When Rosa Lost Magda
Once Rosa lost Magda she lost her life as well and all she ever had left of her was her shawl. Rosa did everything in her power to keep Magda alive as long as she could because she knew the Nazi’s could careless over an innocent infant life. From that day forward Rosa entire life changed in a blink of an eye. She would never return to be the person who she once was before Magda death. In the future this would lead to much build up anger that would end up having her to constantly relive her past. Stella was right beside Rosa when they both went into the Nazi concentration camp. On the hand Stella continued to live her life and leave everything in the past. That’s something Rosa couldn’t do because she held Stella accountable for Magda
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Tree and Stella were similar in a way that they were both insensitive towards Rosa. Especially, when it came to the letter Dr. Tree wrote to Rosa. For instance, “Consider also the special word they used: survivor… As long they didn’t have to say human being” (36). Rosa felt as if the letter was non-human. She didn’t understand why people always had to call them survivors instead of human beings. Majority of the Jew survivors might have a similar past but at the end of the day they were just like everyone else. Rosa continues to say, “It used to be refugee, but by now there was no such creature, no more refugees, only survivors” (36). One might not find it insensitive to call someone a survivor, but Rosa was the one who went through that traumatic experience. However, Stella was insensitive right from the beginning almost as if she became a product of her surrounding by her very own environment just being in the Nazi death camp. Rosa says, “Stella, my angel my dear one, a devil climbs into you and ties up your soul and you don’t even know it” (14). Rosa didn’t understand how Stella could just back on her feet and move one with her life and act like nothing ever happen. Stella is in fact insensitive when she expects Rosa to move on with her life just like she did. Rosa is forever scarred for what happened to her daughter and the horrible experience in the Nazi death camp. One can’t expect for someone just to forget his or her past when it was such an awful and traumatic
Tree and Stella were similar in a way that they were both insensitive towards Rosa. Especially, when it came to the letter Dr. Tree wrote to Rosa. For instance, “Consider also the special word they used: survivor… As long they didn’t have to say human being” (36). Rosa felt as if the letter was non-human. She didn’t understand why people always had to call them survivors instead of human beings. Majority of the Jew survivors might have a similar past but at the end of the day they were just like everyone else. Rosa continues to say, “It used to be refugee, but by now there was no such creature, no more refugees, only survivors” (36). One might not find it insensitive to call someone a survivor, but Rosa was the one who went through that traumatic experience. However, Stella was insensitive right from the beginning almost as if she became a product of her surrounding by her very own environment just being in the Nazi death camp. Rosa says, “Stella, my angel my dear one, a devil climbs into you and ties up your soul and you don’t even know it” (14). Rosa didn’t understand how Stella could just back on her feet and move one with her life and act like nothing ever happen. Stella is in fact insensitive when she expects Rosa to move on with her life just like she did. Rosa is forever scarred for what happened to her daughter and the horrible experience in the Nazi death camp. One can’t expect for someone just to forget his or her past when it was such an awful and traumatic