After finishing the novel I Have Lived a Thousand Years I have had many reactions to the last few things that happened. It really surprised me when after they got back they were put back into school. I thought that if you went through all of that, they tried to go back to a normal life. How could you go from all of these terrible things, to dropping it and pretending it never happened? I thought that it would be too hard to go back. Everything they experienced, will probably be in their head forever. So how would they make it at school when they are always thinking of the horrible events that they have been through? But I like how in the end of the book, the family sees the Statue of Liberty. I think that represented peace, and that they were now free in America. Here they can start over. Maybe even forget a little. The overall theme for this novel, would probably bystander. I think it is bystander because, if important people, or just anyone stood up they could have made things better. They could have stopped everything. Like, if the pope stood up, more people would have followed him. It would have been too hard for Hitler and the Nazis to kill so many people, if so many people were against them. But instead of that happening, everyone just watched. Which is being a bystander.
I have learned a lot from my novel. For example, I learned about all of the terrible things the Jews went through. I learned a lot about camps, ghettos, and the conditions they experienced. While blogging, I have learned, how to share my ideas, and listen to yours. I know how to find a quote and write what I think about it. I think that blogging is important for people our age, because writing out quotes from the book, and talking about what’s happening helps us understand the book more. It helps us understand the book, but it also helps other people understand the book. When we are confused we can ask you guys to explain it to us even more. It helps us so later in life we can find a way to understand things more. Thank you, everyone who has been there to help me understand my book more than I could have done my self.
I agree with the theme of the novel bystander because while this was going on a lot of big countries stood there, and watched the entire thing. A lot of these big countries could of probably stopped this because they are very powerful. I also don't get how people transitioned so quickly from that to pretending nothing ever happening.
ReplyDeleteMany Jew tried to forget about what has happened to them because they didn't want to be reminded about the horrible things that were done to them and what they has witnessed. If i were in there shoes i would try my very best to forget because being reminded about what happened to me and others would make me sad/depressed and it would make it harder for me to forget about everything that has happened to me and the rest of the Jewish people, and i would of gladly go bad to school because it would help me forget and focus on other things. How would you feel if that has happened to you and they told you that to have to return to school the next day?
ReplyDeleteWhen I finished this book I could relate with the Jews. I have moved around a lot, and every time I have to go to a new school, I tend to pretend to not miss my old friends. I have never experience the horror the Jews went through, but I know that sometimes, you have to forget the past to live with yourself during the present. Sure, the pass will catch up to you, but people who have gone through horrible things have to focus on surviving one day at a time. That's what the Jews did. They didn't think of the past and focused on their job, their school work,so they could keep themselves from falling apart. If I were in their place I would force myself to forget. Who wants to be some ghost when they get back to their lives? They would want to be their old selves. If I had to go to school the next day after I get back I would be glad. School will be the perfect distraction for me to forget about the past. That's what I think the Jews felt. Some might have been furious, but I wasn't there so I wouldn't know.
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