Once Transportation Elie Wiesel Analysis

Rick Yune, an American actor, producer, martial artist, and screenwriter, once said,“It's a rare thing when a father and son can share the same experience” (Rick Yune). The relationship of the quote, relates to Elie and his father because it demonstrates that father and son rarely get to encounter the same situation together and when they do, it is something that is not forgotten. During Night, father and son become closer together due to the experience they encountered, while at the concentration camps. Once at the concentration camps, and separated from the rest of the Wiesel family, Elie and his father create an attachment for one another, one of which they would not of had without experiencing the Holocaust. Throughout Elie Wiesel’s memoir,
Elie and his father have just been separated from the women in their family. Elie’s first reaction is to hold onto his father. Elies remembers that, “In a fraction of a second I could see my mother, my sisters, move to the right. [...] And I walked on with my father, with the men. [...] My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. [...] It was imperative to stay together” (Wiesel 29-30). Resulting in the end of the separation,all that remained was Elie’s father and Elie. Standing together, frightened, Elie grabs onto his father’s hand. After years of Elie and his father being so distant from each other, at this moment, they created a bond, which brings them closer. Elie is looking at his father for protection no matter what happens to them. Even with the loss of their family, Elie and his father have become the closest they have ever been. Scholarly reviewer, Ellen Fine, states,“[...] being stripped bare of all possessions, he is fixated on one thought - to be with his father” (Fine 55). Fine is stating that Elie has only one view, which is to be with his father no matter what happen or has happened to
Elie’s father has become sick once they reach the Buchenwald camp. He gets weaker everyday that he is alive. Elie, along with the rest of his block are instructed to take showers while their blocks have not been finished being cleaned. While waiting outside, Elie sees his father and explains that, “From a far, I saw my father and ran to meet. He went by me like a shadow, passing me without stopping, without a glance. [...] He looked at me for a moment and his gaze was distant, [...] the face of a stranger” (Wiesel 107-108). While Elie’s father is practically lying on his deathbed, Elie’s believes that he sees his father running to him. Yet, it is not his father, but a complete stranger. Elie is then realizing how faceless all of the prisoners have become. By Elie not recognizing that the stranger was not his father, proves that Elie is growing away from his father. Elie tells Oprah, “When my father, who was sick, called out to me - and I didn’t respond, because I was afraid to be beaten up. I let him die” (“Oprah” 3). Elie assumes his father died because of him. Elie became scared at what could happen to him, more than what happened to his