Livia Bitton-Jackson's I Have Lived A Thousand Years

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In Livia Bitton-Jackson’s memoir I Have Lived a Thousand Years, Bitton-Jackson recounts her experience of surviving the Holocaust through the character of Elli Friedman. Elli is a blossoming, intelligent adolescent girl who lives a normal life until the events of the Holocaust take place. Even a broken relationship with her mother does not stop Elli from giving up. This illuminates aspects of Elli’s admirable personality, such as wisdom beyond her years and her strong ambitious attitude. Elli’s young spirit still fights keep her mother alive in the camps despite her mother’s animosity. The novel illustrates how one young girl’s dreams, ambition, and hope allow her to survive the Holocaust.
The first chapter of the novel entitled “The City