Strength The will to survive, The will to survive, the only thing driving the holocaust survivors forward in their struggle to survive Auschwitz and having the strength to revisit the memories to tell the story so it is not forgotten. Throughout the holocaust millions of people died at the hands of the Nazi party, in the book night the author explains his experiences throughout his many years at Auschwitz and his story of survival and why strength played a major part in his survival. Henry Beacher states that “Greatness lies in not being strong, but in the right use of strength” and it is supported by the courage, resistance, and the will not to die as shown by the book night and his mission to spread the story. Throughout history people have suffered but have pulled out of their deep pit of despair and have …show more content…
He is great because he is telling the story of the holocaust. He is spreading the word warning people so that it never happens again and is never forgotten in the vast desert of time. He had the strength to pull through and he knew that in order for the holocaust to never be forgotten their needs to be somebody to tell the story. To tell of the horrors and crimes that were committed, He had to revisit those horrible memories in order to tell us which makes him a great man a hero. Even though he knew his dad wasn’t going to make it he kept pushing using all his strength in that maybe the tiniest of chances his dad would survive but he also knew that at one point he would need to stop and leave him just like the boy in the car with the bread who killed his dad. He finally let his dad pass not through pity but by abiding the quote of strength he was conserving his food in order for him to survive without the weight of his father. In this way it backs the quote because he achieved greatness not through his strength but through his use of