It was selfish that Shlomo, Elie's father, did not listen to his son when he asked him to “...sell everything, liquidate everything and leave. ..” (Wiesel, 9). Even though Elie's plea was necessary, his father was selfish and decided to stay due to his human nature to hold on to the place of his work, home, and family at the time. This selfish decision cost him his life and brutally affected his entire family. Another reason why I conclude that the human nature in the texts is the selfish one is due to the examples in Night that Zalman, Elie, and Rabbi Eliahu's son portray when faced with death. First Zalman shouted: “I can't go on. My stomach explodes…'” (Wiesel, 86 years old), which demonstrates his lack of willpower and his solitary concern for himself. Rightly so, Zalman only cared about himself before he was trampled upon making him selfish. Second, Rabbi Eliahu's son submitted to his selfish human nature by leaving his father behind. Elie states: “He [Rabbi Eliahu's son] had felt his father weakening and…thought by this separation he was freeing himself from a burden [Rabbi Eliahu] that might diminish his chances of survival” (Wiesel, 91). If he had an ounce of selflessness in his body, he would have stayed behind to be with his father, but he didn't. Rabbi Eliahu's son thought it best to fend for himself and get rid of the