The Strengthening of a Community in Between Shades of Gray
As one drives into ill fortune, they depend on others to guide them through it. In the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, Lina, her family and other people from Lithuania are taken from their homes and put into camps where they forcefully work. Lina and her fellow prisoners live under harrowing conditions with little food, water or rest. Throughout the dreadful experiences Lina and so many others weather through, Sepetys illustrates that a sense of community gets stronger as their lives become harder.
In 1940 Soviet Union, educated people are being separated from the uneducated citizens, to prevent the questioning of autocratic authority. The NKVD take Lina and her Family. They put them onto trucks to be transported. Heading to the truck is a women named Ona, she just had a baby and is bleeding immensely. The crowd comes to help the bleeding woman, “I carried the …show more content…
The population at the camp does not have exposure to a lot of food. As a result, sickness and death overcomes them and Jonas becomes ill with scurvy. Being malnourished plus the harsh living conditions leaves Jonas with little to no hope. . Andrius comes to the hut with something he is confident will help Jonas; “He dipped the blade of the knife into the can. It reappeared with juicy stewed tomato on it. Tomatoes” (Sepetys 194). Andrius and his mother are in a special position. They are able to get things that most people in the camp cannot. They use their power and privilege to help the others. By giving Jonas the tomatoes, it helps him recover. Andrius and his mother have no DNA connection to anyone else in the camp. The community built draws them together in through Jonas and his sickness. Being in the camp means harder life for the Lithuanians. The longer they stay there, the more unhealthy and weak they get. The little things that Andrius and his mother provide the others with keep them
As one drives into ill fortune, they depend on others to guide them through it. In the novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, Lina, her family and other people from Lithuania are taken from their homes and put into camps where they forcefully work. Lina and her fellow prisoners live under harrowing conditions with little food, water or rest. Throughout the dreadful experiences Lina and so many others weather through, Sepetys illustrates that a sense of community gets stronger as their lives become harder.
In 1940 Soviet Union, educated people are being separated from the uneducated citizens, to prevent the questioning of autocratic authority. The NKVD take Lina and her Family. They put them onto trucks to be transported. Heading to the truck is a women named Ona, she just had a baby and is bleeding immensely. The crowd comes to help the bleeding woman, “I carried the …show more content…
The population at the camp does not have exposure to a lot of food. As a result, sickness and death overcomes them and Jonas becomes ill with scurvy. Being malnourished plus the harsh living conditions leaves Jonas with little to no hope. . Andrius comes to the hut with something he is confident will help Jonas; “He dipped the blade of the knife into the can. It reappeared with juicy stewed tomato on it. Tomatoes” (Sepetys 194). Andrius and his mother are in a special position. They are able to get things that most people in the camp cannot. They use their power and privilege to help the others. By giving Jonas the tomatoes, it helps him recover. Andrius and his mother have no DNA connection to anyone else in the camp. The community built draws them together in through Jonas and his sickness. Being in the camp means harder life for the Lithuanians. The longer they stay there, the more unhealthy and weak they get. The little things that Andrius and his mother provide the others with keep them