Over the course of the book, however, they bond over their need to survive and their love for each other.Įlli has to give up her yellow bicycle, showing just how the Jews have to give up everything in their lives because of their relocation by the Nazis. She gets to play in the Danube all day with her friends, showing that she feels a kinship to them.Įlli and Bubi are both young, exuberant children at the beginning of the book however, Bubi is much more favored by their mother, and he lives a much more exciting life outside of town.Įlli and her mother are incredibly contentious at the beginning of the book, as Elli's mother constantly criticizes her, and Elli resents that.
I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the HolocaustĮlli's life as a child is somewhat nice - her mother is not compassionate, but she hopes to go to prep school in Budapest, and become a poet.
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