Elie Wiesel Stamina

Imagine yourself as a Jew during the Holocaust, captured and dying. How would you survive? Would you survive? Well there is a boy who did. When faced with seemingly impossible obstacles Malala Yousafza, Elie Wiesel, and Anne Frank all persevered, showing the true strength a person can have. However Elie Wiesel proved to have the most strength and stamina throughout all the obstacles he faced.
Elie shows stamina emotionally by never giving up and always overcome challenges. First on page 8, Elie continues on with his life and remains hopeful for the end of the war, even when German troops have taken over his town. He states that,”...we, the Jews of Sighet waited for better days that were soon to come.” This shows that he is able to remain positive in a hard time. Similarly on page 11 and 12 Elie remains optimistic and doesn’t let the barbed wire and Ghetto he lives in bring him down. He declares, “We would live among Jew, among …show more content…
Without this physical stamina he would have died. One example on page 19 is when Elie is able to keep up and run during roll call. This shows stamina because Elie had gone a long time without food, water, or rest. Elie states, “The journey had just begun and I already felt so weak.” The fact that he was so weak and still was able to push himself to run shows physical stamina. Also on page 86 Elie shows stamina by running with his wounded foot. Not only is he wounded, but there are people falling around him, he is tired, and the weather is dangerously bad. Elie shows stamina by surviving this trial and even looking after his father once it was over. Elie’s last example of physical stamina is on pages 102 and 103. Elies shows physical strength by surviving the trip on the train. This shows physical stamina because Elie states that, “We had been a hundred or so in this wagon. Twelve of us left it.” This shows stamina because only a few survived and he was one of those