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The Importance of the Memory The memory of a human being is astounding, but also an erroneous instrument within the human body (Woolf, 15). Primo Levi describes this as a threadbare truth that is known not only to the psychologists but also to every person who has paid attention to the behavior of people around him or his personal conduct. Those memories within the human mind are not carved in rocks; not only do people erased them as the time within a certain duration, but often the mind experiences some changes or even grow, but it assimilates some superfluous characteristics (Woolf, 23). The human memory has a mysterious capacity, which can slip away from many theoretical endeavors to fix its role in the life of a person, but continuous efforts are put forth to have a better understanding of it since it is valued widely and deeply by man. Human beings cling to their memory as a single aspect, or the willpower of our humanity (Woolf, 25). The human mind is so powerful and central to the mental processes to the point that it can come up with ideas of things that may not be in existence in actuality, but it presents them as if they are real. This creates a complication to the concept of what people are when they recollect some of their memories. The poem ‘If this is a man’ written by Primo Levi serves both as a preview of what Levi was to experience and as a prayer that presents the disquieting ending that Levi went through. Through the poem, Levi conveys an imperative message to the next generation. It is of great essence to memorize Levi Primo’s poem as it presents the issues faced at the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. At this camp, Levi was dispossessed of
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