Wiesel had thoughts of being about himself throughout the book, which shows that the men has to find and come about this faith for others on their own. This emphasizes one’s mental strength because through such horrific times, those like Eliezer must choose to care for others and not become savagery and independent. His mental strength must be strong and can not deteriorate so he can survive. The idea of having luck as one of the ways Wiesel survived was a very minimal chance, but he listened to advice which proven luck helped his survival. It became noticeable that all the bad things that can happen to a human being, has happened in the Holocaust. This is where Wiesel being in the right place at the right time helped his survival. In Birkenau, Wiesel saw flames and smelled burning flesh …show more content…
Wiesel was encountered by a man who demanded for him to be a certain age. “Fifteen.” “No. You’re eighteen.” “But I’m not,” I said. “I’m fifteen” “Fool. Listen to what I say” “Then he asked my father, who answered: … I’m fifty” “No” “the man now sounded angry. ‘Not fifty. You’re forty, Do you hear? Eighteen and forty.” (Wiesel 30). It’s strange that a man would come up to Wiesel and his father and demand for them to lie to the SS officers, but they went through with it. After using this information, they were kept alive and moved to another selection process. This is obviously strange because they were perhaps saved, but it adds to this sense of luck. Wiesel used his normal skill of listening to others in which saved himself from being moved to possibly death. This is where this slim chance of luck exists in his survival. Perhaps it was meant to be for Wiesel to be saved, but all we know is that luck has unusually sided with him and allowed him to act out the rest of his survival in such