In order to survive, sometimes people find themselves going to great lengths. They each carry a spark that influences the will to continue on. A boy’s self-preservation over his own father; a woman finding the will to save herself after losing a loved one; two star crossed lovers separated. All, no matter the situation had an impulse that pushed them to overcome whatever they faced.
A great example of a harsh decision comes from the book Night by Elie Wiesel. Wiesel describes how the Jews were treated by the Nazi’s. One particular part, where the Jews are being forced to run grouped together in the dark. While they were running Wiesel witnessed a boy pretending not to notice his father falling behind. The boy had only done what any other would do by that point; cut off his weakest link in order to increase his own chance of survival. What has started out as sticking together only ended in separation. Under pressure thoughts shift and people do whatever it takes to keep them alive, doesn’t matter what they have to do in order to achieve survival. …show more content…
Rose, the movie’s popular heroine, is in love with Jack, they both struggle to stay alive as the ship sinks under water. In the final moments of the movie, Jack freezes to death and Rose is striving to survive. She could either stay in the water with her chance of being rescued dwindling or use every last bit of strength to signal a lifeboat many yards away looking for the live in the water. When the lifeboat is passing, Rose jumps into the water and finds a whistle on a lifeless man, she uses it and the lifeboat rescues her. Someone in her situation may not have found the inclination to go on. Rose, despite the tragic events, willed herself to
A great example of a harsh decision comes from the book Night by Elie Wiesel. Wiesel describes how the Jews were treated by the Nazi’s. One particular part, where the Jews are being forced to run grouped together in the dark. While they were running Wiesel witnessed a boy pretending not to notice his father falling behind. The boy had only done what any other would do by that point; cut off his weakest link in order to increase his own chance of survival. What has started out as sticking together only ended in separation. Under pressure thoughts shift and people do whatever it takes to keep them alive, doesn’t matter what they have to do in order to achieve survival. …show more content…
Rose, the movie’s popular heroine, is in love with Jack, they both struggle to stay alive as the ship sinks under water. In the final moments of the movie, Jack freezes to death and Rose is striving to survive. She could either stay in the water with her chance of being rescued dwindling or use every last bit of strength to signal a lifeboat many yards away looking for the live in the water. When the lifeboat is passing, Rose jumps into the water and finds a whistle on a lifeless man, she uses it and the lifeboat rescues her. Someone in her situation may not have found the inclination to go on. Rose, despite the tragic events, willed herself to