This book was mainly about the Blumenthal family which was Marion, her brother Albert, her father Walter and her mother Ruth. This story told us about how the family stayed together all during the Holocaust and what they had to do in order to survive. For 6 years the Blumenthal family lived in camps and one of the camps was Bergen-Belsen. For the time that Marion and her family stayed in Bergen-Belsen it was hard for all of them, all they got to eat was a chunk of black bread and watery turnip soup, the camp was overcrowded and it smelled really bad due to the guards burning the bodies of the dead inside the camp. Another camp was called Sternlager or Star camp where they were told that they should be considered lucky.
The novel “A Night Divided”, written by Jennifer A. Nielsen, tells the story of a young girl and her brother who go on a quest for freedom with many obstacles on the way. Due to the East Berlin government, the father decided his family should move to West Berlin, but the mother didn’t want to leave behind the life they built in the East. Therefore, she allowed the middle child, Dominic, to go with their father. Unexpectedly, one night eight-year-old Gerta’s family was divided with the sudden rise of the Berlin Wall. While she, her brother Fritz, and their mother are in the East, their father and other brother are in the West.
In the book Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, theme was often showed through symbolism. One of the themes in the story was having hope even when you think there’s nothing left to hope for. This theme was everywhere in the book, because it was showed through symbolism most of the time. For example, in the beginning of Lina’s journey, Andrius finds a gemstone outside one day. He brought it back to train car and passed it around to everyone.
Night is a book that has a very strong theme that I believe strong hearted reads would really enjoy. Night describes the life of a young Jewish man Going through the hardships of the holocaust and every struggle that went along with such a hardship. The author Elie Wiesel describes how the struggles of the intense work camps, the low rations that they were given to eat and the continuous beatings that were force upon his people. I believe that this book is intended for a mature audience. It describes many graphic and gruesome scenes that a child should not b introduced to.
The Book; Prisoner B-3087, by Alan Gratz is pretty good. It’s a novel about a nazi concentration camp, and a boy named Yanek who travels from camp to camp, being worked and worked. This book is a little gruesome, but its a great read. Never once did I want to put down the book, and the story gets better and better as you read. The Main Character, is named Yanek Gruener, or as the guard call him, B-3087.
I have enjoyed reading the book Night, by Elie Wiesel. Elie Wiesel is a concentration camp survivor, who is using this piece of literature to break free from the silence that has surrounded the holocaust. Reading Night makes me feel as though I have been transported back in time during World War 2, in the middle of a concentration camp. It isn’t a wonderful place to be, but it is a special experience. The way that Wiesel portrays childhood in Night is cold.
Clothing worn in daily life tells a story of emotions. During an extensive amount of time of labor and sadness, clothing can be seen as another emotion. In the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, the author uses the clothing worn by the characters to show their emotions. Lina, a 15 year old girl is imprisoned by the Joseph Stalin and the NKVD officers with her family. Along the way, she meets new people who become big parts in her life.
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is a novel focusing on the life of a Lithuanian family being captures from their home and everyday lives by the Soviet police. I read starting from page 79 and read to the end of the story and was intrigued about the events that took place. I am not Lithuanian so I cannot relate to the culture of the story in that way, but the author of this novel is from Detroit which is a city I have been to many times and I know the culture of. In book log number one, I focused on how the characters of the story felt from the situations going on to them and the people around them.
Bella Young Mr. Baldridge English May 15, 2024 Between Shades of Gray Do you believe you could survive being deported and its awful hardships? The book Between Shades of Gray has three main characters: Lina, Jonas, and Andrius. All three characters go through that hardship, however, it is their characteristics of bravery, strength, and tenacity that get them through this difficult time. Lina, Jonas, and Andrius are all average kids.
Night In Night by Elie Wiesel the Jews suffer greatly because of the Holocaust. The Germans show great prejudice against the Jews. This unfounded hatred causes the Jews to experience a loss of innocence once at Auschwitz. The Germans forced them to become people they aren’t.
Why were the Lithuanians treated like slaves; why did the community allow the Lithuanians to be treated in this horrible manner? Ruta Sepetys wants to teach us to stick to who we are and to not change for anyone, just because of your nationality. Ruta Sepetys, I am writing to you about Lina. I was wondering how you came up with a character like her? Also, how did you make her character feel so realistic?
In Between Shades of Gray Lina, her Mother and brother were put into a cramped train by the NKVD and were being taken away to an unknown location. They did not know how long they would be there or what was going to happen but they were scared. Instead of being scared just sitting there in fear the entire train car started to sing. “It grew. Louder.
The book also set's in the past focusing on the story of the parents, and when Lily was younger. The story is set in 1964 and the social circumstances in the USA at that time were not good. Colored people is highly discriminated and are mostly working for the white people. In the beginning of the story, they achieve the rights to vote but with the risk at being killed
New Orleans lures her in her quest for truth, dangling temptation at every turn, and escalating to the ultimate test. With characters as captivating as those in her internationally bestselling novel Between Shades of Gray, Ruta Sepetys skillfully creates a rich story of secrets, lies, and the haunting reminder that decisions can shape our destiny. If you read my reviews then you know I’m a sucker for historical fiction. Big time.
My reactions and opinions related to the novel Between shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys were conflicted. The reason behind my conflictions were because of the content in the book. The author creates a world in which the main characters believe that there is no hope for a better life. The setting and details create discouraging parts at some points of the novel, and then the author will make a point in the novel that makes you want to read more. The main character, Lina, portrays a world that she lives in that love is the only reason for the characters in the book to survive which can be confusing to the reader.
