Eulogy For Elie's Father

The assignment is to write a eulogy for Elie's father from the book Night (written by Elie Wiesel) This eulogy is from Elie's point of view.

As I watched my father just lying there. I didn't cry. I felt no anger. I just watched as he lied there. The one and only thing that still kept me going was now gone. I knew that the end to all this was near. Why couldn't my father have survived a bit longer. We could've gone out alive, together. He is now gone. What hurts the most is that I wasn't even able to say good-bye.

My father was always there for me. In the upsides and downsides. I had always wanted to be a Rabbi, although my gather never really did approve of it. This angered me and honestly made me hate him a little bit. I didn't like him much sinse he did not respect my beliefs and decision. After the transports and arriving to the camps. After the selection my old man was all I had. The one I truly believed in, God, had abandoned me. My father became the reason for me trying to survive everyday. We survived the sections, the march, the cattle cars and everything that was put in our path. Then one morning he just didn't wake up. I just watched as they threw out a dead body....my fathers corpse. I just wish I could've been able to say my last good-bye. The last thing i was able to do was watch as the SS Soldier carried out the body

R.I.P Father