Elie Wiesel Characteristics

Elie Wiesel is a Holocaust survivor, a writer, and a Nobel Prize winner. At the age of 15 he and his family were taken to Auschwitz. He then endured many hardships and went through things we could not imagine. After the war he was reunited with his two older sisters, the only other survivors in his family. He then accomplished many things such as becoming a journalist, a writer, and a university professor. Elie passed away this summer on July 2, 2016. Because of Elie’s courage, mental strength, and brilliance, he was able to survive the Holocaust and become a well-known author.(Elie) In order to survive the Holocaust you needed to have certain traits that would help you get through the tough time. One of these traits is courage and Elie Wiesel

had it. He had to in order to overcome many of the harsh treatments, such as lack of food and lack of housing.(Weisel)Courage was a necessity during the time of the Holocaust, it was something you needed to have with you every day that you were at the concentration camps. Elie Wiesel also had great courage not only during the Holocaust, but also after it. It took lots of courage to be able to tell his story and everything he went through. He didn't know if people would believe him. Luckily they did and his story is very well known now.
Another thing that was very important to have during the Holocaust was mental strength. Mental strength played a key role because it could lead to your death or your survival. If you didn't have enough mental strength to want to keep living, then you probably didn't live very long. Many people went crazy for even the smallest piece of bread, which eventually led them to their own deaths.(Wiesel) Mental strength was needed to overcome the lack of water, the abuse, the loss of friends,the separation of family, the lack of clothing, the freezing temperatures and many more things.
The last thing that helped Elie Wiesel survive the Holocaust and be able to tell people about it was his brilliance. This was important because you needed to know how to properly ration your bread and how to be able to defend yourself.(Biography) It was also important that you had good connections, which you got from being smart, so that you could get an easier job with less intense labor.(Weisel) Many people that weren't didn't ration their bread and didn't take what they could for themselves. Even if you weren't smart before you came to camp, you became smart through the experiences you went through.
In conclusion Elie Wiesel was courageous, had mental strength, and was brilliant. Without all of these traits he wouldn't have been able to survive the Holocaust. He did many things we could not imagine just so he would be able to live. Everyday was a battle and he was able to overcome it. We will never be able to fully understand what Elie went through and everything he had to do. Elie Wiesel truly is a hero.