It is sincerely undeniable that my father was a phenomenal man who lived a life that is considered far too short. Along with being a community leader, he was a husband, father, and even a friend to many people within Sighet. However, he was hardly just a father to me. Shlomo Wiesel was a man who only wanted the best for me and was one of the only people I had always looked up to as a child. While my other siblings were close with our serene mother, I had gravitated towards my father, who I had an easier time connecting to.
My father worked harder than anyone I have ever had the pleasure of knowing. Even when I was a young child, I could recall my father always being occupied with paperwork that could take relentless hours of determination and
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You could say that he was the glue in our household, the one who held us all together throughout thick and thin. He was the one who kept us all happy and healthy. He was even the one who controlled all of my studies and taught me everything I ever needed to know in order to care for my own family one day. While my father might have held high expectations for me, I comprehend now that he only wanted what was best for me and wanted me to be as successful and respected as he was throughout his …show more content…
Instead, it would be never giving up on me, even during the Holocaust, when most men only cared about themselves and staying alive with little to no regard for others, even if the said others share the same blood as them. My father and I had witnessed ordeals that could easily make any grown man cry, but my father never gave up, and he made sure I didn’t either. He was the one that kept me going and keeping me sane throughout the worst time period in history for the Jewish community. If it weren’t for him, I doubt I would still be here
Wiesel and his father were harshly testing their bond as a family during the progression of their stay. It is remarkable how such appalling conditions can bring people together in ways unimaginable. Before Wiesel came, he never did much regarding his father. While they were at the camp, Wiesel couldn’t stand being without his father. Wiesel is surprised to see how the camp changed his father. He recalls on how one of the first nights at the camp, he saw his father cry for the first time. Wiesel’s relationship with his father has been so impactful on
Throughout Night Wiesel’s most important motivation remains his father and almost nothing else. When Chlomo finally passes on at the end, Wiesel has nothing left to care about. Wisel writes, “I have nothing to say of my life during this period. It no longer mattered. After my father’s death, nothing could touch me anymore” (Wiesel 107). This book reminds us not only of the terror of the Holocaust, but of the importance of family in life.
Wiesel’s family was socially active within the community and well trusted. When World War II began, the town of Sighet was forced to live within two ghettos. However, Wiesel and his family were able to live wi... ... middle of paper ... ...
Elie Wiesel was a young boy growing up in the small town of Sighet, Hungary. He was very religious and spent much of his own time studying the Talmud and reading into the Jewish religion. He was an ambitious character and had very little hate for anyone, he also was very open minded and very compassionate for all those around him. But when the Nazis first take his family to the ghettos that they moved all Jews of Sighet too, he first began to hate and feel the pain of persecution. He was then also separated from his mother Sarah, and his three sisters Hilda, Beatrice, and Tzipora when he and his father were sent to Auschwitz where his inmate number was “A-7713”. During his time at this concentration camp he first began to question his belief in God and his belief in the good of humanity. Elie survived the Holcaust but he had suffered the horrors of watching people die right in front of him, and the loss of religion and his family.
The parent-child relationship is one of the longest lasting social ties in human existence. Though it establishes endless support and unconditional love, it also fuels ambivalence, irritation, and resentment. Eli Wiesel’s highly acclaimed memoir, Night, explores this theme of familial bonds through intense trauma. During the Holocaust, Eliezer and his father, Shlomo, are stripped of their identities and sentenced to concentration camps where they slave endlessly for a year. Over time, Shlomo grows increasingly ill and Eliezer must accept the role as parent and protector. This inversion of the father-son relationship parallels the declining faith in humanity, as Eliezer’s world is—essentially—flipped upside down.
Towards the end of the story, Wiesel’s dad becomes extremely sick. During an attempt to find his father in a mob, he dreams that “[he] were relieved of this responsibility, [he] could use all [his] strength to fight for [his] own survival, to take care of [himself]…” (Wiesel 106). The ellipses showcased the confusion in his mind regarding his father’s situation. Wiesel’s implicit thought about his father regards him as a dead weight, and questions the need of nursing him. Although Wiesel hasn’t completely scrapped his relationship with his father, the doubt set the foundation for the subsequent sacrifice. Their experiences in the Holocaust only separated their relationship, rather than bringing them closer together. Wiesel showcases, through the use of ellipses, that the Jews became less gregarious after the harsh treatment imposed on them by the
Prior to arriving at the concentration camp, Elie and his father have a slightly strained relationship due to his father’s commitment to the Jewish people in their town. However, their relationship to father to son is traditional in the sense of the biblical commandment that requires sons to honor their parents. After Wiesel and his father arrived at the camp, they try to care for and shield each other from hardship. As his father weakens, Elie and his father’s role changes; he becomes the protector and his father becomes the protected. During their time in the camps, Wiesel often feels shameful when he is angry at his father for not being able to avoid beatings even though they are not his father’s faught. As the conditions deteriorate more and more, Wiesel’s father becomes a burden to him, both physically and mentally, and Wiesel feels a kind of terrible relief when his father dies: “No prayers were said over his tomb. No candle lit in his memory. His last word had been my name. He had called out to me and I had not answered . . . I might have found something [inside myself] like: Free at last” (Wiesel 112). This change can also be connected back to the theme that appalling situations can make a person lose sight of who they are, including their relationship with others. Through the horrors of the Holocaust, the basic family bond between Wiesel and his father, like the bond between so many other sons
Growing up, my father’s absence played a major factor in my stride for success. His absence was the scapegoat for why I always felt like I may not be good enough – or why I’d be looked at as an outcast. I’ve always made it my first priority to overcome his negligence by attempting to do my best in school – earning good grades, joining school clubs, giving back to the community. However, never did I receive the recognition I’ve always dreamed of and never was I satisfied with my outcome, but never did I think that I would find through the one who seized it all.
