Strong relationships are the foundation of life. Night by Elie Wiesel explores this topic by throwing the relationship between father and son into a tragic event. As the book advances, Elie Wiesel's relationship with his father strengthens his will to survive, even though events have separated them. In the book it is shown that family is important for survival, then his father's well-being becomes his only reason of survival and eventually the relationship fades but still strengthens the ability to survive. selfishly (18). security makes it clear that family is a key to Eliezer's survival instinct. Eliezer's understanding of "family is survival" is strengthened even more when he is in the concentration camps, a distant uncle. approaches Eliezer and he decides to stay close to this uncle (40). Even though Eliezer and his uncle are distant relatives, the fact that Eliezer is close to him shows that Eliezer understands that family is a reason to continue living. During talks with his uncle in the concentration camps, Eliezer is faced with the question of telling his uncle about his family. Eliezer lies to his uncle about what happened to his family (42). Eliezer lies to his uncle to protect him from losing hope of being alive. In this way Eliezer shows factors that he believes the family is his will to survive. Although Eliezer's will to survive is his family as the book progresses, the entire family boils down to his father. Eliezer is separated from his mother and sister, so Eliezer's reason for surviving changes... middle of paper.... ..humanity which increases his survival skills. Even though Eliezer loses his relationship with his father, the loss of the relationship fuels his will to survive in a positive way. Night by Elie Wiesel shows that the relationship Eliezer has with his father throughout the book strengthens his resolve to survive. At the beginning, Eliezer's family is the will of Eliezer's survival. As the book progresses, his father's presence becomes the reason for Eliezer's survival. Ultimately, it was the loss of the bond with his father that most strengthened his ability to survive. Night's progression and the struggles Eliezer endures cause his relationship with his father to perish but, in turn, strengthens Eliezer's will to survive. Works Cited Wiesel, Elie and Marion Wiesel. Night. New York, NY: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1960. Print.