Argumentative Essay About Survivor's Guilt

Otto Frank is a Jew that was in the middle of the Holocaust and survived. He went to hide with his family in an attic of an apartment, after a 1 year and a couple months they were found. Otto Frank and his family went to a camp, after the holocaust ended all the survivors in the camps were released and Otto Frank was the only survivor in his family. Otto Frank might be feeling survivor’s guilt for not being there for his family and helping them. Survivor’s guilt is when a survivor that blames himself for surviving in a tragic or event of life and death and others didn’t. Many people argue about survivor’s guilt. Some people believe survivor’s guilt is unfair, others feel it helps with healing. Survivors of life and death situations should feel …show more content…
In the anchor text by Nancy Sherman,” The Moral Logic of Survivor’s Guilt” the text talks about survivor’s guilt and the pros and cons about survivor’s guilt. In the text, it states that,” Those who survive may transform their guilt into sense of increased meaning or purpose”.(pg.156 para.13&14) Feeling survivor’s guilt is good because it may transform their guilt into sense that increases purpose. Survivors of life and death situations should feel survivor’s guilt is because feeling survivor’s guilt is what makes us good people because we cared for …show more content…
This just means you care about the people that passed away, it’s normal! In the text,” Who I am, in terms of my character and relationships and not just what I do, matters morally”. (para 6”Moral Logic of Survivor’s Guilt.”) Having survivor’s guilt makes you a good person. You are a good person because you care about the other’s