Night+Essay+Brianna

Brianna Cox World Literature 03 November 2011 They Were One  Connection. What is a connection? A connection is something a son and a father should have. Especially when they are all they have and living in the time of the Holocaust. For two years a son named Elie and his father have been prisoners in the Holocaust. They have been separated from the rest of their family, forced to work and be taken from everything they have ever known. Through it all, Elie and his father stuck together. From reading the book __Night__ some may say that the author, Elie Wiesel, abandoned his father in his time of need, but he did not. There were a couple of challenges that prevented Elie to help him, but he never left nor did he give up on his father. Like when he could not find his father, Elie went to search for him. When his father was really ill and needed a doctor, Elie went to go find him a doctor. There were times Elie couldn’t always defend his father, but when he could, he took his stand.  However, if you lost your favorite toy or anything near and dear to you, wouldn’t you go find it? That is exactly what Elie did when he could not find his father. Elie woke up realizing his father was not near him. He searched the area in the camp where he and his father stayed. When he stumbled across the line where coffee was being served, he heard a familiar voice come from behind him. It was his father. “Father! I’ve been looking for you for so long…” (106). Basically, this quote is saying that Elie never wanted to be apart from his father, and when he was he went to search for him. Just as one would look for their favorite toy, Elie went to look for the only person he had left in his life.  In addition to Elie never wanting to be apart from his dad, he would never want to be apart from a dad who is on the verge to dying. If your father was sick wouldn’t you stick by his side? Wouldn’t you always be in the hospital making sure he was ok and had everything he needed? Elie did the same for his dad, he brought him food and always made sure he was comfortable. When Elie’s dad called out to him to get him a doctor, Elie did so. “My father is sick,” I answered in his place… “Dysentery”… “That’s not my business. I’m a surgeon. Go on. Make room for others!” (108). This quote is saying, that the doctor did not want to help Elie’s father, but even without a doctor, help Elie still took care of his father. Like a child would never abandon their father, Elie never abandoned his dad, because how can you abandon a sick family member?  Also knowing that his father was sick, he defended him from the bullies within the barrack, who tortured his father because they could not stand the smell of him being sick. Can you remember a time when someone in your family was being bullied, and you wanted to step in and defend them? Well that is exactly what Elie did when people in his barrack were bulling his father. There were a couple of things he couldn’t stop the SS from doing to his dad, because then they both would be dead. Elie did his best to do what he could to save his father from the Jews who were beating and torturing him. “Elizer…Elizer tell them not to beat me… I haven’t done anything… Why are they beating me?” “I began to insult his neighbors” (109). Basically, Elie believed that his own kind shouldn’t have treated his dad in such a way because he was sick. Elie loved his father and would never abandon him while he was sick.  In conclusion, Elie was a great son and never wanted it to seem like he was trying to abandon his father. He always stood by his father’s side, no matter what. He was there when people were bulling his father, when the doctor did not want to help his father, and also when they were separated for a few moments. Elie did not have the heart or the state of mind to leave his father to die. Elie took care of his father. From reading the book __Night__ some may say that the author, Elie Wiesel, abandoned his father, **but he did not.**