When Elie Wiesel was a young boy, roughly my age, he was forced to withstand the most horrendous battle of survival in his life. He was raised into a Jewish family and was taken prisoner in a concentration camp during Nazi Germany in World War II. Elie had many exceptional traits, and some aspects of him as a person helped him survive the death camps. When Elie’s family was taken to the camps, he was separated from his mother and sister, whom he never saw again. His father was his ally from then on. One vital trait that Elie was able to use to his advantage was self-awareness. He had to become familiar with the intentions of the camp and listen to advice of what and what not to do. On page 3, Elie thinks to himself “Painfully aware of my limitations,
