Table of Contents
- 1 What does the father look like in the giver?
- 2 Which is the best description of Sal’s father?
- 3 What is Elie’s father’s name?
- 4 How does Eliezer describe his father?
- 5 What does Elie learn from father?
- 6 How would you describe Elie’s relationship with his father in this chapter?
- 7 Who is Bruno’s father in the boy in the striped?
- 8 How did Jonas feel about his father in the giver?
- 9 What was the father’s role in the death of Bruno?
What does the father look like in the giver?
Father is a Nurturer at the Nurturing Center. He is friendly and loving towards the newchildren. He is the care-taker of Gabriel and the father of Jonas and Lily, married to Mother….Father.
| Jonas’ Father | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Hair | Brown |
| Given job | Nurturer |
| Fate | Alive |
Which is the best description of Sal’s father?
John Hiddle is Sal’s father. He is a kind, simple and honest man.
What is Elie’s father’s name?
Shlomo Wiesel
Elie Wiesel/Fathers
How would you describe Jonas’s father in the giver?
Jonas’ father is a shy, quiet, considerate, caring man. He is a Nurturer, responsible for the physical and emotional needs of every newborn child during the first few months of life. Like other community members, Jonas’ father follows the rules of the community. He is also a static, unchanging character.
Why does Sal pray to trees?
Why does Sal pray to the trees on her journey west? She wants to believe that it is the tree is signing, not the bird.
How does Eliezer describe his father?
How does Wiesel describe his father? He was a cultured, but unsentimental, man who rarely displayed his feelings and was more involved with the welfare of others than his own family. Several months later, Elie saw Moshe the Beadle again.
What does Elie learn from father?
Eliezer’s relationship with his father reminds him of fundamental feelings of love, duty, and commitment to his family. His commitment to his father also reminds him of his own humanity, of the goodness left in his heart.
How would you describe Elie’s relationship with his father in this chapter?
Eliezer describes his father as a patriarch who “… was concerned more with others than his own family” (Wiesel 2). This shows that the relationship between the two was not healthy and the father-son bond was wide. Thus, initially, the two were independent of each other.
How would you describe Elie’s relationship with his father in Chapter 1?
At the beginning of Night, Elie Wiesel describes his father as a cultured, unsentimental man with a rather distant manner: He rarely displayed his feelings, not even within his family, and was more involved with the welfare of others than with that of his own kin.
What was the Father Like in the boy in the striped?
Father is strict and intimidating, but expresses tenderness towards his family. He eventually consents to letting the family move back to Berlin, though he remains at Auschwitz to continue his duties for Hitler.
Who is Bruno’s father in the boy in the striped?
Ralf, Bruno’s father, was a soldier in the Great War (World War I), and is promoted to Commandant in the German Army by Hitler during World War II. He moves the family to Auschwitz, where he is in charge of the camp. Father is strict and intimidating, but expresses tenderness towards his family.
How did Jonas feel about his father in the giver?
Although he claims not to believe in love, Jonas’s father comes close to showing loving emotions to his children. Jonas feels love and affection for his father, which is why he feels betrayed when he discovers that his father is responsible for killing the babies.
What was the father’s role in the death of Bruno?
Father is strict and intimidating, but expresses tenderness towards his family. He eventually consents to letting the family move back to Berlin, though he remains at Auschwitz to continue his duties for Hitler. A year after Bruno disappears, he figures out what happened to his son, and is destroyed by the realization.