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For the father-son relationship, Elie gets closer. At the beginning of the book Elie’s father was occupied with his business and the doings of his community. Elie’s father discourages him to study the Cabbala when Elie asked if he could find a master to guide his studies for the Cabbala. Elie’s father replies by saying “You must first study the basic subjects within your own understanding.” (pg 2) From this we see that Elie’s father isn’t willing to give up his time to teach Elie, or to even bother finding a man who will help him with study the Cabbala.
In the beginning at the concentration camp, Elie sees his father beaten by Idek who suddenly broke out in a frenzy. Elie watched Idek beat hi
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Some people would go as far as killing their father for only a piece of bread. “My father’s presence was the only thing that stopped me… I had no right to let myself die. Elie gets closer to his father, but others get further, and even till the point where they would kill their father. ” (pg 96) One old man managed to get a piece of bread on the train ride while the Germans were throwing it in the train. Meir, my boy! Don’t you recognize me? I’m your father . Elie says “I was angry with him, for not knowing how to avoid Idek’s outbreak. What would he do without me? I was his only support. They should have been watching out for each other and sticking together.
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