"A prolonged whistle split the air. The wheels began to squeak. We were on our way" (Wiesel 38). Eliezer has no idea what awaits him, nor do the 79 other people crammed into the cattle car with him. In the unbearable heat of the suffocating air, the poor citizens of Sighet try to quell their thirst and hunger (Wiesel 39-40), unaware of the danger that awaits them. Upon their arrival at Birkenau, a concentration camp, the dreaded selection separates Eliezer and his father from his mother and sister. The fight begins. Elie and his father struggle to stay together while enduring excruciating labor, malnutrition, and pain in concentration camps. From beatings to constant threats to being so tired that Eliezer would rather die than live, World War II transforms Eliez's world into a living nightmare. However, the hard blade of the Holocaust brought to light Elijah's affection, infidelity and perseverance in Night by Elie Wiesel himself. After separating from his mother and sister in Birkenau, Eliezer and his father have only each other. As a result, they develop a mindset that allows them to never let the Holocaust separate them, and this is where their affection shines through. For example, on page 56, Elie will run to his father if the SS guards place his father in a different group. Eliezer's massive affection for his father allows him to gain enough courage to disobey the defiant SS guards and their pointed guns. Eventually, Eliezer's affection leads to a protective attitude toward his father. "You can lie down. We will take turns. I will watch over you and you will watch over me. We will not let each other fall asleep. We will watch over each other" (Wiesel 161). In that moment, Elie's relationship with his father transforms into a peer... middle of paper... his soul. He believes that he, or anyone in his camp, is no longer human. "The student of the Talmud, the child that I was, had been consumed by the flames. All that remained was a form that resembled me. My soul had been invaded - and devoured - by a black flame" (Wiesel 66 ) Faith abandons him, leaving him in a void of pure evil darkness. In fact, the emptiness of pure evil makes up for Night's title. The night reflects the Holocaust. Eliezer sees this type of night as a lack of faith and humanity. The night, or in this case, the Holocaust, turns into a dark and frightening place that forbids any hope of sunlight. The darkness of night allows evil to attack a victim without them noticing. Eliezer, by surviving the ends of the dark darkness, brings out in him a more rebellious, more enduring and more affectionate person, which his novel Night illustrates..