In Elie Weisel's book "Night" he tells his story of life during the Holocaust, his personal experiences, and his experience in concentration camps. Elie Weisel has shared some very personal experiences, but one of the most significant is his candor about becoming frustrated at having to care for his father. His father had become weaker when they were sent to Buchenwald, and he had left him outside. When he went back to look for him he stated;
"Don't let me find him. If only I could get rid of the dead weight."
It was very personal to reveal feelings of such dept towards a father that he had loved so dearly.
After a night of his father suffering a guard comes in and hits his father. Elie coils back refusing to acknowledge his father because of his own fear of being subjected to harm. He does not go and comfort him.
Finally, his father dies, and Elie does not cry. He feels relief because he is free from the burden. (106)
All three episodes of his sharing his own personal emotions and responses to the crisis with his father are very difficult and personal experiences. Elie does not try to cover up his errors or own humanness.
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