memoir Night, the situation that Eliezer and his father find himself in is possibly the greatest tragedy in human history. The story of a young boy and his father trapped
under the cold watch of the Nazi party, behind the barbed wire of concentration camps
is one of struggle and desperation and loss. However, Wiesel attempts to convey a
powerful message of strength and faith in people and how sometimes the bonds you
form with others can often be the strongest part of a person.
The continuing theme of father-son relationships is not one that is extended
solely to Eliezer and his father. There are multiple instances of father-son relationships …show more content…
Elie derived his strength from the situation he found himself in, using every
setback to his advantage, growing stronger and kinder and more caring to the one
person he had left. Brennan 4
Night offers an introspective view into the way love works and the things people
will do to maintain it. The way that trauma can build up love between people who care
about one another, doing whatever they can to help the other through. Seen all from
Elie’s viewpoint, understanding that love, no matter the kind, will always have rough
patches and moments in which one feels hopeless, ready to leave it behind as though it
was never sustainable in the first place. The love between Elie and his father
experiences its hardships, some that Elie will never be able to forget. But he is taught a
lesson in love from the people around him who never felt it to begin with. The people
only out for themselves. Elie learns that, should he not hold on to what matters, there is
always the possibility that he will become consumed with such greed. Though he will
never be able to go back to being a young boy again, allowed to exist with a mentality
that matches his age, in the end, it seems like it does not matter. Elie understands