In chapters 6-9 of Night, the strengthening of Elie’s relationship with his father evident. At the selection, Elie’s father was… “sent to the left. I ran after him. An SS officer shouted at my back” (Wiesel 101). Many of the other people who attempted this were shot and killed. Elie continuously risks his life in order to be with his dad. If I were in his situation, I would do the same because I would not have any motivation to keep living and hope to be liberated. Moreover, as the survivors are looking for dead bodies they find Elie’s father, so he shouts, “Father! Father! Wake up. They’re trying to throw you out of the carriage….” (Wiesel 104). These lines made me think about their father-son relationship because in most situations the adult
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He depicts the next morning as, “I awoke on January 29 at dawn. In my father’s place lay another invalid” (Wiesel 116). Elie and his father had been through so much together, but Elie could not longer take care of his sick father. It make me emotional at how quickly one prisoner replaced the other dead prisoner. Furthermore, Elie explains that as the days passed by, “... I had but one desire - to eat. I no longer thought of my father or my mother” (Wiesel 117). This line creates a despairing tone because it reveals how Elie’s main concern is survival. In addition, he begins to explain that after becoming free men, they did not think about revenge or their families, “Nothing but bread” (Wiesel 119). The word “bread” is significant because throughout the camps the food was not only a necessity, but something they desired. The starving Jews violently fought hoping to receive an extra ration of bread. I still wonder why Elie has not mentioned his father’s name. I still think he is trying to focus on his own perspective of the camps and the thoughts going through his head. The book has made me realize how hunger is only of the many causes for good people to do bad things. The harsh realities of the Holocaust were difficult to read about, but I am to not be oblivious to the fact that such events can
He depicts the next morning as, “I awoke on January 29 at dawn. In my father’s place lay another invalid” (Wiesel 116). Elie and his father had been through so much together, but Elie could not longer take care of his sick father. It make me emotional at how quickly one prisoner replaced the other dead prisoner. Furthermore, Elie explains that as the days passed by, “... I had but one desire - to eat. I no longer thought of my father or my mother” (Wiesel 117). This line creates a despairing tone because it reveals how Elie’s main concern is survival. In addition, he begins to explain that after becoming free men, they did not think about revenge or their families, “Nothing but bread” (Wiesel 119). The word “bread” is significant because throughout the camps the food was not only a necessity, but something they desired. The starving Jews violently fought hoping to receive an extra ration of bread. I still wonder why Elie has not mentioned his father’s name. I still think he is trying to focus on his own perspective of the camps and the thoughts going through his head. The book has made me realize how hunger is only of the many causes for good people to do bad things. The harsh realities of the Holocaust were difficult to read about, but I am to not be oblivious to the fact that such events can