In Night by Elie Wiesel the author shows resilience is how people survive through difficult times. Elie shows resilience by never giving up hope on surviving and working hard to keep his life going to make it out of the war. A specific instance is when they have begun the run from one camp to another with the SS shooting people who were left behind “I kept repeating to myself ‘Don’t stop, don’t think, run!’ Near me men were collapsing into dirty snow. Gunshots.” (86) Elie was determined somewhat by force to keep going and to keep running despite how hard it was. He keeps repeating to himself the phrase “Don’t stop don’t think, run!” to show it was very important to him that he survives and that he needs to be resilient in the face of adversity and that simple sentences take less brain power because he needs to focus on staying alive and being resilient. He makes “Gunshots.” a one word sentence because it signifies the importance of how prevalent they are in his mind as he is running. All around him people are falling down or …show more content…
This is shown when Marji talks about her parents demonstrating every day “My parents demonstrated every day. Things started to degenerate. The army shot at them. And they threw stones at the army.” (Satrapi 18) Marji talks of her parents demonstrating every day because they believe in there cause. Despite the army shooting them while they demonstrate her parents and their fellow protesters are resilient in fighting for their cause despite the obstacles they go to demonstrate every day. The author uses short sentences to describe the simplicity of there demonstrating and fight with the soldiers in the government. The passage is significant because it shows what it takes to make your voice heard and the consequences of being resilient and not quitting despite being shot at by the