Father Son Relationships In Elie Wiesel's Night

Night
In Elie Wiesel’s Night, it is proven that hard times can lead to growth in relationships; Elie’s relationship with his father became the only reason life was worth continuing. Father-son relationships are something that most fathers want, but probably do not think about them, they are something that just happens. Eliezer and his father’s relationship was not the best, but throughout the book they are faced with death and it forces their dependency to grow. This growth is shown clearly through the novel and it is the last thing Eliezer wants to lose.
In the first chapter of the book, Elie introduces his father and tells that he is not an open person,”My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental. He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family”(Wiesel 4). When they left their home this completely changed.” My father was crying. It was the first time I saw him cry. I had never thought it possible”(Wiesel 19). This shows how fear can cause people to break down and change how Eliezer would have never expected. “He was weeping his body was shaking”(Wiesel 33). In a way, it seems that his father crying and accepting the fact that they may not live past this point made him open up and see that his son was all that he had left.
Eliezer and his father made sacrifices for each other. Eliezer gave up his gold crown to protect his

father from Franek who was going to beat him until Eliezer it up (Wiesel 55). Eliezer's crown was the only thing he had that had value and he gave it away to protect his dad. Eliezer's father was someone who would put others before himself and his family. Wiesel said his father,“was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin”(Wiesel 4).No one mattered anymore except for Eliezer at the camp because there was no way to be involved with the welfare of others when you are fighting to keep your son and yourself alive and away from danger.
They gave their best efforts to stay together and that forced them to form a bond.

It was not a bond of love, though, it was a bond of fear. They had nothing else to hold onto so they held on to each other. Eliezer and his father's relationship emblematized many relationships today. Wiesel depicts their relationship to show how having someone to hold on me during god-awful times can be enough to keep you going . After his father's death, his relationship with anyone was depleted, “I shall not describe my life during that period. It no longer mattered. Since my father's death, nothing mattered to me anymore”(Wiesel

113).
Having someone to hold onto though tribulations not only causes a type of bond that otherwise would have never happened, but gives hope. Eliezer and his father's connection was not strong before leaving their home but developed