Analysis Of Heda Pavaly's 'Life In Prague'

“Truth alone does not prevail. When it clashes with power, truth often loses. It prevails only when people are strong enough to defend it” (Kovaly 182). This mere sentence sums up the unfortunate events that surround Heda in Prague in 1941-1968. This poor woman lived through tremendous hardships including the holocaust and the communist influence that took hold of Prague shortly after. Through those hardships she learned many valuable lessons about herself, others, and life in general. Heda converses the difficulty she experienced throughout her life in trying to decide how to stand up for her beliefs, and if those beliefs were important enough to risk her life. She survived the concentration camps only to find herself being isolated and alone unable to find true freedom for many years following. Just when things seemed to be getting better, she finds herself in another incredible misfortune. This book discusses the way diverse human beings handle …show more content…
She discusses the hardships that the war caused her and the uprising of the Communists after the war. She does not only discuss the events that surrounded her, but also the beliefs she developed through those events. She talks about the history of human beings by stating that they will follow commands even when they do not agree with them if it means they can keep their life. She also notes that humans find comfort in belonging to a crowd even in an uncomfortable situation, like she did in the concentration camps. The last thing Heda noted about the history of humans is that isolation and loneliness are very detrimental to their psychological health. She also described how individuals should approach their own lives and this was through fighting for what they believe. In the end of the story, the Czech people were finally able to stand together to fight against the