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"The NKVD inspected the train cars, stopping only to scream that we were filthy pigs who disrespected the train."

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The fact lina thinks she can escape is the ultimate showing of immaturity due to her thinking they can escape the soviets and the NKVD shows why they couldn't survive the real events of stalin's plans. The word escape represents the stupidity of the main characters.

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I think the NKVD should have been more harsh than they already were because it would have been more historically accurate. after all the NKVD thought what they were doing was right and I think that this book is way too westernized not actually showing the soviet perspective. I mean the soviets were trying to industrialize in 10-20 years when the west did it in 100 years.

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The death of ona was symbolic of what is to come. If this story wanted to be anything like real life or in history lina should have already been shot. while the boy Joanas should have also been separated eventually. The death of ona should also be a warning to lina and because she refuses to take in the gravity of the situation she should be dead. I think the writer is being too lenient with the plot of the story and has given lina the protection of plot armor.

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I feel like most of the people in the train carts are using their hope to find and to care for their family as a way to keep going with life. Andrius is hoping to find his father, and hes just trying to care for his mother. Jonas and Lina are trying to help their father have a better time finding them when its all over. Lina´s mother is just trying to find the best way to keep her and her kids safe.

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"Her baby was dead" is a very powerful line because it ruins the joy in the chapter. Everyone is happy that the Germans are invading Lithuania and that they might help out, but all of this ends when Ona's baby is dead.

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¨Running away was briefly discussed until a gunshot rang out, followed by screams near the front of the train.¨ This sentence shows that the characters cant do much about their situation, and can only follow the officers orders, and hope for a better future.

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I was very shocked when Miss Grybas had snatched the baby and threw it down without a care in the world. Ona had such a hard time processing that the baby was gone and then within a second Miss Grybas had took the baby and dropped it.

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"I think Josef Stalin is a bully" -Lina.
This is memorable to me because it shows what lina really thinks of him and also I think bully is a great word to use. Lina is still a kid so it would fit her vocabulary also I feel like the word bully has a bunch of hate behind it.

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None of the people are actually guilty of a crime and are just being taken away without any explanation. There is also the feeling of guilt in many characters because they feel as if everything might be their fault, although it might not be.

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"Lithuania had never looked more beautiful. Flowers burst with color against the June landscape. We moved along, our cars marked 'thieves and prostitutes'."

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When Jonas told Lina to be careful before saying bad things about the Soviets, you can already tell that Lina has not matured at all.

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I found it interesting that there was talk of selling people and slavery in this chapter considering slavery and serfdom were abolished at this time.

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I think Andrius and Lina have started to care about one another. In chapter 11 after finding Lina and Jonas's father he had told them to go back to safety and Lina didn't want to leave. When she went to leave she stumbled and Andrius caught her with a concerned and soft look.

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I feel like this is a good one because their hate is going to continue to grow for the NKVD as they learn more and more of what they are doing.

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Match sticks in a small box this  is a meaningful line cus of how crowded they are and how close they are to each other but as time goes on people will die just like how matchsticks burn out when used and the rest unused

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When Lina made the comment about Andrius' smile. I thought the moment was cute and was needed because of what's happening in the book.

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chapter 24 page 90-"Looking at the sky, it's like I'm lying on the grass at home, in Lithuania" That sounded like something mother would say, throwing color onto a black-and-white picture.

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It is finally something good some joy. They have spent more than a month on the train car. They are all getting used to it. But in chapter 21 its a change of scenes. Mother brings all the children candy with cigarettes and wafers for the adults. She has a very kind and gracious soul during all this. Chapter 21 is full of joy.

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Death is a very common motif in this book. Many characters die, and many feel death's presence lurking. Some characters, such as the bald man, want death to happen. Every character has a different take on this motif, and what it represents in them.

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Blue (Chapter 11)
The motif this represents is sadness.

Lina said that she would paint the earth blue and heavy with tears.

This represents sadness and the hopelessness of her situation.

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I think these cigarettes are a very powerful character moment. Jonas has been forced to grow up too fast, and his only source of hope is an older brother figure. He mimics everything he does, including smoking. It's very sad that this is his escape.

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Jonas was already asleep. I covered him with my blue raincoat and wiped his hair away from his eyes.

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Andrius stared off with a blue, battered face. He had swollen pillows for eyes. His shirt was covered in blood, his lips sliced.

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I know that Andrius was just trying to help Jonas through his pain but i still feel like it was dumb for Andrius to let Jonas smoke cigarettes at the young age he is. Then again it's not andrius's fault it's honestly Lina's moms fault because she didn't even try to stop him. It seems that Lina is the only one who cared.

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When Mother brings candy for the children

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When Mother brings candy for the children

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While this moment seemed very happy, for me it had almost a bittersweet notion to it. This is some of the first joy they've had in months.

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"I had an itch," said my father, grinning.
"You did not, you're just trying to make this difficult," I teased, trying too capture his blue eyes.

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It was all the sudden and very sad when the baby died, we didn't read much about it. And the only thing they could do is throw it down the toilet which was even worse. Very sad times during the war.

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"'They won't stop," said Andrius, 'Until they've gotten rid of all of us.'"

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"'They won't stop," said Andrius, 'Until they've gotten rid of all of us.'"

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I think that this line not only shows how terrible things are, but also how little information the people in the train cars are getting. Andrius says this, and he may be right, but how can anyone tell? They have no way of knowing what is happening.

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it was memorable because tons of innocent people were dying.

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Papa said scientists speculated that from the moon, the earth looked blue. That night I believed it. I would draw it blue and heavy with tears.

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"I can tell why the bald man is on the list." I said.
"He's horrible."