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We have traveled with them through this horrific experience but if you were paying attention you’d realize this is the beginning not the end. This is where they had a second chance a new better chance at a good, happy, and long life. Even though they have many losses it doesn’t mean that they can’t move on. People always say forgive but never forget. Michael’s mom always sang a song all throughout her life a song of hope a song that says this is not the end it is bad but things will always get better.

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This passage shows that faith has saved and brought hope to many people through very rough times. This gives the reader a reason to believe in faith and that they shouldn’t say that faith is dumb or ridiculous. This cup has lived past all the pain and trauma that this family has been through. It is a sign that shows that no one can crush a persons belief or destroy their will of faith.

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The reader is both moved and shocked that Michael’s grandmother will not be joining them in the journey to America. This is heartbreaking because we know how much both Michael and his grandmother went through. She had taken care of him at the concentration camp and helped him when he was sick. They both avoided the death marches together. It is a hard thing to say goodbye especially when you know it’s for good.

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This scene was surprising to me because the reader doesn’t know that the mom is alive because we are to believe that the place she was working at burned down with no survivors. At first we feel the same way as the main character who is shocked to see that his mother is still alive and well. Although Michael is shocked he always had faith that his mother would return to him one day.

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This scene shows that although life got tough the hope they had got them through this. Ruth was reunited with her family which I’m guessing is not a likely result based on some of the events during the Holocaust. This scene made me think of how many families lost their kids or how many were orphaned or how many got new homes.

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This scene is significant because it shows the reader who difficult it is to lose a loved one when they have come so far. Even though she was brought down she realized she still had a reason to live her only other son she knew she had to protect him. The reader learns that you never really know how important family is until it’s gone.

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The family wished to stay together and they attempted to show that they were family but the Nazi’s didn’t care. They were torn apart most of these moments are significant to me because these people had to lose their families and loved ones just for being alive this is an awful event.

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This scene shocks the reader because it shows you exactly how much danger they were in. This makes the reader on edge because it shows how if they didn’t work past their limit everyone could suffer.

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This is significant to me because it shows how some families were torn apart and separated. Since  Ruth was so young when she was separated this caused her to lose memory of her family and loved ones.

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This was an emotional moment for me because the mother sees her daughter shot and killed. She runs over to her crying then the mother is shot. The father is trying not to move. I chose this passage because it really told me how people sometimes had to watch their families be killed and that they couldn’t do anything about it. It is significant to me because if you’ve ever lost a family member or someone close you know how painful it is but for these people it was some or all of their family and they didn’t have a chance to interfere or say goodbye.