Examples Of Survival In Night By Elie Wiesel

Live to Achieve Your Goals Survival should always be the primary goal. Elie Wiesel in the book "Night" lived to achieve his goals. Although some people might think that survival should not always be the primary goal, it isn't true because surviving is the main one in the long run, we think about how we will live if we achieve some kind of goal. And also survival isn't only keeping yourself alive it's also the things that keep you going and motivate you to live, meaning its the primary goal in life. Some people may think that survival isn’t a goal, it is an instinct. It can be considered an instinct but it is what makes us live our lives, without the want to survive, we would simply be nothing. First, surviving is the main one in the long run. We think about how we will live if we achieve some kind of goal. For example in the book "Night" it says, "the only thing that kept me from abandoning all hope was that I knew that, at any moment, I was capable of being a victim rather than a witness" (page 34). This shows that Wiesel understands that the only way to ensure his survival is to prioritize it above all else.

For example in the book "Night" it says, "YOM KIPPUR. The Day of Atonement. Should we fast? The question was hotly debated. Too fast could mean a more certain, more rapid death. In this place, we were always fasting. It was Yom Kippur year-round. But there were those who said we should fast, precisely because it was dangerous to do so. We needed to show God that even here, locked in hell, we were capable of singing His praises." (page 69). This shows that even though the people in the holocaust are going through hard times they still have beliefs in god which motivates them to keep