Elies Acts
Holocaust survivor has shown moral courage throughout his lifetime in ways such as persevering through something as horrible as the holocaust when he was only fifteen years old. writing a first person account of what he went through in the holocaust with his father after his mother and sister were killed the first day at the camp. And being awarded a nobel prize for the book he wrote “Night”. One of the ways he shows moral courage while he was in buna is when his father had gotten dysentery and was dying. Everyday would go get his father soup and water and some days would even give his ration of soup to him. When an SS officer saw this he said “ I’ll give you a sound of advice don't give your ration of bread and soup to your old
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But Elie after getting out of camp and almost dying of food poising from eating to much 11 days out of camp he decided to write a book. He did it to tell people what really happened and hpw bad somthing like this really is and is truing everything he can to prevent somthing like this ever happening again. He says this in his acceptance speech The strongest act of moral courage is when he told himself he would never give up on his father. His father was constantly being beat and was weaker the elie. Elie no matter what would make sure his dad was safe and staying alive. The entire time elie was in the camp he was with his father they worked together ate together and slept together. Every time his dad was about to give up elie would mek him push and want to stay alive. Holocaust survivor elie weisel has shown many acts of moral courage throught his lifetime in the camp helping his father and things he has done outside the holocaust writing a book and talking to people informing them with the horrors that took place at the camps. Being a nobel prize winner he is one of the most courageous people in the