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Lina has experienced many times where she was close to death. But even with these frightening moments, she has worked to keep on living through the torture. One reason was her urge to meet her father once more. But after his death, her reason to go on was her brother and willingness to stop 'Us'. In the epilogue, a letter from the future Lina states "..Evil will rule until good men or women act. I believe him. This testimony was written to create an absolute record, to speak in a world where our voices have been extinguished. These writings may shock or horrify you, but that is not my intention.... we can ensure that this kind of evil is never allowed to repeat itself.."(338 Sepetys)

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"'Yes I will help" said the bald man. I looked at him, he stood up... I will help as long as we tend to the children first"" (page 332) The bald man showed a lot of character change from his talk of death that he had began from the very beginning of the book. By the end, due to other kindness of helping him, I believe that it softened him to want to help others in the way that they had helped him.

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He was a character that was a perpetrator but then tried to help the victims, leaving his bystander/perpetrator role. Even through being downgraded, he did it for the Lithuanians and victims.  His character was confusing at first,  but later on you can see the empathy he has.

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Why do you think this genocide had little or no awareness?

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Friday: read to page 260
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What are we noticing about self preservation?
Is Lina's personality good or bad?Why?
How is the bald man changing?Is he a "good" person?

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Represents the realization of how severe the situation is. "He had wavy brown hair and blue eyes. He looked like one of the popular boys from school." Pg 35 Sepetys

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She is the character in which we view the story from. Its interesting to look at it from her point because she is headstrong and a bit childish. The childish side helps guide through rough times but her headstrong side can put her in a bad situation. For example, I let out a breath of disgust. Mothers head snapped towards me. The soldier grabbed me and looked me up and down and grinned. He reached down and groped my breasts." In no way was this her fault but if she had kept silent it would have avoided this situation that she ultimately regretted.

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Represents the sense of self-preservation.
"For God's sake, moaned the bald man. Get rid of that thing. I can't breathe."

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When Jonas was banging against the floor of the car it showed the loss of innocence.

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Lina's mother is clever and the NKVD officers are targeting these kind of people, who knows a lot about the situation. In addition, she is a positive person because even in rough situations, she thinks positively. "Christmas Eve arrived... 'It's not perfect, but we do the best we can (205)". Also on page 320, she intended to return home even though she was sick. After she passed away, in her suitcase, Lina found "fresh, clean clothes. A light dress, silk stockings, shows without scuffs, her tube of lipstick. There was also a man's shirt and tie. Papa's clothes (320)".

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"Why a priest? But then ... why any of us?"
"But how can they just decide that we're animals? They don't even know us, I said. We know us, said Mother."