¨But I have no right to such self-indulgence. My friends, my family, all those achingly dear to me, my entire world, rose up in smoke, vanished. How dare I retain such passion for my possession?¨ - Ellie, I Have Lived a Thousand Years, p. 219
This quote shows that she felt guilty in feeling joy with her possessions while all her family members (besides Bubi and Mom) have died. It is hard to enjoy nice things in life if you don't have someone to share it with you. I think that is why Ellie felt like she didn't deserve to have that kind of joy in her life. I believe that she can feel guilty, but it doesn't mean that she can't be happy. Sometimes there are tragedies in your life doesn't mean you can't have things that make you happy. Guilt can affect someone in so many different ways, they can block others out of their life, believing that their life won´t get better. That’s the problem with people who grieve, they think its there fault and they consume themselves with nothing but darkness.
This quote relates to the movie P.S I Love You because when her husband passed away she was not taking it very well. She would not talk to her family, come out of her apartment, and not answer any of her calls, she was depressed for a very long time. On her birthday, her family came over and gave her a letter from her husband before he died. He knew he was getting sick so he wrote ten letters to help ease her pain of losing him and get on with her life. She started to move on with the support of her friends and family and soon she was happy again. This also relates to many family members who survived the Holocaust but had no family or home to call their own. They ask themselves, why me? Why not my family?
This quote relates to the movie P.S I Love You because when her husband passed away she was not taking it very well. She would not talk to her family, come out of her apartment, and not answer any of her calls, she was depressed for a very long time. On her birthday, her family came over and gave her a letter from her husband before he died. He knew he was getting sick so he wrote ten letters to help ease her pain of losing him and get on with her life. She started to move on with the support of her friends and family and soon she was happy again. This also relates to many family members who survived the Holocaust but had no family or home to call their own. They ask themselves, why me? Why not my family?
Nice reference to the movie and adding the movie clip for those of us who didn't see it yet. Grieving takes time and it's great when you have a support group.
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ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with you Jenny because being alone and having to fight through rough times by yourself is difficult without the support of a love one. Knowing your values, and not depriving yourself or others when you lose someone is good because you take in mine of those who need you, and that actually want to see you happy. Also, they help you fight through harsh circumstances and can help you do something later on with your life either through therapy or with the help from others. I also, believe that taking the fault of someones death is very stressful and depressing to do because you put others life before yours when you should worry more about yourself and not someone who is gone forever and lived their life the way they they wanted to live it, or maybe they never wanted that life, but they couldn't do anything about it because of a long term sickness they had. Life is not always fair but you always want to take the advantages you have because you only live once and you wont last forever. In addition, I agree with you Jenny because tragedies happen to everyone and you can't escape from them cause that's the way others learn from mistakes made by others, and that's basically how the world works and will keep working with the help of others or else you'll end up having to survive alone like the people from the Holocaust did when it seemed to them like their was no way out of that darkness and they couldn't get out without that flashlight to make it through and really see whats out their. Putting the blame on yourself in a harsh situation and giving up on finding a new love one that can make you happy is the least thing you can do to yourself without the support from others. "No way out if you can't help yourself first."
I´m sorry did you reply to Jenny or I? If it was to me, I agree when you said that if you blame yourself for someones death it will get very depressing.
ReplyDeleteSorry Jenny and Olivia I got a little confused but the message was to Olivia. Well sorry Olivia I know I confused both of you and yeah the message was to you. Sorry girls! I can see we both agree with each other by the way. A depression can get worst and you can even end up having to take pills for some support and some relief.
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