All But My Life Part 2: Evan Ramos

The people and experiences that Gerda encountered as the book came to an end really impacted me even more than those from before. Honestly, I didn't really care about what I was reading before, but something about the way that Gerda changed as the story went on really pulled me in. I was not only surprised by how much Gerda was put through, but also how strong, determined, inspirational, and incredibly lucky she was throughout it all. For example, when Gerda was at Bolkenhain, even though she was going through struggles of her own, she wrote plays in an attempt to make herself and others forget about their worries, even if only for a few hours. It may not have been her original intentions to better conditions for everyone else, but in the end, that's exactly what it did, and when she grew older, she regarded it as the greatest thing she had ever done in her life. In this instance, she was lucky to be in such a nice camp in comparison to others, and lucky to be given permission to stage such a thing. Also, she was lucky to be the only one out of all of her close friends to survive through all the hardships of the war, and be able to recover from losing everything she had, and still find happiness afterwards, thanks to the help of Kurt. I am glad that she met Kurt, because if she had not, I doubt that she would have had the motivation to keep on living.