All But My Life: Part 2 Camry Wilborn

After concluding the reading of All But my Life, i was very impacted. The struggles Gerda went through were unbearable. I have to say though i was very excited to see Gerda liberated. The hardest part of the war for me to deal with would be the constant wondering about how family and friends were doing. How did Gerda go on with life knowing her parents could be somewhere being tortured. I also wonder why Gerda bought the poison! After promising her father not to commit suicide, buying the poison was pointless! I still admire her though for not ever using it! i was amazed by the end of the book at how alone Gerda was! What did she have to live for? Her parents, brother, and friends were all dead! How did Gerda survive the Death March!? How could someone who only weighed sixty-eight pounds survive a march like that in the cold? It had to be determination! At the end of the book, i was elated to see that Gerda had found true love. She had found somone who knew what she was going through. Someone who loved her! Although I was impressed by what Abek had done for Gerda, the actions of Kurt blew me away more! I was extatic to see that everything that Gerda had went through was for a great purpose. She was free and she had LIFE!