Night+Essay+Marianna

Father The Man Who Became My Child. Have you ever been in a situation where your heart doesn’t allow your mind to do what is right ? In Night by Elie Wisel ; a novel about a young boy who struggles in his teenage years to survive during the holocause. And at the same time help his father survive, he lived thrugh many tragitys only hoping to get out alive. Elie Wisel author of Night, fought against knowledge and love .Elie Wisel author of night did not abandon his father until the verry end of the book when there was nothing more he could have done to help him. Not at the beginning when there was a chance to survive. These reasons show commitment and abandonment towards his dad .He stayed with his father at the hardest momments in the camp and stuggled .And my 2nd reason why Elie did abandon his father was becouse he realized he would be better off with out him. Lastly Elie knew his father was all he had left so he could not leave him alone. Elie acceptted the fact that there was no hope left for his father to survive in his situation.  In fact,Elie stayed with his father at the hardest momments in the concentration camps where they were mistreatedand and lived in poor conditions.Elie and his family were separated once they arrived at the concentration camp the first night.Elie chose to go with his father and not leave him alone.Elie also helped his father with anything he needed and encouraged him at his worsest moments.In other words, “I decided to give my father lessons in marching in step in keeping time”(55).Basically Elies father was getting picked on because his kapo wanted to take Elies gold retainer, and his father was the weak spot to make Elie give it up.Basically this explains how Elie tried his hardest to help his father survive ,when he could have let him to his own faith.Elie knew his father would have been picked on until he would have learned how to march so Elie decided to teach him.Therefore this shows how Elie didn’t abandon his father when survival was far from reach. Furthermore ,In Night by Elie wisel many events took place where Elie had to make choises for his own faith, but always thought about his father first.At the beginning of the book,Elie chose not to abandon his father because he cared to much for him and his father was all he had left.Therefore he didn’t want to leave him alone.Basically Elie put his fathers needs before his ”I gave him what was left of my soup”(107).Elies father had been given his ration of food because he was ill and weak so they were left to starve because they were going to die anyways.This shows how Elie wouldn’t let his father die of starvation and pefferd to give him his food than eating it .Elie always checked up on his father to see how he was and if he needed anything.Even though he couldn’t stay with his father overnight because they had been separated from barraks; Elie would save his ration of food and give it to his father.This shows how Elie stayed with his father all the time he could.To help him survive when there was still hope to live.  Lastly Elie Wisel abandon his father because he accepted the fact that there was no hope left for father to survive.His father had no more strength to keep going and his illness keept increasing more.Elie and his father spent 3 years in the concentrationcamps mistreated and not feed well.Mr.wisel couldn’t keep going anymore;there were a cupple of times in the end of the story where he encouraged his son to leave him.”With or with out water ,it would be over soon anyway…”(101).This proves Elies resistence to his fathers death,and how Elie fufilld his fathers needs even though he knew it would kill him faster if he gave him water because he had a fever .This quote also shows how Elie knew there was not much left he could do for his dad .In other words it proves that Elie only abandoned his father at the end when their was nothing he could do for him.  Elie abandoned his father at the end because he realized he would be better off with out his father.Eventhough Elie loved his dad ,he was holding him back from surviving and just making him weaker.Elie did not do it because he wanted to but he knew he had no other chance but to let him go.Toward the end of the book an SS officer told Elie that in the concentration camps it was each man for himself that fathers brothers friends did not exist,and that he would be better with out his father.Elie did not pay much attention to his words because he knew what he had to do for his father.This points how he changed his decitions to leave his father to his own will ”And deep inside of me if Icould have searched the resses of my feeble conscience I might have found something like;Free at last “(102).When Mr.Wisel called out to his son in the night for some water before dieing, Elie did not responde to his father even though he had heard him.This shows how Elie abandoned his father only at the end when he knew his actions wouldn’t save his father from dieing. In conclusion this shows how Elie Wisel author of Night,abandoned his father only at the very end when there wasn't anything he could have done for his dad.Through out the beggining of the book Elie helped and cared for his father since he was all Elie had left.Elie always put his father before him out of love and coomitment.He struggled trugh the hardest momment with Mr.Wisel and his illness.Although at the end Elie decided to abandon his father, but not becouse of hate or becouse he had listend to what the ss men had told him.He did it becouse he opened up his eyes and realized nothing would have prevented his father from dieing.This situation in life shows how loving someone in difficult times can be hard and it's best to let go.