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Examples Of Profishency In Night By Elie Wiesel

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Night Profishency The moment that Elie arrived at Auschwitz the conflict with his father affected him the most. In the book “Night” by Elie Wiesel. Throughout the book, Elie struggles to stay near his father and not get separated. During their time at the concentration camp, Elie and his father face many struggles and conflicts. The same day that Elie and his father arrived at Auschwitz Elie sees his father slapped by a Nazi. When Elie saw his father being hit and did nothing. He just stood there silently watching it happen. Elie thought “ I shall never forgive them for this” because his father was just slapped in the face front of him and he did nothing to stop it. Then his father whispered in his ear “Does it hurt”. Elie wishes he stood up for his father and did not just stand there and watch it happen. …show more content…

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. When his father died Elie felt relieved because he no longer had ... “ No prayers were said over his tomb. No candle lit in his

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