Night Elie Wiesel Essay

Elie’s faith stemmed from his father being held with high regard in the Jewish community. From that perspective, Elie must be observant of Judaism, furthermore Elie said, “by day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple” (Wiesel 3). This quote gives off a sense that Elie is a very religious person, especially coming from such a young person. Elie looked up to his dad since he was held up to the highest esteem among everyone in the Jewish community of Sightet, but was not a man to show his feelings to his family. His dad tried to be strong for Elie as long as he could for the sake of Elie’s survival. When Elie’s family was split men from women at the camp, he did not know it would be the last time he would see his mother and …show more content…
The train had stopped in order for people to throw the dead outside of the car. The cattle car that Elie was in, there were 20 bodies thrown out, and people were about to throw Elie’s father over since he appeared dead until Elie’s father opened his eyes half-way. Every step of the way, Elie tried to make sure his father would be there at the end of the day, even though his father’s condition was worsening every day. Unfortunately, when Elie woke up on the morning of January 29, 1945 his father was not in his bunk. There was another man sleeping in the father’s spot, so Elie thought about the notion that his father died in his sleep at night. Sadly, there was no prayer said over his father’s body nor a candle lit in remembrance, and by the same token, “he had called out to me and I have not answered” (Wiesel 112). It was surprising quiet, Elie did not respond to his father’s call and nobody said anything over his father’s body. At the end his father’s life, Elie found something deep inside himself, and he felt that he was free at