a nurse. He and his father converse and they decide to go to the next place with the rest of the camp. They only have partial knowledge of what is going on. They know they can either stay or go. Whichever they choose, there is the danger of death, but also the hope of freedom. This choice is existentialist first of all because they make a choice and therefore are controlling their destiny. If they decide to stay, they are sitting ducks for whatever is to come, good or bad. They choose to go with everyone else because of the fear of being killed if they remain in the hospital. This is existentialist because they accept the responsibility of their actions by marching to the next place. They choose to give themselves a fighting chance to live rather than sit there and say they have no control over their destiny and wait for it to come to them. There are many existentialistic decisions made in this story. Wiesel chooses to learn the cabbala despite his father’s wishes. The Lagerkapo refuses to hang a little boy because of the guilt and his own personal beliefs. Then, Wiesel and his father choose to leave the camp instead of staying to see what happens. This book shows the view of existentialism through choices. Existentialism says that humans always have a choice, they may be two difficult choices, or two easy choices, but humans always have a choice. Even if you are a slave, you can choose to work or not work. The catch is that you have to face the consequences and take responsibility for your own choices and actions....
