Night- Short
ResponseIn the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel, one of the main themes
is family, more specifically the relationship between father and
son. For many people, family is something that they value the most.
In the beginning, the first priority of many of the inmates is to
avoid separating from their family members and not to lose them.
However as the book progresses, the prisoners are more concerned
about surviving on their own rather than taking care of their loved
ones, who have become a burden. Elie later feels the same way about
his old and sick father, but tries to take care of him as much as
he can.The most important thing that gives Elie the strength to
fight this battle, is his family. In the beginning, when the
police were
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The maid that
worked at Elies home asked his family to come to her house to stay
with her, but Elie denied the request because he did not want to
leave his family. Later, when males and females were separated at
the concentration camps, all Elie could think of was not to lose
[his father]. Not to remain alone (Wiesel 30). Elies lifeline was
his father and his ultimate goal was to stay with him and make sure
that he was safe and not alone. During one of the selections, Elie
and his father were sent into two different lines because Elie
could walk fine but his father struggled. Elie immediately follows
his father. Even though Elie knew that there could be a possibility
for him to be shot by an officer, he did not want to risk losing
his father. Elie and his father are only alive because they are
stay together and take care of each other. When Elie and his dad
had to evacuate the camp from Buna and run to Gleiwitz, Elie was
tired and he wanted to give up hope. But while he was running,
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Elies father
becomes very ill and weak, and is diagnosed with dysentery. Elie
tries his very best to help his father. No matter how many times
Elie explains to his father that they would return home soon, I
knew that I was no longer arguing with him but with Death itself,
with Death that he had already chosen (Wiesel 105). His father has
grown so weak that he has lost hope. Elie feels a sense of
helplessness because he is not able to do anything for his father.
His fathers illness makes him very fragile and vulnerable, and
unable to do anything. Elie tries his very best to fulfill all his
wishes, but he struggles to do so. Although Elie is aware of the
fact that his father is going to die soon, he tries his best to
give him as much as hope as he possibly can.When he moves on with
the mob and remembers that his father was with him, a thought
crept into my mind: if only I didnt find him! If only I were
relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to
fight for my survival
Instantly, I felt ashamed, ashamed of myself
forever (Wiesel 106). Elie knows that his father is a threat to
his survival because he is sick and can no longer do anything.
However, Elie is guilty of even thinking this about his father. The
Blockälteste also advises Elie that he needs to move on without his
dad. He tells him that in concentration camp, there is no such
thing as a father, and
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