Between Shades Of Gray By Ruta Sepetys

Melancholy is the dominating mood in the book entitled “Between Shades of Gray” by
Ruta Sepetys. Through this nail-biting adventure, you will encounter the agonizing events of Lina and her family during June 1941. Surely, any sane person would feel the sorrowful events that the Lithuanians had felt during the barbaric events that took place during the duration of World War 2. Specifically, why I felt an overwhelming feeling of sadness throughout the novel was thinking of the horrific events that the Lithuanians went through. Particularly in chapter 26 when Lina, a 15 year old girl, was forced to strip in front of NKVD officers along with many other women. This is all just for the privilege to take a shower. Though 1 officer looked away, the

Sadly once out, Lina and plentiful of other Lithuanians were sentenced to more of a crummy punishment, slavery. Constantly, they were victims of gratuitous punishments like in chapter 37, when Lina accompanied by Mrs. Rimas, and Elena were held at gunpoint to go in a hole.Attempting to make them sign a contract, the officer shot bullets into the ground and verbally abused them as he continued to kick dirt on top of them. Does the so-called crime fit the punishment? Consequently, this part of the story made me feel a combination of bitterness and anxiousness, because I couldn't wait to read whether Lina would survive the dreadful conditions or if she would continue to rot to death, which I anticipated. Solitary, thinking of this event made my blood boil, for thousands of Lithuanians had died solely because of the Soviets and their ethnocentric views. Additionally, I also felt thankful that we live in much sophisticated time, a time where people from different identities belong. Cleary, we mustn’t come back to these absurd views, for humanity depends on it.“Between Shades of Gray” is brimming with these types of events. Constantly, leaving you increasingly mournful as you continue to

Nonetheless, one incident in the book casts a shadow upon the rest. Markedly, since the beginning of this story, Lina and her family’s freedom was taken away for the cause of being Lithuanian. Unquestionably, this unjustifiable event is by far the saddest incident that occurred in the novel “Between Shades of Gray, for all the sorrowful events that followed emerged due to Lina’s freedoms being taken away. Undoubtedly if Lina’s and her family still had their freedoms, countless of pensive events would not have occurred. Particularly, Lina along with numerous other Lithuanians inevitably would not have been enslaved by the Soviets. Conclusively, Lina and others would not have been forced to work in the gruesome environments they worked in through chapter 28 and beyond. Simultaneously, Mrs. Arvydas would not have been used as a prostitute, nor would have Lina father and mother perished if their freedoms were not stolen. Steadily, these events made me more and more symptomatic towards the Lithuanians, because no one deserves to be treated as poorly as the Lithuanians had. Constantly, I wondered how a person could overcome so many abhorrent events In their life. Probably most of them didn't. Despite the fact that there was a surprising mood change at the end of the novel, the comprehensive mood of the novel is still melancholy. Suddenly at the end of the novel, the reader will experience a mood change. Surprisingly, at