In the story “Night”, Elie Wiesel walks us through his horrible experience that he had to go through as a little boy. Just recently, I got to hear this experience from a different perspective from a survivor of the Holocaust, Mr. Guy Prestia. He talked to us about the horrible things that he had to go through for years and years, but he survived. I am honored to show you how Mr. Guy Prestia exemplifies the qualities of a survivor as described in some quotes from “Night”. To begin, Mr. Guy Prestia is doing his job of stepping up and using his voice, to preach about what he had to go through, that some others can’t do. Quoted from the passage, “For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living.” This quotes supports the idea that the survivor, Mr. Prestia, is showing up for others who are unable to. Not many people made it out alive. They were starved, beaten, and tortured for years. It is a miracle that even some are still here today to tell us their story. …show more content…
The passage also states, “He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory.” This quote shows that we need to savor all that we are learning from the survivors to notify the next generation of what these certain people had to go through. People say to avoid history repeating itself, everyone needs to know what exactly happened in the past. By notifying this next generation about what these people had to go through, we are stopping them from making the same mistakes, and hoping to protect the future from repeating the