In the novel, "Forgotten Fire," by Adam Bagdasarian, Vahan Kenderian’s means of survival shift when his world is turned upside down by the Turkish-Armenian War. Vahan Kenderian, the young son of a wealthy engineer, had a very comfortable living. He had a large family, friends, and a place to call home where there was more than enough to keep him comfortable. As the war began to catch heat, Vahan and his family worried about the safety of their home. When Vahan’s father was taken by the Turkish soldiers for the second time, the family knew their lives would never be the same and survival would mean more than just the nurturing love of the family. As the war escalates and as the atrocities continue, a shift in the families’ mood is evident as the family is ripped apart. Vahan’s shift between loneliness and survival is clear when he is left to fend for himself in a situation that seems to have the odds stacked against him. Before the war began survival was easy, but as the war went on the pain of Vahan’s loneliness and remorse seemed to be far worse than the pain of an empty stomach. Vahan struggled to find the food, good company, and love that he received so easily before the terrors turned his life around. It is engraved in every living creatures mind that in order to survive, they must eat. The only thing that seems to matter is the next meal. It is because of this that Vahan’s needs change throughout the story. Before the genocide began, Vahan’s needs for food and clean water were not only met, but were a handed to him in plentiful amounts. Coming from a wealthy family, Vahan never had to worry about going hungry. In the story Vahan himself said “For the first time in my life, I was hungry and there was no food, I was thirsty and there was no water. I knew then as I had not known." As the war got closer and more severe and the family was starved at a prison and during the death march, the emptiness in their hearts du