When Elies mom and sister were being taken away from him he couldn’t just grab them and hold on to them until they had let them go he could have gotten him, his mother, his sister, and many more killed or in complete danger.
When the young boy was being hung from his neck in front of everyone if he would have went to help- him then he would have gotten himself killed or made an example of to show what would happen if someone were to interfere with their work or harmfulness.
I am absolutely sure it was hard foe Elie to lose his father the way he