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Examples Of Perseverance In Night By Elie Wiesel

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The book Night is a story of family, religion, violence, and hope. This book tells the story of Elie Wiesel’s journey through the holocaust. During the novel, Wiesel writes with the purpose of teaching us several lessons. This lesson is conveyed through Wiesel’s actions, other character’s actions, as well as quotations. The lesson Wiesel taught in Night is to persevere and never lose hope up no matter how hopeless the situation may seem. The first way the underlying lesson of perseverance is proven is through Wiesel’s actions. Elie Wiesel displayed perseverance in the face of adversity several times with his action. Throughout the whole story Wiesel continued to work hard to survive despite how difficult it was. One great example occurs during their run to Gleiwitz, when malnourished Wiesel runs over 40 miles in the …show more content…

All the way through the book, character are showing us they never give up through quotes. One example of this occurs at Auschwitz. Elie’s father says “Mother is still a young woman. She must be in a labor camp. And Tzipora, she is a big girl now. She too must be in a camp...” (pg. 46). This shows us that he will not give up on the idea his family might be okay, and he will hold on to that hope. Afterwards in Buna when Elie’s father was deemed weak and was going to be executed, he said “‘it is not certain yet. There’s still a chance. Today, they will do another selection… a decisive one…” (pg. 74). He attempted to give Elie his spoon and knife, his inheritance, but Elie replied “I don’t want you to say such things. Keep the spoon and knife. You will need them as much as I. We’ll see each other tonight, after work.” (pg. 75). These two quotes exhibit how these two won’t give up the idea that they will survive. They won’t stop hoping that maybe everything will be okay. That’s the lesson these quotes prove. The lesson of hope and

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