Do you ever wonder where or how you would be without your parents? In the novel "Night" by Elie Wiesel there were many difficult challenges he had to overcome. His father for the most part was there along side to help him. Shlomo stood beside his son until he no longer could help. Shlomo also helped him get through difficult situations and comforted Elie for as long as they'd live. I believe that with Elie's father along side him, Elie had increased chance of surviving.

At the beginning of the novel, the family was split apart from gender. His father stayed along side Elie describing, "I was walking, my father holding my hand" (Wiesel 29). As any good father, Shlomo comforted his son and was there for him as they were to burn at the crematorium. Not only did he comfort him, but he perfectly understood how Elie felt. As Wiesel mentioned, "I went up to him, took his hand and kissed it. A tear fell upon it. Whose was that tear? Mine? His? I said …show more content…
Shlomo and Elie were more than just family, they had a strong friendship. Shlomo understood Elie and because of that Elie had someone to depend on, and someone to relate to. If Elie was alone, he would probably not want to speak with many and just be there to watch the rest die as he would. Elie has lost nearly all his hope or possibly even all of it, but the fact of his father still living kept him moving forward no matter the challenge. Wiesel wrote, "My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me... I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his only support" (Wiesel 82). As much as he would prefer to kill himself and end his sorrow, his father was the reason to why he was still alive. Although around the end of Shlomo's life he became more of a drag, it made Elie stronger and a great person. If it wasn't for Shlomo, Elie would be a lonely boy that would've ended up dead with no reason to