Elie's Relationship With His Father In The Book Night

Depressing. Unbearable. Inseparable. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie recalls what life was like in a concentration camp with his father. Elie and his father experience the worst possible events, unimaginable by others. Elie loses faith throughout the holocaust but his dad keeps encouraging him to believe and in the end Elie comes out alone with no thoughts of his family. Elie's bond with his father greatly strengthens throughout the holocaust and his father is his reason to live and have hope. Elie describes his father as unsentimental which means that his father doesn't really express his feelings to his family.Elie and his family are now in a ghetto where they weren't guarded. Maria, their former maid had come to invite them to her village where she had a shelter. Elie's father comments ""If you wish, go there. I shall stay here with your mother and the little one..."" (20). Elie refuses to be separated from his family, and his decision to stay allows him to stay beside his father and assist him with what he needs. This strengthens their relationship because they spend more time talking to each other. …show more content…
Elie is teaching his father how to properly march in step to avoid beatings and torment from Franek. Elie cannot take his father being beat in front of him and gives up his crown to save his father from Franek. Elie thinks "We had to give in" (56). Elie giving his gold crown to Franek means Elie can no longer watch his father suffer and would rather give up his crown than watch his father suffer, meaning his love for his father had greatly