CONNECTION!
This quote is like Milkweed the book because Misha has to go through a lot to get to where he is. Misha did not know what happiness was until he was taught happiness, by his “dad”. He never really understand life cause he was living out on the streets. Misha learns from his pain and sees what weakness really is. He basically learns from his mistakes. He also learns from others mistakes. The book is ironic also because I’m also connecting it to the quote of the week. “silence is Not Golden.” It's ironic because the Jude Star they were forced to wear was a golden color. So as the quote says be different and learn from your mistake.
MEMORABLE QUOTE!
(A minute later I found found her. She was near the street corner, standing still, not even trying to hide herself, her sack of food dumped on the ground besides her. I did not want to call out. I approached her quietly from behind. She did not move. She seemed to be looking at something. She was looking up. And then I saw. A body was hanging from the crossbar of a streetlight whose lamp had long since stopped shining. It was hanging by the neck.)
(So why was my heart hammering my chest? Because the body, I could see now as I stopped besides her, had one arm. It was a boy. It was Olek. A sign hanging across his chest. In the moonlight it was easy to see the words, but I could not read. Flat on the ground, his shadow was hanging too.) “I was a smuggler” said the sign! pg 146 seen by Misha and Janina.
This quote is memorable because it shows that in the ghetto the Jackboots were really hard on the rules. If you break the rules then you will be punished. Also they would mess with the towns people like throw bread to the people in the town treating them like chickens. Also the Jackboots would take pictures of the people and their girlfriends would make fun of them. I’m shocked that some of the Jewish people had no idea on what was going on. Also they treated them bad by when they got on to the cattle carts they had no idea on what was happening they thought they were being relocated!
Julia, that quote above certainly is a memorable one, and one that not only is a part of the story you are involved in, but one that you will more or less live by for the rest of your life. Similar to the above quote, "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" (you may have heard this before) carries the same meaning, that life is full of surprises - that is, surprise beginnings and surprise endings of all sorts of things in your life. Also, "you can't experience happiness without first experiencing pain" as a life lesson. Finally, "you never know what you have until its gone", as it relates to appreciating the things and people in your life everyday and in the present time, rather than continually seeking happiness elsewhere, that you think you lack, all of the time.
ReplyDeleteIm sure the survivors of the families of the holocaust came to appreciate one another so much more having gone through these horrific events together, and it made their relationships with one another stronger.
Good luck with the rest of the story!