Lost of trust is a great tool when finding the people we need in our life. We find with it that not everyone we trust is to have that trust. Elie and Stephen find out that a lot of what they trust in the beginning are things that they shouldn’t trust entirely. Elie from Night by Elie Wiesel and Stephen from The Samurai’s Garden by Gail Tsukiyama experience so many times of having to lose trust in someone so they can have a better outcome in a situation. When Stephen’s mom tells him that his dad is having an affair, he realizes that not his dad isn’t whom he first looked up to. Right after the first exchange between both Stephen and his father it is very apparent that Stephen is speaking nervously towards his father not knowing whether to
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He believes that since his father is a big part of the Sighet community he will lead him to survive this time. This isn’t apparent as throughout the time of hardships his dad tends to slow Stephen down leading him to start losing trust in his father. A moment when Stephen realizes that his father isn’t someone he should rely on is when he is forced to march in order for Stephen to keep his crown but his father can’t do it. Even after Elie spends a lot of time with his dad working on his marching it shows that Elie can’t trust his dad on a physical aspect. He also started to lose trust when he notices his father getting mentally weaker and weaker. When they finally arrive at Buchenwald and they finally head toward the showers his father had given up stating, “I can’t go on . . . This is the end . . . I’m going to die here . . .” (Wiesel 100). Elie argues with his father to stand him up and get him to keep going. He realizes that he isn’t arguing his dad anymore but with the death that his father has chosen. The next day he remembers about his dad and how he had left him there. He decides to help his dad again. When he finds him very ill he feels a very deep sorrow for him and decides that trusting his dad that he’ll get through this is the best choice. It was too late though. Instead of him getting better, Elie gets slowed down by his father when his dad starts to eat some of Elie’s ration. Elie could not trust his dad as he realizes that he was the stronger one out of them
He believes that since his father is a big part of the Sighet community he will lead him to survive this time. This isn’t apparent as throughout the time of hardships his dad tends to slow Stephen down leading him to start losing trust in his father. A moment when Stephen realizes that his father isn’t someone he should rely on is when he is forced to march in order for Stephen to keep his crown but his father can’t do it. Even after Elie spends a lot of time with his dad working on his marching it shows that Elie can’t trust his dad on a physical aspect. He also started to lose trust when he notices his father getting mentally weaker and weaker. When they finally arrive at Buchenwald and they finally head toward the showers his father had given up stating, “I can’t go on . . . This is the end . . . I’m going to die here . . .” (Wiesel 100). Elie argues with his father to stand him up and get him to keep going. He realizes that he isn’t arguing his dad anymore but with the death that his father has chosen. The next day he remembers about his dad and how he had left him there. He decides to help his dad again. When he finds him very ill he feels a very deep sorrow for him and decides that trusting his dad that he’ll get through this is the best choice. It was too late though. Instead of him getting better, Elie gets slowed down by his father when his dad starts to eat some of Elie’s ration. Elie could not trust his dad as he realizes that he was the stronger one out of them