Alicia My Story-A Few Points

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Alicia My Story tells of the effects of when a cruel and sad situation is suddenly and without warning thrust upon the life of a young girl. In this story, I believe that one of the most important parts of the story is maintaining the will to live, because existing for no reason or living without a purpose is practically the same as being dead. In fact it is probably worse. When the body and soul are both destroyed the person can now rest in peace but, when the body is well but the soul has been crushed the person has to suffer through each day. It is truly amazing how Alicia keeps her cause for existence despite the fact that her mind is being fed far more horrors than she can bear. Alicia must swim against the current of evil that is pushing her back. I think the “real” plot of the story begins when Alicia’s brother, Moshe, is killed. This event was the awakening and the beginning to the horrors of the war. From that point the ordinary life that Alicia is accustomed to is suddenly taken away. Her average life as an average Jewess becomes a desperate struggle to survive. One by one, her loved ones are taken and killed, but her will isn’t. When events such as these pass, one realizes the strength of the bonds that connects a person a loved one. Even with a great burden of physical as well as emotional pain, Alicia pushes on. As she follows her path, she meets many new comrades, but she also witnesses the death of some of them. Many times, she is promised with certain death, but even then her spirit is not crushed. Alicia has a heart even stronger than her mind. Her love reaches out to people she doesn’t even know. Because of this, she meets many new companions along her journey. She learns how to be the supporter and not the supported. In the beginning of the story, Alicia was unsure about how she would survive. In the end she not only survived, but she
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