The will of a person to live and continue living is called their human drive. Every human has this drive, but some have had to tap into it more than others. “For 15 year old Elie Wiesel, the horror began on May 16, 1944… The family knew - from what they had seen their neighbors endure over the past few days - that their time had come to leave their home, and that they would be taken to some unknown destination” (Wagner 2). Elie Wiesel displayed an incredible will to survive during his torturous time in the Nazi death camps. Slavomir Rawicz displayed an equally impressive amount of human drive in his escape to freedom. “I was Lieutenant Rawicz of the Polish Cavalry, aged 24, slim and smart in my well-tailored uniform and whipcord breeches and …show more content…
Slavomir Rawicz had to keep a strong mindset during his journey in order to survive. “We said little but we derived strength from each other, from our mutual determination to see it through alive” (Rawicz 57). Rawicz had extreme perseverance which he needed to survive. “From their high ground the entrenched Federals watched the guns do their terrible work… and on the rebels came, encouraging one another, telling one another it would be all over soon” (Golay 112). Despite the terrible hardships the groups endured, they continued doing what they had to. They had perseverance, even in the hardest times. Perseverance is a necessary part of the mindset required to continue during hard times. Sometimes the only way to go in order to survive is forward. “I found myself croaking at the others to get up and keep going. There is nothing here, I would say. There is nothing for days behind us. Ahead there must be something. There must be something” (Rawicz 179). Rawicz refuses to stop or turn around - his mindset was too strong. “Within seconds, scores of Federals were dead or wounded. Next in line, Colonel John Andrews’s brigade came on over the dead from Kimball’s regiments, some of the men slipping in grass now wet with blood” (Golay 97). Both quotes show people continuing during hard times. The perseverance needed to do what these people did is nearly unimaginable. The inspiration of human drive is largely affected …show more content…
Human drive can lead to amazing things. “It was May 30, 1918. Nearly four years into World War I, the Allied British and French troops were entrenched in a war against Germany… The Allied troops became demoralized as the Germans claimed several military victories that spring” (Pratt 1). Despite these demoralizing situations with millions being killed and multitudes of cities being destroyed, the Allied soldiers kept fighting. Their drive was led by their mindset of refusing to lose and their brave actions. Truly, extraordinary things can be achieved solely with human
The Book Night was the autobiography of Eliezer Wiesel. This was a horrible and sobering tale of his life story. The story takes place in Sighet, Translyvania. It's the year 1941 and World War II is occurring. Eliezer was 12 at this time and wasn't really aware of what was occurring in the world concerning the Jewish people. He had a friend who went by the name Moshe the Beadle. Moshe was very good friend of Elezers'.
Throughout the battle, you see numerous Army Values and Warrior Ethos being used. “I will never leave a fallen comrade”, was the etho used the most, to reach the separated platoon. The battle also shows that not all tactical orders are effective, but as a leader you must never second guess yourself.
Eliezer Wiesel is a fourteen-year-old boy living in Sighet, Transylvania, at the start of World War II. He is very devout and wants to study Jewish mysticism. His father, who is a prominent leader of the Jewish community, thinks that he is too young. Nevertheless, Eliezer starts studying the cabbala with Moché the Beadle, a poor and humble man who works in the Hasidic temple. Moché teaches him that he must seek to ask God the right questions even though we will never understand the answers he gives us.
What are the best types of conflicts? Night by Elie Wiesel contains a lot of uses of conflict. This is a story told from the viewpoint of Elie. In the story he talks about his experiences as a Jew during the Holocaust. If not already obvious this is a true story. The conflict of character vs self develops throughout the story and effects Elie.
The Small Will to Fight With Very Little Might The cold was the most overwhelming it had ever been, and the men inside were dying from dying from illnesses and starvation. All of the problems, it’s just… too much, it’s hard to handle. The American soldiers just arrived at Valley Forge at were attempting to set up. They had very minimal food and were living poorly, they were all cold, discouraged, and about half were sick. All of these men from the Continental Army were at Valley Forge, some on the verge of death.
