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Night And Sold: A Literary Analysis
Sometimes in life we have to deal with situation that are difficult and we push through and continue on with our live. But for Eli and Lakshmi they had to persevere and push through their situations to live and if they didn't they would die.To persevere through something means to fight and push the the situation and come out victorious. Ultimately if u do not show perseverance in situation then u won’t make it in life. Night(by Patricia McCormick) and Sold(by Elie Weisel) both deal with the topic because it shows to children who have to persevere in order to survive with other obstacles in their way. By examining Night and Sold we can see perseverance is the key to survival which is important because sometimes people don’t press through the

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