Elizabeth Wein expresses that a constant burden, both physical and mental, affects the will to live of those who suffer. Julie, previously a driven young woman, couldn’t seem to begin considering the possibility of being free and enjoying life again once she was captured. Right after she was captured, Julie thinks to herself, “They’ll shoot me...no matter what I do,” and she dreads all of the “dark and twisted roads ahead” (Wein 5). Julie believes that even giving the Nazis the information they’re looking for won’t guarantee her security, and her will to continue with her plans begins to slip away. Even the possibility of making it home doesn’t give Julie adequate reason to fight for her life, certain that if she somehow made it home she would
