Primary Goals In Night By Elie Wiesel

Primary Goal - Survival

Have you ever really thought about what your primary goal is in life? Or the reason why you’re still alive? People might say that our primary goal changes in different situations and eras. During the Holocaust, where millions of Jews in the concentration camps are resisting death ceaselessly, their primary goal might be to survive. Whereas in the modern world of the twenty-first century, our primary goal differs and might be as simple as going to school or arriving at a designated location on time. However, if you ruminate about it, why do you do the things you do? What is the in-depth purpose behind it? Although many might consider that survival isn’t always your primary goal, my opinion is contrary because it is the prerequisite before accomplishing other minor goals and a primal instinct, everything we do is because of survival.

In "Night'', a memoir written by Elie Wiesel, a victim of the Holocaust, Moche wouldn’t have been able to accomplish his goal of warning the Jews that the Nazis are coming if he didn’t survive the Jewish pogrom. Wiesel noted his exertion: “Through long days and nights, he went from one Jewish house to another, telling the story of Malka, the young girl who had taken three days to die, and of Tobias, the tailor, who had begged to be killed before his sons” (Wiesel 16).

Although many do not notice, survival has always been our main goal because it is a primal instinct. In the ancient era, the native people hunted animals for survival. As time passed, they invented and advanced tools to make hunting simpler and to cure more diseases. Even today, simple actions such as going to school are because of the knowledge and skills you need for your future occupation in order to make capitals to support living. In conclusion, verything we’ve invented and carried out was to promote our