The Symbol Of Elli In I Have Lived A Thousand Years

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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

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