Parents are there for guidance and support. Without your guide into life, how well off would you be? Augusten Burroughs, the author who wrote Running With Scissors, had to raise himself; he had no guidance, no support and no good caretakers to look after him. On the other hand, Elie Wiesel, the author of Night, had guidance. He had support, love, and hope from his father. Over the course of time, these two survivors, as you might say, have encountered abuse day by day, week by week, although the only difference between the two is one had support, guidance, love and hope while the other had naught. Elie Wiesel was a captive in the Holocaust. The first concentration camp, which was Auschwitz, led Elie to see a glimpse of his faith through the burning bodies of the minors. Throughout his time in the …show more content…
His mother, Deidre, was more obsessed with herself than the opulence of her son and his father, John, simply had no care for Augusten. Augusten had little to no fondness that was directed towards him; he received no attention, no support and no adoration. Neil Bookman, Augusten’s “boyfriend”, showed adoration towards Burroughs. Since Neil was a mid thirty year old man and Augusten was only a teen, the actions that were ensued was anything but love. Augusten fed on the attention Bookman was giving. He enjoyed being adored, but later on the adoration would stop and Bookman would eventually persuade Augusten to eventuate in sexual activity. Augusten was not very fond of anal sex, but to get Neil to idolize him, Burroughs would go to the extreme and ensue the action. Augusten starts to realize that Neil was “not worth loving” and was “nothing but a sex toy”. He was unaware that his relationship with Bookman shouldn’t be happening because he was surrounded by people who accepted them as a couple. Augusten had no guidance, therefore he did not know that his relationship was