Creative Response to Between Shades of Grey
Like jolting the body of a new born baby till its fragile bones go crack, it saddens me that I compare this level of evil to the plans of the officers. Like horribly sick minded scavengers, they steal and split innocent families. They turn their worlds to ice. Black ice. Their lives become battles to make it through each day. I’ve been a slave for the NKVD for a while now and I’ve heard it all. Seen it all too, and I’d miss it all if I could. Just thinking about what they do is too heart breaking, even for a soul with a heart of steel and a stomach of coal. I know their plans.
The officers will starve them till they will do anything to survive leaving the weak minded to die. Many won’t even make …show more content…
This piece relates to the novel in various ways such as the similar themes, characters and literary techniques. One of these themes is kindness. In the novel, the theme of kindness is explored mostly through the character of Elena. Elena demonstrates great kindness to other characters even if it means she’s sacrificing her own health. All the hostages are given tiny rations to live off through the story and Elena constantly gives up her rations to her children and others in need out the pure kindness of her heart. She does many other generous things to benefit others throughout the novel. The kindness that she shows towards others is so great that it is what causes her to perish in the end. Like the novel, the theme of kindness is prominently expressed in my piece. The personified train’s kind nature is strong. The train shows kindness through his strong feelings against the NKVD and their plans to exterminate the Lithuanian people. Although the train doesn’t do anything to stop the NKVD in this piece (because he can’t physically) you can feel his anger and strong wish to help through his words. The train doesn’t have to have these feelings naturally because he is going to be hurt, he just does because he is kind. His kindness is also shown through his guilt for transporting the people ‘to their death’. This piece expresses a theme of kindness like the novel Elena’s
Like jolting the body of a new born baby till its fragile bones go crack, it saddens me that I compare this level of evil to the plans of the officers. Like horribly sick minded scavengers, they steal and split innocent families. They turn their worlds to ice. Black ice. Their lives become battles to make it through each day. I’ve been a slave for the NKVD for a while now and I’ve heard it all. Seen it all too, and I’d miss it all if I could. Just thinking about what they do is too heart breaking, even for a soul with a heart of steel and a stomach of coal. I know their plans.
The officers will starve them till they will do anything to survive leaving the weak minded to die. Many won’t even make …show more content…
This piece relates to the novel in various ways such as the similar themes, characters and literary techniques. One of these themes is kindness. In the novel, the theme of kindness is explored mostly through the character of Elena. Elena demonstrates great kindness to other characters even if it means she’s sacrificing her own health. All the hostages are given tiny rations to live off through the story and Elena constantly gives up her rations to her children and others in need out the pure kindness of her heart. She does many other generous things to benefit others throughout the novel. The kindness that she shows towards others is so great that it is what causes her to perish in the end. Like the novel, the theme of kindness is prominently expressed in my piece. The personified train’s kind nature is strong. The train shows kindness through his strong feelings against the NKVD and their plans to exterminate the Lithuanian people. Although the train doesn’t do anything to stop the NKVD in this piece (because he can’t physically) you can feel his anger and strong wish to help through his words. The train doesn’t have to have these feelings naturally because he is going to be hurt, he just does because he is kind. His kindness is also shown through his guilt for transporting the people ‘to their death’. This piece expresses a theme of kindness like the novel Elena’s