He was right I thought deep down not daring to admit to myself. Too late to save your old father you could have two ratios of soup ... don't drink water eat the soup (Wiesel 111) he made the choice to feed his father when he could have been eating his food. Why is this quote important?

The correct answer is the reason this quote is important is because it demonstrate the relationship between the parent and the son in the horrible situation they are in.

This book is a narrative from Wiesel and his time in the concentration camp and the experience of his father and him until his father death.