Night+Essay+Oscar+Tamayo

Oscar Tamayo World Literature November 2011 Supported or Abandoned? Was he a good son? Elie Wiesel and his family were separated during the holocaust. He was separated from his mom and sisters but with the exception of his father. Elie and his father struggled to stay together because there were few situations keeping them apart. The author of Night, Elie Wiesel supported his father at first but at the end he abandoned him. Elie was taking care of him, and Elie tried to persuade his father’s hope. Until in his father’s last hour, he stopped listening to him and thinking about what SS told him.So he see’s his father differently from the beginning through the end of the story. Elie Wiesel didn’t abandoned his father because he was looking for him. Elie was feeling ashamed for leaving his father. He walked for hours to find him. Elie knew that his instinct was telling him that his father was weakly dying. He found his father where they were distributing coffee. He ran toward his father after he called out his name, “Father I’ve been looking for you for so long..... where were you? Did you sleep? How are you feeling?’’ (106). Basically what this quote is saying is that Elie was really worried about his father. He was actually upset when he left his father knowing in what condition he was in and he was interested in finding his father.Elie didn’t abandoned his father because he was looking for him. Also he didn't abandoned his father because he was trying to persuade his father’s hopes to keep him motivate. His father was feeling weak and was moaning that he couldn't go anymore, that it was over and that he wanted to die. Elie was trying to get him up. “Father! get up! right now! you will kill yourself” (105). Basically he was supporting his father to stay strong. He was telling his father not to lose hope at all. Elie wanted his father to think positive and to make a little bit more effort to survive. Elie never abandoned his father because of trying to motivate him. Therefore, at the end Elie abandoned his father because in his last hour Elie stop listening to him. Elie was feeling guilty because of now he was treating his father. He brought him some soup but that is not what he want it. He kept asking for water but Elie just ignored him. His father still continued to call him up and the officer shouted to Mr. Wiesel to be quiet. He didn’t hear the officer and was taken a violent blow to the head. While Elie moved around he heard “Elizer...” (111). Basically that means that a person was calling someone but was never replay. Elie’s father was being ignored by his son. So ignoring his father was an example of abandoning his father. Finally, Elie abandoned his father because of thinking what SS(army soldiers) told him. His father was very sick and the doctor or either Elie could of help him out. Mr. Wiesel was getting weaker every time. He didn’t have the strength to even stand up and walk.The SS was making Elie think. ‘’ In this place, it’s every man for himself,and you cannot think of others’’(110).Basically means that Elie should stop worrying about his father and depend more on himself. It wasn’t worth it to help his father anymore because Mr. Wiesel was getting closer to his death. In which it made him think about what they told him, so he abandoned his father. In conclusion Elie Wiesel changed how he felt about his father from the beginning to the end of the story. Elie was just in the situation where he supported his father and didn’t in different occasions. Elie supported him by taking care of him and trying to persuade him at first. Until, at the end Elie stopped listening to him and thought about what the SS told him. Elie was just a kid that was fighting to survive with or with out his father.