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  • Essay / Concentration Camps at Night by Elie Wiesel - 600

    Elie Wiesel's book “Night” recounts the life of a father and his son passing through the concentration camp of World War II. Their lifelong journey begins when they are taken from their home to Sighet, where they endure harsh and inhumane conditions in the camps. These conditions cause the relationship between Elie and his father to change. During their stay there, Elie and his father experience a role reversal. At the beginning of the novel, Elie's relationship with his father is quite close. Slowly but surely, throughout the novel, their relationship changes. The reason their father-son relationship is quite close and not extremely close as it should be is because his father's and Chlomo's commitments to the community affect his life at home. Which includes not having enough time for family. But that didn't change Elijah's love and respect for his father. He loved and respected him like all members of the community. Coming into the camp, this is the type of relationship they described. In a normal father-son relationship, the father protects the son and the son...