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Father Son Relationships In Night
There are three different father and son relationships in Night. Some things about them are different and some are the same. The thing that they all had similar was the fathers loved their sons and would do anything to save them.

Elie and his father loved each other lots. They had never left one another’s side. Rabbi Eliahou’s son saw him getting weaker and left him for dead when they were running. The man who stole the bread and his son Meir, Meir barely remembered his father and he attacked him.Elie saved his dad lots of times and his father saved him lots of times. They had to fight to stay alive for each other. Elie only had one thing to live for and his father also had one thing to live for. Rabbi Eliahou used his father to help him

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