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Which page in Night depicts Elie's dad refusing to give up his crown?
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In Elie Wiesel's Night, Elie's father refuses to allow him to surrender his gold crown to Franek, a foreman who threatens them. This refusal is depicted on page 55 in the 2006 Hill and Wang edition. Despite Elie's attempts to teach his father to march properly to avoid punishment, his father is tormented daily, leading to Elie eventually giving up the crown to stop the beatings.
In chapter four, a foreman named Franek demands that Elie let him have his gold crown. Elie initially refuses to give Franek his gold crown and consults his father about the issue after Franek threatens to make his life difficult. Elie's father refuses to allow Franek to take his son's gold crown and believes that Franek will simply accept Elie's answer without punishing him. Unfortunately, Franek punishes Elie's father for not allowing his son to give up his gold crown. Franek is aware that Elie's father has difficulty marching in step with the other prisoners and begins to torment him daily for mistaking his steps. On page 55 of the 2006 Hill and Wang edition of the novel, Elie's father refuses to allow him to give up his gold crown. Elie even attempts to teach his father how to march in their spare time in order to avoid Franek's severe...
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beatings. Unfortunately, Elie is forced to give his gold crown to Franek and a Jewish dentist removes his crown using a spoon in the latrine.
In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie's father refuses to let the gold crown in Elie's teeth be removed. In my book this scene is on page 73 and starts on page 72, continuing until page 74 when the tooth with the crown is finally pulled. Elie pays a price for his initial refusal to remove the crown so that he can consult with his father.
His father was tormented for his failure to learn to march in step even though Elie tried to teach him. When is father could not do the march in correct time, the crown was the only way to stop Franek from the daily beating of the father. The ration of bread that it cost Elie to pay the Warsaw dentist who removed the crown was a dear price because food is what kept them alive. So Elie lost both the crown in his mouth and the battle to protect his father who had told him not to give up the crown.