In the last section of Night, watching Elie and his father's relationship becoming weaker and weaker as Elie's dad approaches his death upsets me greatly.  After running for hours, both Elie and his father are exhausted.  The father says, "Don't worry, son.  Go to sleep.  I'll watch over you," (p89).  Here, although exhausted from running, both of them are physically okay (meaning they aren't sick).  Elie's dad is still the one taking care of his son.  After this they get on a train.  There are 100 people in each car.  The train stopped at one point to rid of those who had died during the ride.  Elie's dad was thought to be dead until he was beat on by Elie to prove otherwise.  If you saw two men approaching you and your father ready to throw your dad out of a train, how do you think you would react?  Would you beat him as Elie did until he woke up?  I honestly don't know if I'd do this or simply sit there and watch them carry his body out.  This was only the beginning of his father's down fall, though.  Through another selection, Elie's dad was chosen to go to the left, which would eventually send him to the forsaken crematoria.  Desperately trying to stay with his father, Elie went after him, causing confusion, which allowed them, and others, to sneak onto the right side.  He was still with his father.  Knowing that his time is almost up, Elie's father says to him, "Eliezer...I must tell you where i buried the gold and silver...in the cellar..." (p108).  How would you react if your father is telling you the things he wants you to know before he's gone?  I would react angrily, knowing that he is giving up.  I would feel like he is giving up and abandoning me.  He began suffereing from dysentery.  He yells out to Elie, "My son, they are beating me!"(p109).  He was delirious. He was seeing things and putting himself in situations that weren't actually there.  It must be very difficult watching someone so close to you slowly losing a battle such as this, ultimately leading to his death.  Hence, Elie's experience of watching his father eventually die must have been heartbreaking and traumatizing.