... he admits to the power of the instinct for self-preservation, because of his commitment to his father throughout the prison camp experience, and because of his reactions to other sons who do abandon or turn on their fathers, Wiesel and his father apparently favors commitment to family over commitment to self-preservation. In the concentration camps, Eliezel makes a commitment to his father to ... his father would be alive. Even though Eliezer doesn't abandon his father, it's hard to stick by him when there are other sons who beat, and abandon their father just to survive. Eliezer witnes...

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... have the theme of love and survival that saved them The plots for "Night" and "Life is Beautiful" were very different when considering the beginning and the detail of the journey to the concentration camps. But the ending was the same. Father and son were together nearly to the end. Both sons survived while the fathers died right before the camps liberation ... . Elie and Giosue had to say good bye to ... their families at very young ages and survived until the liberation. "Night" is a true story written by Elie Wiesel ... ...

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... how Wiesel's will to survive was all for his father, and after witnessing two sons give up on their fathers, he refused to give up on his, showing his bravery. Broder however was not brave, he was paranoid and afraid of Nazis and he continued to watch out for them daily. "He hadn ... 't finished figuring out the details of how to hide himself from the Nazis here in Brooklyn" " (Singer 15). Herman thought that there were Nazi's in New York and ... he was in Brooklyn, but he heard Nazis shouting. They were jabbing him with bayonets, trying to flush him out, while he pressed deeper and deep...

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... During his father's last days he became more dependent on Elie than ever. Unlike many of the other sons with dying parent Elie did not desert his father. Instead he became more devoted, and this helped him forget his own struggles. I believed that it was this devotion that helped him live ... mattered. After my father's death nothing could touch me any more." (pg.107_Elie) The "night" claimed many souls, and severed many family bonds. Sons deserted fathers, and fathers forgot their sons, "His son had seen him loosing ground, limping, staggering back to the rear of the column. He had see...

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... themes in the novel Night, by Elie Wiesel; some of these include loss of faith, father-son relationships, food and hunger, and disbelief. One of the most interesting theme is the father-son relationship. This theme can be seen throughout the novel with many fathers and sons. Elie has a very strong relationship with his father. His main reason for not giving up in the camps ... . Some kinships are not like Elieand his fathers. One son purposely loses his father so that he does not burden him and another son beats and kills his own father just for food. Father and son relationships can be ...

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Night The father-son bond is a unique one. It is a special one and it can not be broken - or can it? The memoir Night written by Elie Wiesel shows that when deprived of basic necessities (such as food and shelter) even fathers and sons may turn against each other. When faced with the trauma of death by starvation a person's loyalty will falter. An example from the ... book is when an inmate tells Eliezer "There are no fathers, brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself. Don't give your bread and soup to your father; you should be ... sense of right or wrong. They do anything p...

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... tearing at each other, biting each other. Wild beasts of prey, with animal hatred in their eyes; an extraordinary vitality had seized them, sharpening their teeth and nails." (Weisel, 95). To many this sounds as if it were a scene being depicted from a great battle of war. But to those who have read ... in the concentration camps. The Jewish community had to live with the food they were given, the torturing starvation that the Nazi's put them through, and their despair while being held in the concentration camps. The Jews in the concentration camps went without food for day's sometimes w...

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... 25) had begun to give the passengers of the trains an eerie premonition of their fate with her visions of "a terrible fire" and "flames" and a "furnace." These visions would soon become reality upon arrival at Birkenau, which was a reception area for the concentration camp at ... and his father's, a compliment that could not always be said for some of the prisoners. Elie remembers feeling "free at last" after learning of his father's death (p. 106). While this does not really characterize Elie" personality that well, that same emotion was held by many young men in the concentration camps...

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... all turn against one another under these horrendous circumstances instead of comforting one another. "Here, every man has to fight for himself and not think of any one else Here, there are no fathers, no brothers, no friends. Everyone lives and dies for himself alone" (Wiesel 71). The Holocaust was an event that ended up turning mankind against mankind. The Kapos were a group ... of prisoners put in charge of other prisoners, mainly the Jews. This symbolizes the way the Holocaust's cruelty leads to cruelty. It turned people against each other: Sons against their fathers, Jews against ot...

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... were. For if he did, it would mean a sound thrashing, or a very unpleasant death. During Elieser's time at the camps, he witnessed several prisoners attempting to leave behind close friends, fathers, and sons who were too weak to carry on. One instance occurred on the Death March to Buchenwald. The grueling pace left many dead on the snow-covered ground. A son used this ... mass confusion to his advantage. He ran as far and as fast as he could, away from his father. Elieser supposed that the boy saw his father as a dead weight, a ball and chain. Elieser vowed never to leave his father's...

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... later discover to be the smell of human flesh burning in the scalding hot fire. The transportation that the Jews went through was absolutely stomach-churning and would be a struggle for anyone in the situation. Little did Eliezer know, this was just the beginning of the struggles he would endure. ... didn't understand how God would allow such a terrible event to take place. He asks himself why a man of such power would put him and his family, and everyone else following His religion, through this disastrous time. One couldn't imagine the pain Eliezer felt on a daily basis due to this sp...

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... father at this point had a relationship based on respect as so many Orthodox Jewish families had between fathers and sons. When the two arrive at the camp there is a change in the way that Elie and his father relate. His father said that he would have rather Elie to go with his mother rather ... oppression in the concentration camps. Elie had witnessed a 13-year old child beating his father to death for making his bed improperly, how could a father and son remain close in a place like this with such events occurring around them. This event is a warning to Elie not to lose his sense of c...

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... phobia of unwanted emotions that instigate Wiesel's desire to always attend to his father. "In Eliezer's experience, only Hitler keeps his promises, and religious observances become irrelevant and even harmful- (Estess, "Journey- 4). The only person who is loyal to Wiesel is Hitler, the man responsible for his suffering. God ... numbers of innocent people "is humanly impossible. Wiesel's fear of death turns into a strong will to survive. He learns from his mistakes and from other people's mistakes how he must behave so that he can outlive the Holocaust. Wiesel's changed view of death show...

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