Never Give UpAs Babe Ruth, a famous baseball player, once said: "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up." When facing a challenge that requires a tremendous amount of perseverance or not to mention any obstacle in life, the person facing it eventually comes out with an answer or solution. With morale very close to this, the Greeks were determined to defeat the Nazis in World War II to reconquer their country. Modern Greek authors such as Ileana Karafilly and other anonymous poets such as those translated by Wislawa Szymbroska portray characters in their works who exemplify the concept of having the drive to pursue what one wants with hard work and a strong-willed attitude of putting personal needs above above others. Being trapped in the Nazi-invaded Greek society, which was stuck in the “every man for himself” perspective, no one could trust each other. Once people realized that they would have to fight for what they wanted, the citizens and characters were able to achieve anything they set out to do as long as they were willing to work for it. This fight to reconquer their home country began on April 6, 1941 when Germany invaded Greece and the conflict began. With the country no longer under Greek control, but rather under foreign control, pandemonium spread within the country (Livanos 15-16). While the Nazis were in control, people lived in resistance, wanting to fight the Nazis to regain their freedom (Livanos 1-3). Finally in October 1944 Greece was liberated, but left in poor condition, its economy failed and has remained weak to this day (Shiller 15-18). The struggle to survive these conflicts is depicted in the literary works of authors such as Irena Karafilly, who wrote the n...... half of the article ......graphy in Context. Network. 28 March 2014 Karafilly, Irena. The prisoner sun. Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2012. Print.Livanos, Dimitris. “After the End of the War: Rebuilding the Greek Family, Nation and State, 1943-1960. (Shorter notices).” The English Historical Review 116.469 (2001): 1306+. Literary Resource Center. Network. March 28, 2014. Shiller, Robert J. “A High Debt-to-GDP Ratio Is Not Necessarily a Problem.” Public spending. Wednesday Noël Merino. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Rpt. From “Debt and Illusion”. www.project-syndicate.org. 2011. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Network. March 28, 2014Szymborska, Wis and Stanis czak. Viewed with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems. New York: Harcourt Brace and Co., 1995. PrintWalker, Richard. Taki's irreverence." Spectator 18 July 2009: 22 Literary resource centre. Web.28marzo. 2014