When I was a young child, my dad was my idol and hero. He seemed to know everything and had the solution to every problem. Any difficulty I had, anything I didn’t understand, my dad had the answer to everything. It seemed like it was every day that he taught me a new valuable life lesson and always had wise advice to share. My dad used to work all day long in Boston and my brother and I would wait by the door to greet him with a crushing hug as soon as he came home. I used to wait eagerly for my dad to come to my room to read me a bedtime story and then tuck me into bed. My dad could do no wrong. He was right about everything and knew how to deal with anything. However, as I grew older, my convictions changed and the image I had of my dad fragmented.
As Wiesel enlightens about the advantages and disadvantages of having company during the Holocaust he debates between abandoning his father and continuing to care for him. Realizing that surviving would be easier if Elie is free from caring for his father he considers deserting him; to illustrate, Elie reflects, “If only I didn't find him! If only I were relieved of this responsibility, I could use all my strength to fight for my own survival, to take care only of myself…Instantly, I felt ashamed, ashamed of myself forever” (Wiesel 106). Evidently, Elie’s father becomes a burden reducing Elie’s chance of survival through the Holocaust. Secretly, Elie wishes to be “relieved of this responsibility” of worrying about his father’s wellbeing, which contributes to the downfall of their nexus and reveals Elie’s inner darkness plus his conceit. “To take care only of [him]self” convinces Elie that surviving on his own would be simpler despite losing his father. Likewise, during the blizzard, Rabbi Eliahu’s son forsakes his father after Rabbi Eliahu grows fatigued and drifts to the rear of the procession. On the other hand, Elie’s connection with his father withstands the urge of desertion because of the solid appreciation they have for one another and the reliance on each other for support and motivation they built together. Even though family is
My dad is always happy to help. He always has time to assist me with whatever I need. Sometimes when I don't comprehend a certain thing on my homework, he works through the problem with me until I fully understand how to solve it myself. He is very inquisitive and is always showing me diverse ways to solve my problems If I have to do chores around the house, he is always the first one I call. He and I work together as a team and finish them. Also, I speak two languages, so it is a little hard when I am talking to my parents to not get the two mixed up. Luckily, my dad helps me by correcting me if I mispronounce a word or phrase and reminds every time I make that same mistake so it sticks in my head forever. That way when I'm talking to my grandparents or other family members, I know how to speak properly.
When someone thinks about the definition of a father, he or she thinks about the support, care, love, and knowledge a father gives to his offspring. Most people automatically believe that biological fathers, along with the mothers, raise their children. However, that is not always the case. There are many children across the world who are raised without their father. These children lack a father figure. People do not realize how detrimental the lack of a father figure can be to the child, both mentally and emotionally. Enrolling boys between the ages of 5 to 16 without father figures in programs, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, that involve building a relationship with someone who can serve as a role model is essential to prevent males from depression, difficulty in expressing emotions, and other consequences of having an absent father figure.
Additionally, building this strong brother-to-sister relationship of trust with my own sisters, leads my focus on the members of my family, who has influenced my character more fully than anyone else. My Dad especially is probably my greatest example of all times whose character and integrity really touched me in various ways I could ever imagine. I really admired the way he led our family with great wisdom and counsel which helped me in my hard and difficult times. I only got to spend nineteen years of my life time with him due to his passing away while I was on my mission.
Everyone has that one person in their life has influenced to be who they are. Some weren’t meant to be looked up to, still somehow that person shaped them to be who they are today. It could be anyone, a friend, teacher, most of the time a parent. A parent that has influenced their child would be a hard parent, who disciplined and showed the real world to their kid, for what it really is. In hopes that their kid will survive the real world and pass on their knowledge to their kids and their children and so on.
I always think to myself, “What would I do if I didn’t have a father like him?” I think about it and then I say, “I would be in the cracks, not doing anything because there is no one here to keep me going and to keep me motivated.” My dad is an amazing cool person to me because he shows me that no matter what struggles he faces in his life or what happens to him, he always gets out of them and he has me and my mom to help him.