Night

Explain the significance of the knife and the spoon. How are these items symbolic?

in pages 74-80 in Night by Elie Wiesel

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The knife and spoon were all Eliezer had of his father. They were all his father could bequeath to him. To Eliezer they were like holy relics, a symbol of his father's love and hard work before and during the war.