While in the camp, Eliezer
depended on his father for guidance
and his father depended on his son for protection. Eliezer would not do anything without his father's approval or reassurance that he will be with him. They develop a unique dependence that is expected in a father-son relationship.
What kind of relationship do Elie and his father have at the beginning of the novel?
What kind of relationship do Elie and his father have at the beginning of the novel? Elie and his father's relationship in the beginning of the novel
isn't very good
. Elie is trying to get a job to get away from his dad.
What happened to Elie and his father?
Mr Wiesel's mother and one sister were killed in Nazi death chambers.
His father died of starvation and dysentery in the Buchenwald camp
. Two other sisters survived. After the war, Mr Wiesel lived in a French orphanage and went on to become a journalist.
Why did Elie stay with his father?
Eliezer showed his full commitment to stay with his father
by risking his life and running towards him
. An SS officer shouted at Eliezer, but he was determined to join his father. At that point, Eliezer hoped that they would both live, but if they were to die, he was ready to die beside his father.
How does Elie's relationship with his father change in Chapter 3?
Not only has Elie lost his faith in God at this point, but his relationship with his father has also changed. … In Chapter 3,
Elie's father is beaten in front of his eyes
, and Elie does nothing. In a short time, Elie has learned to think of his own survival first.
Do Elie and his father have a good relationship?
Elie and his
father have a very close relationship
and rely on each other to survive the horrific conditions of the Holocaust. After being separated from the females members of their family, Elie and his father remain by each other's side for the majority of their time in captivity.
Why didn't the townspeople believe Moshe?
Why didn't the people believe him (Moishe)? They
thought that he wanted attention or that he had gone mad
.
Why did Elie not cry when his father died?
Wiesel writes that
he did no weep for his father's
death. He felt guilty for his lack of emotion, but he was “out of tears.” The exhausting nature of life in the concentration camp has left him without the ability to express or even feel the most basic emotions.
What was Elie's father's last words?
At dawn on January 29, Elie wakes and discovers that another invalid occupies his father's bunk. He assumes that his father has been taken to the crematory and recalls that his father's final word was “
Eliezer
.” Too weary for tears, Elie realizes that death has liberated him from a doomed, irretrievable burden.
What does Elie's father suffer from?
Dysentery
Weakens Elie's Father
Because of this, Elie reluctantly shares his soup with his father to provide him with some comfort. As each day passes, Elie's father becomes weaker and weaker. He comes down with a fever and stays in his bunk. The fever makes him incoherent, so his speech does not make sense.
Why was water the worst poison for Elie's father?
In Night, water was the worst poison for Elie's father
because it was polluted with fecal matter
, which was the cause of his dysentery. Drinking it would simply bring on another round of diarrhea.
How did Elie save his father's life?
Elie's father is chosen in the selection. In order to save him,
Elie runs after him and in doing this he causes a commotion
. The SS officers become confused and don't realize that Elie and his father both get themselves back to the “non-selected” group. This is how Elie is able to save his father.
Why is Eliezer's father crying?
When the order to prepare for transportation came to the ghetto, Elie's father didn't have time to
cry
at first. He was too busy trying to alert the others and help those who were transported on the first day prepare.
Why does Elie Thank God for mud?
Why does Elie thank God for mud?
He got new shoes, so the mud was concealing them so he wasn't hit by the guards
, and didn't yet have to give up his shoes. What choice does each man have at Auschwitz? They have the option to work or go to the crematorium.
What caused Elie's behavior to change?
Due to his time in the concentration camps and Holocaust, Elie
changes drastically as he is forced to take care more of himself for survival's sake
. Due to family separation, brutal treatment, Wiesel is transformed so drastically that his father's passing is viewed as freeing.
What does the relationship between Elie and his community reveal about him?
His father is a busy community leader and his duties leave little time for interaction with his son
. Elie says his father was “more concerned with others than his own family”. Later in the book, the horrors of the concentration camp make them value their relationship.
