Eliezer And His Father's Relationship Analysis
Ruben Gonzalez
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The Relationship between Eliezer and his Father:
How their relationship changes throughout the novel.
Change is unpredictable and inevitable. You cannot know what alteration it may bring, but it can be expected. In the Autobiography “Night” by Elie Wiesel changes are experienced constantly by the protagonist and his father throughout the story. The changes in Elie’s life throughout the story are shown in form of stages, the beginning stage where Elie feels no affection towards his dad, the second stage where Elie’s relationship with his father gets stronger than ever, and the last change, when Elie becomes indifferent towards his own feelings.
Eliezer’s relation with his father in the novel changes from time to time, but in the first stage neither of them has a relationship with each other. Elie and his father are never intimate or dependent on each other. The distance between father and son is so great that Elie describes his father as one who “was more concerned with others than his own family” (Wiesel 2). prioritizing the members of the Jewish community that his own family. Also Elie’s is so independent that he doesn’t seek any attention from his father and challenge him when it comes to following …show more content…
“…in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like –free at last!” (Wiesel 106). After his father dies, Elie feels relieved that he does not have to help or wait for his father anymore. He is happy he only has to worry about himself and about his
ENC1102
The Relationship between Eliezer and his Father:
How their relationship changes throughout the novel.
Change is unpredictable and inevitable. You cannot know what alteration it may bring, but it can be expected. In the Autobiography “Night” by Elie Wiesel changes are experienced constantly by the protagonist and his father throughout the story. The changes in Elie’s life throughout the story are shown in form of stages, the beginning stage where Elie feels no affection towards his dad, the second stage where Elie’s relationship with his father gets stronger than ever, and the last change, when Elie becomes indifferent towards his own feelings.
Eliezer’s relation with his father in the novel changes from time to time, but in the first stage neither of them has a relationship with each other. Elie and his father are never intimate or dependent on each other. The distance between father and son is so great that Elie describes his father as one who “was more concerned with others than his own family” (Wiesel 2). prioritizing the members of the Jewish community that his own family. Also Elie’s is so independent that he doesn’t seek any attention from his father and challenge him when it comes to following …show more content…
“…in the recesses of my weakened conscience, could I have searched it, I might perhaps have found something like –free at last!” (Wiesel 106). After his father dies, Elie feels relieved that he does not have to help or wait for his father anymore. He is happy he only has to worry about himself and about his