In the book Never Fall Down, the author shows themes through conflicts Arn Chorn-Pond, and others in Khmer Rouge labor camps encounter against the Khmer Rouge, the environment and even sometimes themselves. One such theme is perseverance. Throughout Arn’s time in the camps, he experiences conflicts against the Khmer Rouge, other camp members and even the environment itself, that test the very limits of human life but he continues to preserver despite all of this. On one occasion Arn along with other kids are forced to work in the fields despite the lack of food and water, along with the illnesses surrounding them, and as kids continue to fall in the field and never get back up, and Arn continues on always telling himself one thing, to never
