![]() ![]() It's also noted that the women typically encourage each other to stay out of trouble and to do what's necessary, fearing not only for those who might be punished but also realizing the entire barracks of prisoners are often punished for the alleged misdeeds of a single person. Their cousins urge them to try again and their reason for this urging is that there isn't anything else to eat and that they must retain something in their stomachs in order to survive.Īnother example of this will to survive is the ability of the prisoners to work in all kinds of weather with very little food and to stand in the cold for hours for roll call. When Elli is given her first taste of the horrible food in Auschwitz, she retches, as does Laura. One of the most notable is the willingness of both Laura and Elli to drink putrid water and to eat horrible food that seems to have sand and even bits of material in it. ![]() ![]() Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. The will to survive is an overriding theme in this story and can be seen in almost every situation and scene. City of a Thousand Gates With wit, wisdom, and a sharp scalpel, Jack Hartnell dissects the medieval body and offers a remedy to our preconceptions. ![]()
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