Elie Wiesel: A Survivor of the Holocaust. Elie Wiesel wrote in a mystical and existentialistic manner to depict his life as a victim of the holocaust in his many novels. Such selections as ‘Night’ and ‘The Trial of God’ reveal the horrors of the concentration camps and Wiesel's true thoughts of the years of hell that he encountered. This hell that Wiesel wrote about was released later in his life due to his shock, sadness, and disbelief. Elie Wiesel spoke in third person when writing his story.
The book Night opens in the town of Signet where Elie Wiesel, the author ,
It is hard to trust in something invisible, especially for a child when he has everything taken away. In the memoir, Night, Elie Wiesel recalls his experiences with his family during World War II. After he first arrives at Auschwitz, Elie Wiesel’s mother and sisters are taken away from him. His father is suddenly all that remains of his family. Elie Wiesel witnesses many other terrible events during his first night at camp; the only thing that keeps him sane is his father. Elie Wiesel’s father even keeps him from possibly killing himself before the Germans could. When Wiesel lives in the concentration camp with his fellow Jews, he begins to question the fairness of God, who he had trusted his entire life. Elie Wiesel loses faith in God, particularly the faith that He would use His divine power to help Wiesel, and begins to rely on his father instead, which gives him more reason to live.
In the book “Night” Elie Wiesel didn’t give up on his dad. Elie Wiesel father said “Don’t worry, son. Go to sleep.” “You first. Father. Sleep”(Wiesel 89). When Elie put his dad in front of himself so his father can sleep. His father was weak and sick and Elie knew that he need to sleep more then him. When Elie Wiesel said “Wake up”(Wiesel 90). When the Germans came for the dead, they thought Elie’s father was dad so Elie whispered “Wake up” in his ear. So in the end Elie didn’t give up on his father.
Having an opinion and or a belief is better than not having one at all. A great man such as Elie Wiesel would agree to that statement. He believes standing up for what is right by showing compassion for a fellow human being than for letting good men do nothing while evil triumphs. The message he passes was how indifference is showing the other man he is nothing. He attempts to grasp the audience by personal experiences and historic failures, we need to learn from and also to grow to be the compassionate human being we all are.
In Elie Wiesel’s Night, he recounts his horrifying experiences as a Jewish boy under Nazi control. His words are strong and his message clear. Wiesel uses themes such as hunger and death to vividly display his days during World War II. Wiesel’s main purpose is to describe to the reader the horrifying scenes and feelings he suffered through as a repressed Jew. His tone and diction are powerful for this subject and envelope the reader. Young readers today find the actions of Nazis almost unimaginable. This book more than sufficiently portrays the era in the words of a victim himself.
World War II, known as the largest armed conflict in history, began in Europe in the 1930s and led to effect many people. The war resulted in not only the involvement of more countries than any other war but also introduced powerful, new, nuclear weapons that also contributed to the most deaths. As Hitler rose to power in 1933 the Holocaust began, his quest for the ‘perfect’ race resulted in the use of concentration camps, which would help to create the largest genocide of people in history.
In 1986, Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a voice for the sufferings of both the Jewish people, and victims of any oppression. His Holocaust experiences sparked something inside of him that wouldn’t have surfaced otherwise. Despite all of the brutality and suffering, Elie learned positive lessons throughout his time in Auschwitz and the Holocaust.
Every day, people are denied basic necessary human rights. One well known event that striped millions of these rights was the Holocaust, recounted in Elie Wiesel’s memoir, Night. As a result of the atrocities that occur all around the world, organizations have published declarations such as the United Nation’s Declaration of Human Rights. It is vital that the entitlement to all rights and freedoms without distinction of any kind, freedom of thought and religion, and the right to a standard of living adequate for health and well-being of themselves be guaranteed to everyone, as these three rights are crucial to the survival of all people and their identity.
Required high school reading is something that all high school students have to do, but some are obviously going to be against the idea. It may be because the book isn’t interesting to them or because they just don’t like to read. Night by Elie Wiesel is a book that informs as well as entertains and should be a required high school reading for multiple reasons.