This is almost exactly how Eliezer feels about his father. No matter how weak his father is sometimes, Eliezer never even dreams about leaving his father behind. Eliezer shows this on pages 86 to 91. First, he contemplates just letting himself get shot. He finally comes to the conclusion that he would not want to do that, because without him, his father would have no one. Another time in those pages Eliezer shows the amount of devotion and love he has towards his father is when Rabbi Eliahu was asking them if anybody had seen his son. When Eliezer realizes that he witnessed he did see his son... trying to break free of his father, because he felt like he was too much of a burden. This is when Eliezer promises himself he will never do that to his father.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Rosemarie - Connector
I read a book recently called "The Five People You Meet in Heaven". During the book, the protagonist, Eddie recalls a memory from when he was away at war. He remembers that even though he was pretty much going crazy, the rest of his squad refused to leave him behind. The men in his squad made a promise to him, and to each other to stay together and not let anybody fall behind.
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I also read that book and that part did remind me about how close Eliezer and his father was during the war. They both share a special relationship with each other, and you can tell this because Eliezer makes a promise to never abandon his father. I'm happy that Eliezer wasn't selfish like Rbbi Eliahu's son had been when he abandoned his father.
ReplyDeleteWe read, like, all of the same books! Haha. But yeah you're right. I remember when he was looking for his father at one point towards the end, after some bombing I think... he was thinking about how easy it would be if he just didn't find his father and he wouldn't have to worry about him anymore. But then his father found him and it was a good thing, because it seemed like he was about to give up...
ReplyDeleteI never read that book, but I can make a connection too. I remember watching an episode of Ghost Whisperer and the men made a promise to never leave each other behind, even though in the end only one was left standing. In the Night, Eliezer was the only one left standing.
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