Rosa's visit to East-West school of international studies
On March 16, 2011, at East-West school of International studies, in room 418, art room, we had a visitor name Rosa Strygler, a survive of the Holocaust. Rosa is a nice and very kind lady who also wrote a book called, “ROSA”. We had an opportunity to read that book of Rosa. The book was about how Rosa survived the Holocaust, and she contrasted her childhood obstacles with the obstacles she faced with her son. Rosa came to our school yesterday and all the seniors had an opportunity to ask her any questions about her experience in the Holocaust. During this questions and answers conversation, Rosa said “ I loved him very much, I couldn’t stop giving him what he asked for.”
Hearing this quote just made me realize that Rosa loved his adopted son. But that love spoiled him. Steve went to Northeastern college in Boston.He stayed there in dorms and he got addicted to drugs. Whenever he needed money, Rosa always provided him money to fulfill his addiction.
Another quote that struck out to me from the Rosa’s visit to East-West school on March 16,2011, was really depressing. Rosa said during the conversation, “ I was really angry because the U.S. didn’t do anything to prevent this disaster of the Holocaust.”
Seeing this quote again, I see how Rosa felt that no nation took any action to prevent the holocaust. It open my eyes because this quote is saying that Unites States could’ve done something about the Holocaust, but they didn’t wanted to raise tension with Germany.
Another quote that surprised me was something Rosa said about why she didn’t publish her book, “Rosa.” This surprised me because the book is an outstanding life experience of the most devastating event in the history of the world, the Holocaust.
“ I didn’t publish the book because I wasn’t ready for it. The book was not written by me, even though it’s my life story. They offered me thousands of dollar, I don’t know how much exactly, but I just didn’t want to publish it.”
It was our pleasure to have such woman like Rosa to come to out school and share her personal experience in person. I learned a lot from this short forty five minutes discussion about the Holocaust. People suffered for no reason. Hopefully this generation and next generation won’t let people suffer like the Holocaust.
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I like your post
Dear Asim,
You wrote a very good post about Rosa's visti to East-West. There were some quotes in your post that I agreed and disagreed with. She has changed a lot over the years because she doesn't look like she did in the back cover of the book.
One quote that you wrote that I disagreed with was: "The book was about how Rosa survived the Holocaust, and she contrasted her childhood obstacles with the obstacles she faced with her son. " I don't think that Rosa wrote the book was just about Rosa comparing her two life experience. In reality, I think that the book was about her experiences and how important both of them were. But, she did have some comparisons on the book. Rarely, you see people that have to live nightmares like this one.
Another quote that you wrote that I agree with you is: "Hearing this quote just made me realize that Rosa loved his adopted son. But that love spoiled him. Steve went to Northeastern college in Boston.He stayed there in dorms and he got addicted to drugs. Whenever he needed money, Rosa always provided him money to fulfill his addiction." I think that Rosa did spoil him too much and she made him take advantage of the love that Rosa had for Steve. It was a sad story to read.
Thank you writing this post because it had your real opinion about Rosa's visit to our school. This was a good book. I like your post and I thought it was good.
Dear Asim, I really liked
Dear Asim,
I really liked reading your post about Rosa Strygler’s visit
to East-West. It showed your enthusiasm to have her come and visit us. I also
enjoyed her visit and learned a lot from her. She as you mentioned she shows
contrast from her home life with her husband and son as well as her experience
in the Holocaust. I really liked how you responded to the first quote in your
post.
“Hearing
this quote just made me realize that Rosa loved his adopted son. But that love
spoiled him.”
I
completely agree with this. I feel like Strygler allowed herself to love her
son to death. She continued to give her son money when she knew he would most
likely use it to prolong his negative lifestyle. She wanted him to be safe at
home instead of on the streets without shelter. She had the best of intentions
but they seemed to backfire. I also liked when you responded to why Strygler
didn’t publish her book.
“This
surprised me because the book is an outstanding life experience of the most
devastating event in the history of the world, the Holocaust.”
I
was also surprised to learn that Strygler didn’t publish her book. At first I
wondered her reasoning behind that. It was great to learn that she used the
book as a means of therapy for herself. I felt like she was bottling up so much
about her past. She didn’t tell anyone besides her husband about her experience
in the Holocaust. The book allowed her to be free of the burdens that she went
through.