Night Chapters 5-6: Elie's Life

After spending a significant amount of time in the camps, I find that Elie's daily life has become fairly routine.  Earlier in the book, when he was first taken to the camps,  the book was filled with sections about how Elie is scared and worried.  Now, after living in the camps for a while, none of this is present.  This is especially significant, considering he is going through harder things now than he was then.  A natural order has worked its way into his life, and he has been exposed to so much death and misery that it has less of an effect on him. In the beginning of chapter 6, Elie feels no fear at the words of the SS. "The SS made us increase our pace.  'Faster, you swine, you filthy sons of bitches!' Why not? The movement warmed us up a little." Elie has even progressed to the point where he sees the positive aspects of doing the grueling tasks assigned to him in the camps.  He has crossed over the mental boundary that causes fear and worry; He knows and accepts that worrying will not make him live longer.
     However, there is still one thing that he worries constantly about.  His father, in his old age, is a prime target for the weekly selections that weed out weak or old people that can no longer work effectively.  Elie's father is his only remaining link to his past life.  He loves his father deeply, and to lose him would have a large effect on his morale and will to survive.
     Strangely, Elie does not think too highly of the value of friends.  They are important to him, yes, but in times like this, people tend to form bonds stronger than most normal friendships due to the terrible things they have to go through.  However, he still is as close to his friends in the camps as he was at home.
     I think Elie's distance from his friends might be due to his other focuses at this time.  He spends a lot of time questioning the actions of his god and interacting with his father.
     At this point in the book, Elie is essentially looking past the difficulty of his work and high chance of death, and is instead spending time with his father and dwelling on his faith in religion.