Shades of gray

Ruta Sepetys, the writer of Between Shades of Gray, created a compelling tale about the horrors that the Lithuanians endured during World War 2. However, aside from the main story, Sepetys includes miniature flashbacks that occurred during Lina’s life in the form of short stories. These flashbacks go hand in hand with the existing circumstances, for example, the memories help Lina make decisions in the NKVD camps where she is held as a prisoner. Additionally, Lina eases her mind with thoughts of…

June 14, 1941. Their father was taken from work that day. On the journey, they meet a boy named Andrius and an irritable bald man whose leg is most likely broken. The author Ruta Sepetys showed that a moral the readers could learn from Between Shades of Gray was that people’s values should never be compromised, even for survival. First of all, even though the women were put through traumatizing events, they had to push through the pain and suffering. Lina, her mother, and the other women…

Lucas’ Essay During times of war and when people have a risk of separation is in place, people will do anything to help or save those they love and care for. In the book Between Shades Of Gray, written by Ruta Sepetys, When times get rough because of Word War Two, Jonas and Elena are seen as very selfless people who help and affect many people's lives with helping others before themselves and make sure that what need to be done gets done. Their actions had the biggest impact was on Lina,…

to determine which groups we belong to; nonetheless, trying to accept the unfavorable fragments of life that presumably shape each of our identities, which affect our lives. Ruta Sepetys brings identity and hardship to life in her book Between Shades of Gray. As the narrative unfolds, characters grapple with constantly changing situations during WW1. Unfortunately, a small family in Lithuania was unfortunately taken captive in the midst of Lithuania fighting with the Baltic States. Throughout…

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” (Vivian Greene) In the novel, between shades of gray, author Ruta Sepetys demonstrates that if one really loves someone, one will do anything for them. This is evident in Andrius in his willingness to risk his life to better the lives of others. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. (Wendy Mass) On the rough journey to the gulags, Andrius displayed the hopefulness he…

Familial archetypes prevail as one of Carl Jung’s most commonly known achievements. In the book, “Shades of Gray”, many characters represent some of of Jung’s familial archetypes as they overcome the struggles that the civil war has brought upon them. Will must learn to understand and grasp his uncle’s reasoning for making the decisions that he does, and by doing so he shows numerous characteristics of the child archetype. The archetypes portrayed in this story are Uncle Jed as the father figure…

The book Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys and Night by Elie Wiesel submerges the reader into a journey through the holocaust. Both a teenage boy and girl in very similar situations put through absolute hell. Two completely different families separated and forced to work in unbelievably harsh conditions. Even though Lina and Elie were stuck with a horrendous fate, they somehow manage to survive. Between Shades of Gray and Night are nonfiction books, told in the first person. Night is…

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys is a historical drama book, written in first person point of view, of a girl who is being deported by the Soviet police during 1941, and sent to death in a prison camp. The book opens up when Lina and her family are being placed under arrest by Russian officers. Lina, her mother Elena, and her younger brother, Jonas, are taken to a railroad station, and then loaded into cars; Lina slips away to find her father and that’s the last time she sees him. Lina,…

My book was” Between Shades of Gray” by Ruta Sepetys. Some of the characters are Lina, Jonas, Mother, Papa, Andrius, Janina, “The Bald Man”, and Chief Kretkzy. Lina is a fifteen turning sixteen year old girl from Lithuania, who loves to draw. Jonas and Mother are her brother and mother.Papa isn’t mentioned much. That is because he has already been taken by the NKVD, which is Russian soldiers. Kind of like the Nazis. Andrius is Lina’s love interest.Janina is a young girl. The author doesn’t…

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…