Father/Son Relationships During the Holocaust The Holocaust was a terrifying event that lasted for over 12 years and brought the deaths of about six million Jews. The main cause of death was the concentration camps that the Nazis set up throughout Europe. There, Jews and other minorities were gassed, cremated, shot, and forced to work. Elie Wiesel, author of the memoir Night, was one of the few Jews that survived the Holocaust. In Night, he writes about the harrowing experience of being deported
Honors English 10 Mr. MacNamee April 3, 2013 1 Relationship: From Night to Day (Rough Draft) In the short but gripping memoir named “Night,” author Elie (Eliezer) Wiesel deeply reflects on his experiences in various concentration camps with his father during the Holocaust. Before the Jews were shipped off to incessant fear and starvation, Elie’s father didn’t have a significant relationship with his family, particularly Elie. After they were shipped away and got separated
“Take care of your son. He is very weak” is advice given by his cousin, Stein, to Eliezer and his father (Wiesel, 45). In Night by Elie Wiesel he illustrates his experience in the holocaust. He is put in a life or death situation with his father that puts an extreme strain on the bond, but they weren’t the only father-son relationship put to the test. The advice given to him was followed by him and by some other characters. In the novel Night by Eliezer Wiesel, the author displays how times of hardship
Relationships with family members often help one persevere through the hard times and experiences of life. In Elie Wiesel’s memoir Night, Elie is faced with many challenges to overcome along the side of his father as they experience the atrocities of the Holocaust. The father/son relationships between Elie and others he encountered often determined their survival through this traumatic event. Strong father/son relationships lead to the survival through harsh events during the extermination of the
In the book Night, there were three father son relationships. They were all very different but at the same time had many similarities. Being in the Holocaust really changed their relationships. Eliezer and Chlomo and Rabbi Eliahou and his son share some similarities. Both of the fathers worry about their children. Another reason is because at Eliahou’s son left him towards the end, but Eliezer thought about leaving his father earlier in the book. The difference between them is Eliezer never actually
Night “He didn’t teach me how to live, he lived, and let me watch him do it” by. Night tells you how watching a father figure live his life could help you in yours. In Night Elie Wiesel shows how strong father son relationships can be in life and death situations. For instance when he knew he was dying he gave his son a spoon and a knife. Also, when his father died nothing mattered to Elie anymore. In Night Elie was going through a very tough time with his father dying and him just seeing him go
memoir Night, also examines father son relationships in the holocaust, the relationship between Elie and Shlomo Wiesel argues that in the midst of persecution, one's will to live may rise above his will to help others live due to human nature, even in a father son relationship. Elie and his father went through many trials that changed their relationship periodically throughout the book. “My Hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone”(Night, 30)
Father Son Love In the story, Night by Elie Wiesel, there were many different types of relationships of father and son. The relationship with a son mistreating his father, a son leaving his father to die, a son attack a father just for his food and lastly the relationship between the author and his own son. It is true that self-preservation is a human instinct in which we all have, but would it be enough ruin everything between a father and son. It seems like nothing can separate a father and
The Steady Relationship Between Father and Son The Holocaust was a very terrible time in history over six million Jews perished in concentration camps. Even though in every tragedy there are survivors. Elie Wiesel was a little boy when all of this happened. He experienced all of the terrible things that happened during this time frame. While suffering in the terrible condition of the camp Elie and his father’s relationship goes through a drastic change. In the beginning of the story Elie and his
to the limits. Elie and his father shared a distant relationship and lacked of support. Their relationship went from an imperfect relationship to a strong bond. Their bond strengthen when they had to rely on each other for comfort. The father and son relationship displayed, “Elie Wiesel Night” symbolizes the need for human contact, a strong reliable faith and the important family bond. In the book “Night” Elie Wiesel and his father Shlomo Wiesel relationship, “ My father was a cultured man, rather