Near the beginning, when he inquires with his father about attaining a master in the teachings of Kabbalah, his father denies him the opportunity and makes it seem as though he is very distant from his father. “You are too young for that” (4). During when they first got to Auschwitz when his father was being slapped after asking about going to the bathroom, Wiesel showed he cared for his father. The only thing he could think of was that he'd never forgive them for what happened (39). A little less than four months before Wiesel’s liberation, his father had passed, but he couldn't bring himself to cry. Even though he loved his father, nothing else mattered to him anymore after his father’s death