The Symbol Of Elli In I Have Lived A Thousand Years

I chose the symbol of the phoenix to represent Elli from I Have Lived A Thousand Years. She is a phoenix, because she always can turn the situation around and make it better like the phoenix who rises from the fire after being beaten. Elli survived the Holocaust by never losing her will to live and by approaching every challenge like it may be her last. I chose words like serious, powerful, and revolution to show how Elli did her best to survive and didn’t give up like some of the other men and women at the camps. However, I also chose words like limit, love, and curious to show how in the end she was still only a fourteen year old girl. She was as mature as she possibly could be, but a lot of her personality traits had to do with the fact

that she was just a kid who had to learn to support her family and be brave. In conclusion, Elli is a brave girl who never gives up and is always hopeful of a second chance and therefore she is a phoenix.
I chose the symbol of a penguin to represent Jeanne Wakatsuki from Farewell To Manzanar. A penguin is a bird and has all of the features of a bird except for the ability to fly. Jeanne is like a penguin because she has all of the traits of an American and has grown up in America, but she can’t do everything American’s can do because of paranoia from the Americans and stereotypes. I used words like shattered, fight, and respect to show how she felt throughout her life and time in the internment camp, and what she wanted which was respect. Furthermore, I used words like The Atom Bomb, citizenship, and outsider to show her struggle with feeling like an outcast because of her race. All in all, Jeanne is a penguin because of the limits she has to deal with.