Ava's Blog

The most impactful thing I learned throughout this project was how much people haven’t done to put a stop to problems in the world. Genocide continues to be committed despite the amount of people that claim it is a terrible thing. If it’s a terrible thing, why aren’t you doing anything to stop it? During the presentations we learned that the Darfur, Sudan Genocide is still occurring. Although some efforts have been made to help people experiencing the Genocide, nothing has been done to physically stop it. It’s unfortunate that no one has taken a stand and tried to stop it.      One of the biggest connections that I have made is how in many Genocides females have been raped and sexually assaulted. According to the presentations, the Rwandan Genocide, the Bosnian Genocide, the Democratic Republic Of Congo genocide, and the dirt for Sudan genocide all have cases of rape and sexual assault. For the democratic republic of Congo genocide rape and sexual assaul...

In the book I Have Lived a Thousand Years , Elli, the main character, has changed tremendously after her experience in the Holocaust. One change she went through was how much she could endure, physically and emotionally. In the beginning of the book Elli was very weak and she didn’t have much endurance. On page 60 it said, “The taste of the ashes in my mouth is laced with a sudden surge of nausea… I vomit, again and again. But the taste of ashes is not extricated from my insides”.  Just from the taste of the ashes, Elli throws up. She can endure very little. On the next page she is given a backpack full of their things and she toppled over. She is not strong enough to carry the backpack of essential items and she can’t keep herself from vomiting after tasting the ashes of the burning books and pictures.     As the book goes on, Elli starts to be able to endure more. Although there are many examples of how Elli grows to endure more there is one on page 89 t...