“Leah Kohn’s coat is no longer a source of delight for me. It has become an agonizing burden. And so has the pretty pink dress of a nameless owner.” Page 161 I Have Lived a Thousand Years
This quote really stuck out to me because I never thought of the coat and dress belonging to someone else. I was very surprised that Elli didn’t want to wear the dress or the coat again because she was in love with them until she found out that it was someone else’s belongings. I think what really made her not want to wear it is the thought of how this Jewish woman died. Also I think that Elli was spooked by the fact that this woman could still be alive and shivering in the cold while Elli was warm in luxury of the coat. Elli was thinking about of how the woman could have died from the gas chambers, starvation, being shot, natural causes etc. It also would creep me out if I was in Elli’s situation and had to wear another stranger’s possession. If you were in Elli’s position, what would you do?
From this post an individual can tell that Elli is a kind hearted child, even without reading the book. She thinks about others and how what she does can affect them. If I was in Elli’s position I would be thinking the same things. I would be worrying if the woman was suffering, dead, or had suffered. I would be wondering is she died wearing that coat and dress, how much she had gone through, and even how much those articles of clothing meant to her. These questions would be so haunting they would be permanently lingering in my mind. I also know for a fact that I wouldn't like wearing clothes that came from a lifeless corpse. -Sandra P.
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