How Did Elie Wiesel Succeed

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Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, Transylvania in 1928. He was fifteen when he went to Auschwitz and was the only member of his family to survive. When something bad happens to someone, there is always a chance to make something good come from a bad situation. No person should not let anything stop them from doing something great. Elie Wiesel is living proof that adversities can be overcome, and the brighter side of life can be shown. The experiences of adversity allowed Elie Wiesel to become a humanitarian.
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Elie Wiesel was only one of the millions of people in the world to go to Auschwitz. the things that happened were terrible. You got bread to eat but you did not eat very often. The …show more content…

Also he did not know that they were going to die. Then he and his father were together until his father died January 28, 2014. Then Elie was the last one alive in his family. He was very close to his father and when his father died he was alone with no family. “Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world” - Elie Wiesel It means that if you bring a human into the world it is your job to take care of them when things are wrong and they are endangered that is your job to protect them. So it is saying you bring them into the world it is your job to take care of them. Elie's father was not able to protect Elie because he died before they could both make it out of their alive. The starvation was bad there was not enough food to feed everyone. When you have over 6 million people in one place there is not enough food to go around. Ellie overcame the adversity when he had no father, no mother, no sisters, and no grandmother to protect you. So he overcame that by writing books and telling the world that happened at the camp and that they need to look at the big picture not just about