Night Father-son Relationship
Elie Weisel’s memoir Night focuses on Elie’s harsh life in the concentration camp. One of the important aspects of the books is the change in not only Elie’s father-son relationship but other father-son relationships in the book. The book reveals a great deal on how humans can change in a harsh environment like the concentration camp. The concentration camp is the cause of the change in the father-son relationship. 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
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Approximate Word count = 756
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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