Answer:
"I remember: it happened yesterday or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the kingdom of night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish."
Explanation:
Here you can see that Wiesel starts off with a statement of 'I' and moves on to describe himself as the young Jewish boy. This helps to create a separation between the two lifetimes, in the present Wiesel is accepting an honor for his powerful and moving memoir about his life during WWII so when he mentions his experiences as that young boy going through all of that, it's almost like he wants to characterize and personify those memories into their own person.
