I found some comic relief with Marions constant craving for sweets. We found out she loved sweets earlier in the story when she is at a camp, but it is not until Holland, and now in America that she is really able to have sweets. She is astonished by the amount of bubble gum in America. I was surprised by the materialistic sense that Marion has. Last chapter she talked about how she just had to have a pretty pair of shoes, even though they were not very practical, and now she talks about how she just wanted gum, and lots of it. I suppose that she has never had a lot at all, not even enough food to eat at times, so she wants to make up for that and have as much as she wants of anything. I felt very bad for Marion when she got upset that Albert gave her hosiery for her birthday because this made her think she had to grow up and she was not ready for that. She had lost most all of her childhood and she simply wanted to be a kid.
It was very nice to learn that Marion had finally found a sense of belonging somewhere. This took a long time.
This chapter and the epilogue were very heartwarming to find out that the Blumenthals finally found lives that they were happy with and found partners to share life with and make families. I was happy that Marion has used her experience to educated others about the Holocaust. I think this is very respectful.
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