There are multiple reasons why perseverance aided Elie to survive the tragedy he had to go through. Many times during my reading of Sold I witnessed a lot of examples of perseverance, one being when Elie and all the rest of the Jews from the camp had …show more content…
If Lakshmi did not have perseverance, then she would have given up like a lot of girls, and she would have gotten beaten for not trying, or not making enough money for Mumtaz. (PAGE 223) “ Today I will show her my calculations, the figures i've checked and rechecked and checked again, the numbers that say I will have paid off my debt by this time next year.” Lakshmi is working just as hard doing her calculations on when she can get out as every night. Lakshmi is sure of it that if she keeps working as hard as she is now then she will get out of the “Happiness House” sooner or later.
This is why throughout both of the novels perseverance and having the willpower to succeed is more important towards survival than anything else that aids in survival. No matter if you can adapt or if you have family to support you, if there is no determination involved, then no way anyone is getting out of that situation alive. There are still issues like this today, not to the same volume, but a lot of little situations that perseverance is involved