?In the book Night, Elie Wiesel relives the horrible conditions in the concentration camps during World War II. At their arrival, Elie was separated from his mother and sister. This leaves him with his father. Throughout the book, Elie and his father go through many hardships. This results in their differences in their relationship from the beginning to the end of the book. In the beginning, Elie acts as if he were the son of his father. Towards the middle, Elie and his father seem to look out for each other. Then at the end, Elie takes on the role as a father, and his father becomes more like a son. From the beginning, middle and end of the book, Elie’s relationship with his father changes. ? Throughout the beginning of the story, Elie acts like he is the son of his father. The childlike dependence Elie has to his father is evident during the initial selection. As doctor Mengele sorts the Jews, Elie is fearful of the possible separation from his father. “The baton pointed to the left. I took half a step forward. I first wanted to see where they would send my father. Were he to have gone to the right, I would have run after him” (32). As Elie and his father move on from selection together, Elie feels the need to hold on to his father’s hand. According to Ellen S. Fine, “Elie becomes obsessed with the need to hold on tightly to his father’s hand” (Fine 98). Throughout the beginning, Elie stresses the importance of staying with his father. “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think about was not to lose him. Not to remain alone” (30). Elie remains with his father, like a child clinging to his side, not wanting to be separated. Kelly Winters states, “He clings to his father, contriving to stay close to him in the camps; this closeness is his sole source of reassurance and safety, although he knows it is precarious” (Winters 275). Elie assumes that he needs stay with his father to feel th