For the father-son relationship, Elie gets closer. At the beginning of the book Elie's father was occupied with his business and the doings of his community. Elie's father discourages him to study the Cabbala when Elie asked if he could find a master to guide his studies for the Cabbala. Elie's father replies by saying "You must first study the basic subjects within your own understanding." (pg 2) From this we see that Elie's father isn't willing to give up his time to teach Elie, or to even bother finding a man who will help him with study the Cabbala.

In the beginning at the concentration camp, Elie sees his father beaten by Idek who suddenly broke out in a frenzy. Elie watched Idek beat hi

In Night, each character reacts differently to the situation they are in. Elie gets closer to his father, but others get further, and even till the point where they would kill their father. The cause of the changes in the father-son relationship is the concentration camp. Without law and order, some people turn into savages not caring about anything but food. Usually everyone is close to their parents and loves their parents, but the characters in the book distanced themselves from their father in the concentration camp. It is the concentration camp that changes many peoples way of thinking because of the harsh treatment they go through, and the harsh treatment that they see others suffering from.

Some people would go as far as killing their father for only a piece of bread. "Meir. Meir, my boy! Don't you recognize me? I'm your father . . . you're hurting me . . . you're killing you're father! I've got some bread . . . for you too . . . for you too . . ." (pg 96) One old man managed to get a piece of bread on the train ride while the Germans were throwing it in the train. The old mans son saw him wit

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Approximate Word count = 756
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)