True Love In Elie Wiesel's Night

“Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.” (Washington Irving) Irving writes of how love is the most enduring, and will grow if it is given back. It is something that is shared by the bond between a father and son. While, in most relationships there isn’t much affection shown, there is love within. Night a piece written by, Elie Wiesel illustrates the story of his experiences after being taken from his hometown of Sighet, Transylvania. He tells of the horrors living in the concentration camps of Auschwitz. The only person with him throughout the book, is his father, and they begin to develop a much stronger, deep bond. They learn to live like one, caring more about the other person than themself. The book tells a …show more content…
He knows that at this point in the book, if he gives up his father will likely fall down with him. He develops a selflessness that allows for his father to survive as long as he did. Without speaking, Wiesel grasped many feelings that his father has felt, and really understood the same pain his father felt. The pair began to merge into one single person, rather than two people. Everything one person felt physically and mentally, was truly understood by the other. Both, father and son grew a full sense of selflessness and compassion for each other. Before the camps, there seemed to be a wall between Wiesel and his father, rarely expressing their feelings with one and other. Their relation was just deemed by their blood, nothing more. While they were family, they didn’t show a true bond or special relationship of any kind. There was not much love displayed nor any close attachment. However, after Wiesel’s father was the only family he thought he had left, he knew at that instance when his family was separated that he had to do something. He made a tacit agreement with his father, that they would both make sure that they would stay together. This unspoken understanding left Wiesel and his father