6 million human beings. Out of those 6 million people Elizer Wiesel survived the attempted extermination of his people. Elizer suffered through severe hunger, countless beatings, and being taken away from his family. If I had to credit 3 reasons for Elizer being alive after all he endured it would be his father staying by his side, never losing hope, and his ability to understand the reality of situations. Throughout Elizer's time in concentration camps he had his father to talk to and his father to worry about. He felt that he had a responsibility to look after his father. Elizer explains that “My hand tightened its grip on my father. All I could think of was not to lose him. Not to remain alone.” He was afraid to lose his father, he would be alone and wouldn’t have the feeling of safety you get when your with your parents. His father helped him gain the hope that would help him survive. …show more content…
The Jews knew that they were most likely going to die. However, there were a few of them that knew they couldn't think like that. They knew that if they wanted to stay alive they had to be optimistic, and have hope. Even as they saw people dying, the smoke, and their whole life was taken away from them, they knew they had to be strong and be hopeful that everything would be fine and there would be an end in sight. Elizer knew about the actuality of what was happening to them, but he continued to fight for hope and to keep himself