In discussion, I remember talking about the sentiment that the novel Still Alive lacked. We compared it to the Diary of Anne Frank, and other works of art such as Schindler's List and The Pianist. What I would like to focus on is whether or not this is a good thing or a bad. I believe Kluger does state some realistic ideas such as "her family bonds became threadbare" even during the hardtimes of the concentration camps and etc...
I enjoy that this novel was very real. It didn't sugar coat anything for its readers. The author said it straight up and was forward about the troubles in her family, such as her parents situation. Before I read the novel, i thought the mood was going to be the same as in every other Holocaust story/novel. I thought that it would make us pity and sympathetic. However, this novel makes us look at the different aspect of the Holocaust. I now view those people not as victims, but as human beings who have the same emotions and troubles that i do. They are no different from us today, they were rather just born in a different era.
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