Gaby Setiabudi

Mrs. Tedesco
ELA 8
April 12, 2015
One Survivor Remember Reflection Questions
1. The image when the dead bodies were piled up or laid on the
ground with people walking next to it and the image of the
vast land covered up in inches of snow were the most
powerful out of all. Those images were the most powerful
because the dead pile of corpses was an event that was real
and the bodies shown were just a small majority out of the
rest. The lessons or messages form the images was that we
should always be grateful for our lives, to eat properly, and
everything we have now is to always be grateful.
2. The Nazis dehumanized the Jews by taking over their
homes, forcing them into labor work, forcing them into gas
chambers, and the murderous killings. Gerda Weissmann
worked to overcome the dehumanization by aiding the girls
at camp with her and staying strong. The person that had
helped her stay strong was the lady in charge, she looked
terrifying but her personality was the opposite she was an
inspiration to her
3. Id fantasize about being healthy, being at home in comfort
away from danger, the ability to eat food every day, a
shelter and clothing. Having basic necessities to live and go
to school. Especially the fact that I am still alive to see
another second of my life.
4. Persecution happening today is when there is racism or
police brutality happening in the world. There had been
countless of examples of the discrimination and racism still
occurring because it had not actually ever ended. An
example is about Donald Trumps solution to the problems.
His solutions include racism against people of color,
deportation like what Hitler did to the Jews, discrimination

against Muslims, and an increase of riots. In order to avoid

issues like this, we can be sure that Donald Trump isnt
president and we become aware of what issue we are
getting into.
5. The heroes of the film was Gerdas family, the lady in charge
of the labor camp, and her own husband. Gerdas family
helped her stay alive through everything she went through.
Her father told her to wear snow boots that day when
everything began, at first she refused but later she agreed.
But, she didnt know that the shoes saves her life. When the
4000+ girls were all on the death march freezing on the
snow, her snow boots saved her form freezing while other
girls wore sandals or an unprotective shoe. When the
Germans took over her home, she looked outside and
considered suicide. Her father came up to her and told her to
promise not to consider anything like that. The lady in
charge gave her hope and inspiration to live through
everything. Her own husband recused her when her friends
all died when they were abandoned by the SS in the bicycle
factory.