One might say that since this book was about the holocaust, nothing about it is compassionate. Without compassion many characters in the story might not have survived. Yes the Nazis showed little compassion towards anyone, for the most of the story the Jews have compassion between one another. At the end of the story however little compassion is shown between the Jews. Men were fighting like animals over bread and they did not care for dead or dying Jews. This might have allowed some Jews to survive but many others died. Overall, compassion plays a key role helping Elie survive the
