this relates to the book night by elie wiesel Explore the relationship with his father. what is it like?

Question

desrice their interaction make a text to self connection can you relate with this experience

Answer 1

In addition to his relationship with God, Wiesel also mentions how the association between his father and him is altered from the beginning to the end of the story. Like his involvement with God, Wiesel's bond with his father also aids in developing what is ultimately his will to survive. Before he experiences life at the Nazi death camps, Wiesel has almost no relationship with his father. Wiesel feels that his father "[is] more concerned with others than with his own family." (2) Chlomo, Wiesel's father, is a well-respected, though unsentimental, Jewish community leader. At their arrival at Birkenau, Wiesel and his father are separated from the mother and three sisters. Immediately, Wiesel "[has] one thought - not to lose [his father]." (27) Being parted from the rest of the family devastates the author, and he realizes he must hold on to his father for the both of them to outlive their experiences. Shortly after, an aggressive gypsy strikes Wiesel's father.

To his surprise, Wiesel does not "[sink] his nails into the criminal's flesh" (37) like he would have done on any other day. Wiesel is unsure of what has become of him and why he resisted retaliation, even after his father tells Wiesel everything is fine. The growing aloofness of Wiesel for his father begins at this point. At Buna, the overseer for the Wiesels' block is Idek, who is well known for his fits for rage. One of these tantrums is eventually directed at Wiesel's father. As his father is beaten, Wiesel is horrified that the "anger he feels at the moment is directed... against [his] father." (37) His anger stems from his father's inability to avoid Idek's blows, and the author realizes it is concentration camp life that has made him feel like this. However, Wiesel is not completely ignorant of his father; they still rely and care about each other when many people are concerned only with their own survival. When Wiesel regains consciousness after Idek whips him, he figures that "[his father] must [suffer] more than [he does]." (56) Despite earlier feelings of irritation towards his father, Wiesel is still worries about his father and his well-being. After the stroke of midnight signals the New Year, Wiesel goes to wish his father a happy one. They are both silent, but Wiesel claims that the both of them "[have] never understood one another so clearly." (65) The bond between father and son still exists and it prevents them from leaving each other's sides. When Wiesel's father is chosen in the selection, Wiesel "[feels] that [he will] break into sobs." (71) Wiesel is still anxious for the safety of his father, and he ceaselessly worries about him until news comes that his father has passed the decisive selection. During the evacuation from Buna, prisoners are required to march the entire way to Buchenwald, through freezing cold and heavy snow. The author recalls that "[his] father's presence [is] the only thing" (82) that motivates him to keep going. Wiesel later runs into Rabbi Eliahou, who is looking for his son. It dawns on Wiesel that the son is trying to run ahead without the Rabbi to get rid of him. Wiesel is horrified by this and prays to the God he no longer believes in to "give [him] strength never to do what Rabbi Eliahou's son has." (87) Wiesel's relationship with his father has not died, and he knows that being together with him will encourage each other to continue. At one point, Wiesel's father is selected again, so the author "[creates] such confusion" (91) that several selected people can make it back to the side with healthy people. Later, as the prisoners are rounded back into cattle cars, Wiesel's father is almost thrown out because some people think he is dead. Wiesel "[sets] to work to slap [his father] as hard as [he can]" (94) to get him to move and prove himself to be alive. These examples all demonstrate how Wiesel's bond with his father is strong, in spite of the horrors that surround them. Even though the author's father has become very sickly and suffers from dysentery, Wiesel still "[holds] onto [his] father's hand." (99) The same, old fear or losing his father begins to trouble Wiesel's mind again. Wiesel may be looking after his father, but, in his mind, he wishes that he could be rid of him. Ashamed at these thoughts, Wiesel attends to his father's needs, and he imagines that he "[brings his father] more satisfaction than [he has] done during [his] whole childhood" (101) with his help now. Wiesel's father eventually dies, and although he is guilty for not shedding tears, the author believes he will have felt, if he searched hard enough, "free at last!" (106) Wiesel later proclaims that "after [his] father's death, nothing [can] touch [him] any more." He no longer includes details in his novel because he is indifferent to what happens when his father is not longer with him. As Wiesel's story presses forward, audiences can distinguish the changes that are occurring in the relationship between Wiesel and his father. Just as evident is how this connection between father and son has helped the author endure his appalling experiences.

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