Night

Night by, Elie Wiesel
The Rupture of Father-Son Bonds
Pages & Examples


Page 86-87
“My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support.”
They were running to a different camp. If someone stopped them would get shot or trampled.

Page 91
“What if he had wanted to get rid of his father? He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end was near, had thought by his separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival.”
They just reached their resting destination and a man was looking for his son.

Page 45
“The only thing that keeps me alive is to know that Reizel and the little ones are still alive. Were it not for them, I would give up.”
He was giving Elie another ration of bread.

Page 112
“I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I was out of tears. And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last!...”
Elie looked over and saw that his father wasn’t in his bunk. Another sick person was.

Page 101
“Meir, my little Meir! Don’t you recognize me…You’re killing your father….I have bread…..for you too…..for you too…
He collapsed. But his fist was still clutching a small crust. He wanted to raise it to his mouth. But the other threw himself on him. His son searched him, took the crust of bread, and began to devour it.”
His son killed him over a piece of bread.


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