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Shirley Roosevelt World Literature November 2011 The Experience A wretched stench floated in the air. Abruptly, outdoors opened. Strange-looking creatures, dressed in stripped jackets and black pants, jumped into the wagon. Holding flashlights and sticks, they began to strike at us left and right shouting: “Everybody out! Leave everything inside. Hurry up!” In 1933 Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany. Adolf Hitler’s final solution was the genocide. He wanted the Aryan race to be more superior then the other races. Hitler started the Holocaust: the mass murder of the Jews and others that are not of the Aryan race. The Jews and others were sent to concentration camps to work and others to the extermination camps to be killed. Elie Wiesel and his father were amongst the group in concentration camps. In __Night__ Elie Wiesel, the author and survivor of the Holocaust, does not abandon his father. Elie Wiesel didn’t abandon Mr.Wiesel because he was all Elie had left, Mr.Wiesel believed in the best for him, and Mr.Wiesel helped Elie during the hard times. Elie Wiesel didn’t abandon Mr.Wiesel because he was all Elie had left. Elie Wiesel and Mr.Wiesel were separated from his mother and little sister. Elie and his father had to be separated because it was females on one side and males on the other side. Elie and his father were sent to concentration camps to work. His mother and little sister were sent to extermination camps to be killed. “There was no time to think, and I had already felt my father’s hand press against mine: we were all alone” (29). Basically Elie is saying that after him and his father were separated from his mother and sister he only had his father and wanted to make sure he didn’t lose him. Mr.Wiesel was all Elie had left so he didn’t abandon him.  Additionally, Elie didn’t abandon his father because he knew his father believed in the best for him. Mr.Wiesel was a very spiritual man, and Elie wanted to learn more about their God Kalbbalah. Mr.Wiesel knew Elie would not understand so he found something that he would understand. “First you must study the basic subjects, those you are able to comprehend” (4). In other words, Mr.Wiesel believed that Elie was too young to understand what he was learning about their God. Mr.Wiesel was just telling Elie that he had to learn the simple things before he could learn about the more advanced things. Elie knew that Mr.Wiesel only wanted the best for him therefore he didn’t abandon him.  Also Elie didn’t abandon his father because his father helped him during the hard times. Elie, his father and the rest of the prisoners had to run 20 kilometers without water or food. Elie became very tired and his foot was in pain but yet he refused to give up. At last they were allowed to come to a stop and rest. Elie sat in the snow and started to go to sleep and suddenly his father woke him up. “Don’t let yourself be overcome by sleep, Elizer. It’s dangerous to fall asleep in the snow. One falls asleep forever. Come, my son, come…. Get up” (88). Mr. Wiesel’s point is that if Elie fell asleep in the snow he was going to die. Mr.Wiesel made sure he looked after Elie even when he could barely look out for himself. Elie’s father made sure that Elie was okay and helped him out in the hard times, so Elie didn’t abandon his father.  In conclusion, Elie Wiesel does not abandon his father. Mr.Wiesel and Elie were all each other had left. Elie knew that his father only wanted the best for him and nothing less. Mr.Wiesel made sure Elie was okay and always helped him through the rough times. Elie appreciate what his father has done for him and his help. Therefore, Elie does not abandon his father in __Night__.