Essay On Father Son Relationships In Night

In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel, there are many father/son relationships throughout the book. There are relationships that aren’t healthy for a father and son, while other relationships may be helpful. However, there are relationships that can also be both helpful and harmful. Of the father/son relationships that were helpful, Elie Wiesel and his father Chlomo Wiesel’s relationship was the one that stood out most, mainly because they were the focus of the story. When Wiesel was going to fast because the other Jews were, his father had stopped him so that he wouldn’t bring harm to his body by not eating. His father had also served as inspiration when they had to march from Buna to Gleiwitz. The march was more than 40 miles and Wiesel …show more content…
There was the Stein of Antwerp whose reason to keep going was his family, in which he clearly said “ He had high hopes that his family would arrive at the same concentration camp, and when the final import of prisoners came in, he went to see his family, which unbeknownst to him, were most likely dead. Stein was never heard from again and it is implied that he had given up hope and probably died. Even Wiesel and his father’s relationship was both harmful and helpful too. When Wiesel’s father had died, it was harmful for him, but at the same time, it was a big help for him as he did not have to worry about watching his father and keeping extra rations for him. In the end, there were many different kinds of father/son relationships. They might have been helpful like Wiesel and his father’s relationship or harmful like Rabbi Eliahou and his son’s relationship. However, each relationship is important to the story in its own way. They all show different perspectives about life in the concentration camps, what kind of strain was put on the fathers and sons, and how many dealt with it, by either making good decisions or by making terrible