Night Elie And His Father's Relationship Analysis

In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel focuses on the relationship between Elie and his father and how it changes throughout their experiences of being at concentration camps camps at the time of the holocaust.
Elie and his father were not emotionally close in the beginning of the book but, had a relationship based more on respect. In the beginning of the book Elie describes his father as a rather unsentimental man and talked about how he is more concerned with others more than his family. He was rarely home and too busy working which, made little time for his family. Elie respected and looked up to his father because he was a respected member of the Jewish community in Sighet, Transylvania where they lived. Elie’s father discouraged Elie to study the Cabbala but, when Elie asks his father replied saying "You must first study the basic subjects within your own understanding." This shows that Elie’s father is not even willing to take time or even find someone to teach Elie the study of Cabbala. Elie’s father had a high position in the Jewish Church and had connections with the police he knew about the events to come. He decided not to leave but, he did not know of the events to come in the future. …show more content…
Elie did not know at that moment that he was going to be separated from his mother and sister forever. This is the first bond we see between Elie and his father when then they start their terrifying journey. After the separation Elie spots an old man being hit with a revolver by an SS officer, this makes Elie realized that Elie cannot lose his father and the quote “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him, not to remain alone” shows that. Elie starts to feel his father’s love and his father shows emotion toward