Hello, America #1
Quote 1:
"How does it feel to have a different pair of shoes for every outfit? How many pairs of shoes do these girls have? I have been happy with the one pair of shoes I own . . . forever grateful that they fit well . . . forever remembering the shoes I was forced to wear in the death camps, the agony of walking miles and miles in shoes two sizes to small . . . " - Elli, page 23
Significance:
This quote represented that Elli's life was different now, compared to her life back in Europe. Elli went from only having one pair of very uncomfortable shoes during the Holocaust, to learning that in America people throw away pairs of perfectly good pairs of shoes just because they break. I think that Elli feels that this is very strange and that Americans are very wasteful.
Personal Connection:
I feel like we really take things for granted, not just here in America but all over the world. There is a lot of poverty all over the world and many people only have one pair of shoes, some people don't have any shoes at all & sometimes we just don't realize that.
Question:
Do you think that Elli will ever get used to America & be able to forget her past?
Quote #2:
"In Europe people talk to each other on trains. Here why doesn't anyone say hello as they sit down next to another passenger?" - Elli, page 37Significance:
This quote represented one of the many things Elli encountered that were different from what she was used to back at home. I think that this was when Elli realized that she was not in Europe anymore and that she would have to get used to all of the new changes here in America.
Personal Connection:
When you do to other countries you realize that the United States is a very strange country with different customs. In any other country when you go anywhere weather it's a store, or a bus stop, or a bank, or anything you say hi to the people and talk to them or they will get insulted. Here, in America if you start talking to random people, they just look at you like your crazy, it's really different.
Question:
Has there ever been a time where you had to adapt to change?
1 comments :
Quote 1: I agree that we do take things for granted here in America. Most of the time we don't even realize it when we do.
Question 1: I think that Elli will learn to become more comfortable with buying things, but she's going to be different than everyone else because she won't be as wasteful and she'll realize that she has it so much better in America than in Europe.
Quote 2: Yeah I have a friend who's British and she was talking about how no one in America says hi to eachother. I think it's sad because we're all in the same counrty but we treat eachother like strangers.
Question 2: There's never been a time when I had to adapt to extreme change but usually when I travel somewhere far away I have to get used to my hosts life and their routine. Some things feel really weird because it's not what I would normally do.
-Olivia
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