Would you stand with your father through the thick and and thin of the Holocaust? This is something that people today will never have to worry about, however Elie Wiesel had to face this question every night for a year. He and his father’s relationship went through times of them loving each and times of them detesting each other, throughout Night, but managed to stay mostly together unlike other fathers and sons.
Before the Holocaust, Elie and his father, Shlomo, were distant. Elie himself said that Shlomo was unsentimental and never displayed his feelings. Shlomo seemed to not understand why he was into religion, asking Elie why he cried when he prayed and why he prayed at all. Elie asked Shlomo to sell all that he owed and move to Palestine but he told Elie that he was too old to just drop everything and leave. Elie and Shlomo had a very poor relationship before the Holocaust. …show more content…
When they first arrived in the camp and are by the pits, Shlomo told Elie that he wished he had gone with mother. He was crying in front of Elie when he was saying that, showing how much he cared for his son. After Shlomo was stuck by a gypsy inmate for asking to use the bathroom and Elie did nothing out of fear, he told Elie that it didn’t hurt so that Elie would not worry about him. Stein of Antwarp comes up to Elie and Shlomo asking about his sons and Shlomo doesn’t even recognize him, for he payed no attention to family matters. Elie, however, says that his sons are fine because he knows that is the only reason he is living and, once Stein finds out the real news, he is never seen again. Elie and Shlomo’s relationship grows stronger during their time in
Before the Holocaust, Elie and his father, Shlomo, were distant. Elie himself said that Shlomo was unsentimental and never displayed his feelings. Shlomo seemed to not understand why he was into religion, asking Elie why he cried when he prayed and why he prayed at all. Elie asked Shlomo to sell all that he owed and move to Palestine but he told Elie that he was too old to just drop everything and leave. Elie and Shlomo had a very poor relationship before the Holocaust. …show more content…
When they first arrived in the camp and are by the pits, Shlomo told Elie that he wished he had gone with mother. He was crying in front of Elie when he was saying that, showing how much he cared for his son. After Shlomo was stuck by a gypsy inmate for asking to use the bathroom and Elie did nothing out of fear, he told Elie that it didn’t hurt so that Elie would not worry about him. Stein of Antwarp comes up to Elie and Shlomo asking about his sons and Shlomo doesn’t even recognize him, for he payed no attention to family matters. Elie, however, says that his sons are fine because he knows that is the only reason he is living and, once Stein finds out the real news, he is never seen again. Elie and Shlomo’s relationship grows stronger during their time in