who was in charge, punched his father with such intensity that he fell down and squirmed back to his place in line. “I stood petrified. What had happed to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent.” Wiesel goes through a rollercoaster of emotions when dealing with his father. At times, Chlomo became his only hope and the only reason that he did not die. At other times, he felt that his father was a burden and was pulling him down. He couldn’t march well or keep up with the others. Through all of this despair and anguish their bond became stronger than ever.