![]() Shi tries to stop dwelling in the past, and instead focus on the meaning that his life has in the present, like the beauty of the colors and the natural world. But in the last moments of the story, Mr. 216 pages The author, whose former name was Elli Friedmann, lives a happy carefree life in her village of Somorja, Czechoslovakia, set in the beautiful Carpathian foothills. ![]() Shi seems to be wondering what meaning has emerged from his sacrifice. At this point in his life, when his wife has died and his relationship with his daughter is strained-as they have not resolved their conflicts by the end of the story, and she still seems to be angry about events from her childhood-Mr. When he brings up the idea from his training that sacrifice makes life meaningful, he seems unsure of whether he believes it: his sacrifice not only caused him (and Yilan) enormous pain, but it did not prevent his wife and daughter from suffering either. More than 40 years later, he seems to doubt whether he made the right choice. ![]() One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lose all privacy and there isn’t enough food. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. Shi looks back on the choice he made to give up both his job and his relationship with Yilan for what he considered to be loyalty to his wife. Imagine being a thirteen-year-old girl in love with boys, school, familylife itself.
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