“We have to go into the despair and go beyond it, by working and doing for somebody else, by using it for something else.”(Elie Wiesel) “Night” was published in 1956 by Elie Wiesel. The book “Night” is about Elie’s imprisonment at two concentration camps in German-occupied Poland. Throughout Elie’s brave sharing of his true story, we begin to understand how difficult it was to survive, both emotionally and physically. Elie’s determination to survive the concentration camp was his need to stay close with his father at all times. Elie’s father was the last piece of home that he had. His mother and little sister were separated during selection which led to his need to never to be taken away from his last family member. “The same thought buzzed all the time in my head-not to be separated from my father” (26). This shows how Elie’s love grew stronger to his father while staying at the concentration camp. This is important because throughout the book all of Elies’ important decisions that he made, he always had his father in mind. His father made him think about his life in a different way in which it changed …show more content…
He did all that he could to give him hope in life because there wasn’t a way to save him. Other people in the camp thought about Elie instead saying that he should think more himself than to try to save his own father.” There’s nothing you can do for him. And you’re killing yourself. Instead, you ought to be having his ration”(80). This shows that during the last moments with his father, all these opinions got into his head on who needs it more making him feel guilty.This is important because he tried helping his father by giving him some soup but denied the offer and asked for some water. Elie felt guilty thinking about himself for a bit but still did his best to help his father with his dysentery. In conclusion Elie’s father fell ill and tried his best to make his life a bit less