Night by Elie Wisel and Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck differences and similarites

In the novella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, Lennie and George have both similarities and differences that are revealed throughout the storyline. These comparisons and contrasts are used to explain their unique friendship and dependency on one another. The story begins with the description of their physical and intellectual differences and establishes their roles of who is the dominant one. The story shares the obstacles that have stood in the way of them obtaining their “American Dream” to own land, even if they if they have different motivations. The story concludes with the difficult choice that George makes to end Lennie’s life himself, out of his love for his friend.

Throughout the book, “Of Mice and Men”,George and Lennie have faced many difficulties and problems. But they never quite gave up on each other. In the book, “Of Mice and Men”, John Steinbeck stated many things to prove the main idea. Throughout the book, John Steinbeck shows the difficulties that George and Lennie have to deal with. He states on how they are different, their problems and what keeps their relationship stable. Friendships may be difficult and put you out from the rest, but it has it’s values.

In conclusion, father and son bond relate to parts of the book in many ways. Elie and his father were both close in the beginning to the end. When Adam Driver stated “It’s hard to kill a father-son bond.” it represents Elie and his father’s bond. Ever since Elie and his father got separated from their family their bond grew stronger and stronger each day in the

Elie Wiesel’s book “Night” shows the life of a father and son going through the concentration camp of World War II. Their life long journey begins from when they are taken from their home in Sighet, they experience harsh and inhuman conditions in the camps. These conditions cause Elie and his father’s relationship to change. During their time there, Elie and his father experience a reversal in roles.

Before Elie and his father’s nightmare began they were very distant from each other. Elie’s father “ rarely displayed his feelings , not even within his family ...” (4). He was emotionless towards everyone. He never communicated

As the Novel goes on and Elie and his father are taken to the concentration camps they become closer. For instance, Elie writes, “My hand

When being shouted at by Idek, Elie “looked at him without seeing him. [He] was thinking of [his] father” and realized that “he must have suffered more than [he] did” (56). Because of his vile experiences, he finally understand his father’s pain. The hardships of the concentration camp have given them a mutual understanding of each other’s feelings. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Elie finds his father “standing near the wall, bowed down, his shoulders sagging as though beneath a heavy burden” (65). He kissed his hand and “A tear fell upon it” (65). Although they didn’t speak, they “had never understood one another so clearly” (65). Because of their struggles, they are finally able to relate to each other despite the fact that they aren’t together all the time. They are able to comfort each other through the harsh, rough times of the Holocaust. ____

In the sixth and seventh sections of the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie tells about two other father and son relationships along with his own relationship with his father. All three relationships are very different in many ways, but they also have several similarities between them. Eliezer and his father, Shlomo know that they are the only person that the other has, so they both try to stay alive for each other. They both try to stay together at all times to know that the other is alive. Eliezer would not let his father die and his father would not let him die no matter how tired they were.

In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, the father and son have their good moments and they also have their downsides. But over all I think they’ve gotten closer to each other more than further apart. Both Elie and his dad stuck by each other’s sides through everything, to them losing each other would be the end. But luckily they stuck by each other throughout the concentration camps. Throughout the story you will see them growing further apart, but when they notice they are they come right back to each other.

The relationship between Elie Wiesel and his father has grown and changed incredibly throughout his novel Night. They had a distant relationship with each other but got closer throughout their hard and tragic journey.

The relationship between a father and his son is a very important part of his life but can be affected by past choices and opinions. A father is an influential person in his son's life and must guide him growing up. Elie and his father have a rather distant relationship, making it hard for Elie to have a close connection with his father. Elie and his father’s relationship is very complicated at the beginning of the memoir but as their roles reverse, they become closer. In Eliezer Wiesel’s memoir, Night, the theme of his relationship with his father changes throughout their journey together in the camps.

“Warren Lee Hill, a man with an IQ of 70, Was put to death Tuesday despite international protests that Georgia was executing a man with a child’s intellect.” Both Warren Hill and Lennie Small from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, suffered the same fate of death. Both men suffering from Mental Retardation. George Milton murdering Lennie and, Georgia wrongfully “executing” Warren. Some people believe George was justified because he killed Lennie out of love, and it was the right thing to do for that certain moment in time. However, the opposite is true because George was not justified and should be punished for killing Lennie because he didn’t let the police handle the issue, Lennie is like a child in his own way and shouldn’t face death, And they could have just locked him in jail or prison instead of taking a life.

Carlson had three main reason to shoot Candy’s dog it stunk, it was old, and was in pain according to him. The dog stunk up the bunkhouse so the guys couldn't sleep at night. The dog could barely walk and looked terrible and filled with pain. So Carlson said “i'll take him out back and shoot him, won't even feel a thing”. At first candy was not going to let him shoot him but realized it was for the better.

Over the course of the story, John Steinbeck is attempting to show that the relationship that George and Lennie have is one that can be hard to understand at certain times. Sometimes, George is very nice to Lennie, whereas at other times, it appears as if he doesn't want anything to do with him. Both of the men

We see the interview with the boss, George becomes protective toward Lennie, “I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.”(P43) and when Curley’s wife enters into the attention George is seriously apprehensive about Lennie, “Listen to me… you leave her be.”(P54). Later on, when George finds Lennie in Crook’s, the stable buck’s, room, he looks disapprovingly at Lennie, “George stood framed in the door, and he looked disapprovingly.”(P115), this is very parent like. Steinbeck reinforces the contrast between them and everybody else. Slims says “Ain’t many guys travel around together”(P57)