Night+Essay+Lashon

Lashon Giles World Literature Nov.3,2011

Wonders of Abandonment "Pow, Pow!" Was the sound of gunshots ringing in my ear as I struggle to march to the Buna camp; the camp where I suffered for four years. Elie Wiesel is a man that suffered a horrible experience in the Holocaust because he was a part of a Jewish ethnic group.The Holocaust is a dehumanizing event that occur because of Adolf Hitler's Anti-Semitism. Hitler is a jewish man that's racists against jews. He made all jews suffer for his own personal reasons. Along the way he lost friends and family relatives. Elie Wiesel, author of __Night__ didn’t abandon his father because he loved him too much, he supported him, and they were all they had. Elie Wiesel didn’t abandon his father because he loved him too much. Elie and his father were in the infirmary (hospital) and Elie didn’t want to leave his father there while he marched. The Russians were going to invade the camp. Elie thought, "I had made up my mind to accompany my father wherever he went" (82). In other words, he believes that he has to watch over his father. Elie doesn’t want to go through the journey alone. By loving him so much, Elie refuses to abandon him. In Addition, Elie didn’t abandon his father because he was concerned about his father’s well being. Elie and his father were transferred into a different camp, so he wanted to make sure him and his father were together so he could take care of him. "Father," I said" Just another moment. Soon, we’ll be able to lie down. You’ll be able to rest…" (104). Elie’s point is that he wanted his father to stay strong. They were getting closer to their destination so his father can rest and get back to reality. Elie’s concern for his father shows that he didn’t abandon him. Otherwise, Elie didn’t abandon his father because they were all they had. The SS officers were doing selections by separating the weak and the strong. So, they tried to separate him from his father. "My father was sent to the left. I ran after him" (96). Basically, Eli is saying that the SS already separated him and his father from his sisters and mother. He wasn’t going to let it happen again with his father, too. Since Elie and his father only had each other, he was determine to conquer his journey with his father by his side. To sum it up, the reasons state how Eile didn’t abandon his father. He couldn’t have abandoned him because of his love, and support of him. Elie's father was considered as Elie's only family. He alway believed that family comes first because of his experience in the Holocaust. Elie could never forget him and his father bond together. So therefore, the evidence suggest that Elie isn't an awful person when it comes to abandonment.