Change is an unpredictable and inevitable thing. We can't know what change this might make, but we can definitely expect it, said Hazel M, an English honors student (para. 1). Eliezer, the protagonist of Night, encounters changes on several occasions. One of the most dramatic changes he encountered in the concentration camps was that of his relationship with his father. Before the Holocaust, Eliezer's relationship with his father was very distant, I would say non-existent. Throughout the novel, huge remarkable changes have occurred in the father-son relationship between Eliezer and his father. To highlight a few, we will discuss Eliezer and his father's emotional change, the bond between them as father and son, and how they build trust in their relationship. Eliezer's relationship with his father is very important because it allows them both to experience the anguish and despair that overwhelms them. And their love for each other helped them both stay alive during the torture the Jews suffered. First, the father-son relationship between Eliezer and his father in the novel experiences an emotional change. At first, the relationship between these two characters is rather tense and awkward. They were always close to each other and Eliezer illustrates the painful atmosphere by describing: “My father was a cultured man, rather unsentimental. There was never any display of emotion, even at home. He cared more about others than his own family” (Wiesel 2). Eliezer's father barely expressed his feelings or any sign of emotion towards Eliezer, which created a huge gap in their relationship. The important role that Eliezer's father plays in the Jewish community, Sighet, shou...... middle of paper ...... ing change in the relationship between Eliezer and his father proves that trust is the most great of all. Eliezer goes through a dynamic change with his father. At the beginning of the story, Eliezer and his father are very distant and there is no close relationship between them. They are never intimate or dependent on each other, before the deportation. After experiencing death, despair, and starvation every day in the concentration camps, Eliezer not only becomes sad and melancholic, he also undergoes profound changes in the relationship he shares with his father. Their relationship was once distant, but their bond becomes strong and filled with trust over time. Works CitedHazel, M. "Change is crucial in a person's life." Np, and Web. December 15, 2008. Wiesel, Elie. Night. New York: Hill and Wang, nd Print.