Night - Fathers and Sons

A detailed Summary of Night - Fathers and Sons

During World War II, millions of Jews went to work in concentration camps.

Many were separated completely from their families. And some who were not still did not

do their best to stay together. In the book Night, by Elie Wiesel there are some instances

of this involving fathers and sons. In all of these examples the son was cruel to his father.

Although there is never a good reason to be unkind to one of the people who created you,

these sons had to think of their own survival, which was threatened at this desperate time

The first example in the book was found on page 60. One of the pipel, who were

young children under the Oberkapo, beat his own father because the father did not make

his bed properly. When his father cried, the boy

during the prisoners' march from Buna to Buchenwald. When they were traveling, Rabbi

there and basically watched the man kill his father.

A second example of cruel treatment of a father was found on page 87. This was

when it came to family. It is a very sad truth, but it is just that- the truth.

The last example was on page 106. Eliezer's father had contracted dysentery and

told him that if he didn't stop, he would

All of these examples show terrible things that sons did to their fathers. But all of

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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