In the novel 'Night' by Elie Weisel we learn about the relationship between Elie and his father and how it changes through out their experiences of being in the death camps at the time of the Holocaust. The novel is an autobiography by Elie and is written in first person narrative and relates the events from his perspective.
             Elie lived in a small Jewish community in Sighet, Translavanyia. There he lived with his three sisters and his parents who owned a local shop.
             In the first chapter Elie describes his father as a 'rather unsentimental man' and told us of how 'He is more concerned with others than with his own family.' Straight away we learn that Elie and his father were not that close emotionally. Elie's father was one of the leading men in the community and did not approve of Elie reading the Cabbala which formed a barrier of separation between father and son. The first bond between Elie and his father is when they reach the death camp. The first orders they are given is 'Men to the left! Women to the right! Elie did not know at that time he was to be parted from his mother and sisters forever. It is now that Elie and his father start the terrifying journey of life in the camps together. Just after the separation Elie sees an old man get hit by an SS officer with his revolver, this makes him realise that it is not going to be easy and he is going to need his father 100 percent. "I had one thought. Not to lose him - Not to be left alone. At all costs we must keep together.' Elie and his father then get questioned by Dr. Mengele a typical SS officer, to see what there professions are. Depending on what you did you either went to the left or the right. Another separation. When Elie gets ordered to move to the left he only takes half a step forward to see where his father is going 'If he went to the right, I would go after him'. This shows how much love Elie has for his father and that he doesn't care which is the good or bad ...