In "All Rivers Run to the Sea" by Elie Wiesel, it shows the power of Holocaust literature by using the author's real experiences as a testimony to the Jewish culture. His memories paint that the Jewish had loving families and went through great despair because of the hatred towards them. They emphasize the resilience his people had to rise above their painful experiences.
Salinas Valley in December at Henry Allen's ranch
The primary reason why Dickens wrote David Copperfield is because G. it was too painful for him to confront his memories directly in an autobiography.
This way, he could write about his own life, but in a different way, from a different point of view, which wouldn't be as difficult.