Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea. It is unbelievable how fast people will adapt. It hurts to admit it, but within hours of first breathing the cattle car’s nauseating air, we began to feel at home. . . . Mixed into my sadness there was undeniable excitement, for we were living a historic event, a historic adventure. Which theme is expressed in the passage? People are not able to bear the heavy burdens of life. People will tolerate difficult events while hoping for improvements. People will persist even during the worst of times. People are able to forget even the most severe pains.