Julian's blog

The most important part of I Have Lived a Thousand Years is the determination that Eli has to save her Mother from dying. Without her mother Eli couldn’t live so she has the desire to do everything in her power to keep her mother alive. When her Mother was in the hospital she try and talk to her from a distance and risk being seen by a SS officer. Also when she risked sneaking her Mother back into there block so she wouldn’t be sent to death for selection the next day. This just shows how Eli has such determination to help her mother in need for survival and so they will both live. My feelings has changed since I started reading I Have Lived a Thousand Years  by the feeling for empathy as Eli’s lives changes constantly. By first in the ghetto and the beginning and then being separated from her father at first, then her Aunt Selma when they arrived at Auschwitz. When Eli was transferred to the hard labor camp and put the work and experiencing her fist encounter with death. Even th...

Something I learned is that over the years from from 1933-1945 is that the laws got worse and worse for the Jews over the years throughout the war. In the beginning they starting taking jobs away from the Jews which wasn’t as bad as it had got to be in the future. When The Nazis would take away things that Jews needed like Milk, couldn’t use ration card for wool or eggs. These things they need to live so they don’t go hungry and won’t starve which is worse than not having a job. This was built because it was apart of history and a memorial it’s something that you don’t want to forget about. It’s a important part of history that we can’t just forget about and needs to be remembered so everyone can see and hear about. With it being a sad topic it is also important to talk about and see how life developed for these innocent people. Also being a big part of history in the world that is nothing like we see today that’s why it’s good to remember and not for is disappear like it never happe...