Between Shades Of Gray Character Analysis

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“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brothers brother’s was worth a pocket watch.” (p.27)
The novel I decided to read is called, Between Shades of Gray. Lina Vilkas is the protagonist and narrator in the story. She is a very opinionated young 15 year old artist who also demonstrates strength, and bravery throughout the novel. She truly has an eye for art and admires Munch’s work. The story focuses largely just as much on her family, which consists of her mother Elena Vilkas, her father Kostas Vilkas and, her younger brother Jonas Vilkas. Elena Vilkas is described as an “ elegant,” beautiful and positive woman. Lina explains how lucky she feels to have her mother’s “honey coloured hair” and, bright blue eyes. …show more content…

Their father Kostas was a professor who worked at the local university in their hometown, Kaunas, Lithuania. I can fairly mention that the setting of the book takes place in a train car for a quarter and a bit of the book. When Lina first arrived on the train car, “[she] scanned the group. Faces spoke to their future. [she] saw courage, anger, fear, and confusion.” (p.35) Plenty of characters are introduced during this tight time for example: the gray haired man who winds his watch, the angry bald man who is constantly speaking his mind, and Ona the young mother arrested only moments after giving birth to her baby girl. These are only a handful of characters that Lina encounters on her way to Asia on the train car. She meets a young man named Andrius Arvydas, a 17 year old boy on the train car with his mother Mrs. Arvydas. They grow to enjoy each other's company and fall madly in love with each other. Andrius acts as a role model for Jonas, Lina and Elena are thankful for this but eventually lose touch with him. At one part earlier in the book during their last few minutes of freedom for quite a few years, Andrius, Jonas and, Lina lay on the thick green

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