Night Char Study
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
Rabbi Eliahou and his son stuck with each other for three years in the concentration camp. During the long horrible run in the snow, the rabbi's son had ran away from him because he thought that his father was going to die after seeing him growing weak. "He had he believed that the end was near and had sought this separation in order to get rid of the burden, to free himself from an encumbrance which could lessen his own chances of survival." (pg 87) The Rabbi's son ran ahead of him because he didn't want to die along with his father. If the Rabbi and his son's relationship were closer, this would have not happened. They should have been watching out for each other and sticking together. 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 par
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Approximate Word count = 756
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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