What is a symbol in Between Shades of Gray?

Andrius' Stone Symbol in Between Shades of Gray | LitCharts.
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What does Gray symbolize in between shades of gray?

The color gray

“Shades of gray” also refers to the grayness of the lives of those who have been deported. Lina's father's face is “gray” (60) the last time she sees him and the gray has “crept beneath [their] skin” (192), their food is gray, their homes are gray, their clothes are gray, and the sky is gray.
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What is the moral of between shades of gray?

The power of love

The main theme of between shades of gray, and the biggest lesson Lina must learn, is that even in the face of great suffering, brutality, and hate, love is the better choice. Sepetys is very deliberate in her framing of love as a choice one makes.
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Is Between Shades of Gray a true story?

Based on the true stories of Baltic citizens, Between Shades of Gray is a detailed, riveting, and thought-provoking story of the terrors that the Baltic people faced during WWII under Stalin. In 1939, the Soviet Union occupied Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania and annexed them as part of the USSR.
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How old is Lina in Between Shades of Gray?

Lina Vilkas: the story's 15-year-old protagonist, taken in the beginning with her mother and brother to a labour camp. She's a brave and determined girl, described as very similar to her mother. Jonas Vilkas: Lina's 10-year-old brother. He is a major character, beloved by all, including the sour Mr.
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Author Ruta Sepetys talks about the true history behind Between Shades of Gray



When did Andrius give Lina the stone?

Chapter 48 Summary

The bald man and Ulyushka think that Jonas has something contagious, but the gray-haired man identifies it as scurvy. Elena runs out to beg people for help while Lina stays with her brother, placing the stone that Andrius gave her under his hand.
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Do Lina and Andrius get married?

Though Andrius and Lina are separated after Lina and her family are moved from the first camp, Lina's letter in the epilogue shows that the two survived, reconnected, and eventually married.
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Who is Mrs Arvydas in between shades of gray?

Andrius' mother is the attractive wife of a Lithuanian officer who is believed to be dead. She and her son are extremely protective of each other, and Mrs. Arvydas agrees to sleep with NKVD officers so that they do not kill Andrius.
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What did Lina write on the handkerchief?

Ch 18-2: What did Lina write on the handkerchief? The Path of Cities.
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Why do you think Elena smashed all her favorite china?

Elena smashes all of her fine possessions because she does not want the Soviets to take them and enjoy them, or sell them. She decides to destroy them herself because at least then their loss is her choice, not theirs.
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How long was Lina imprisoned?

Lina was released in December 1933 but then rearrested in 1935 after refusing to give the names of other Communists to the Gestapo. She spent the next four years in various prisons, including Lichtenburg, a camp for women.
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What did Lina draw on that she hoped would be passed along to Papa?

“Do you have a handkerchief I could borrow?” he asked. I nodded and quickly handed him the hankie, neatly folded to conceal my writing… The man patted his brow with the handkerchief before putting it in his pocket. Pass it along, I thought, imagining the hankie traveling hand to hand until it reached Papa.
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Who is Elena vilkas?

Elena Vilkas is Lina's mother, and is still a woman in the prime of her life when she is deported from her home in Lithuania. Though she is a homemaker and relies on Kostas' income from the university to support the family, Elena was sent to Moscow for her schooling and is considered highly educated.
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What does Mrs Rimas do when Elena dies?

Jonas and Lina cry over their mother's dead body, while Mrs. Rimas recites a prayer. The other deportees comfort the family, saying everything they loved about Elena. They all promise to bury her body.
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Where is Kostas in Between Shades of Gray?

Kostas is Lina and Jonas' father, and a professor at the local university. Though he is only seen in one episode throughout the novel, Lina often reminisces of good times she had with her father, who was loving and supportive of her artistic talents.
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Is ashes in the snow a true story?

Ashes in the Snow is based on the 2011 novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, a Lithuanian-American writer who based it on the true story of Irena Spakauskiene, a 13-year-old Lithuanian girl who was deported from Lithuania to Siberia in 1941.
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Is there a sequel to Between Shades of Gray?

In many ways, “Salt to the Sea” is a follow-up to her best-known book, “Between Shades of Gray,” which follows a Lithuanian family as they're shipped off to Siberian death camps by the Soviet Union. “I write the books, but they're not my stories,” Sepetys said.
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Is Between Shades of Gray and ashes in the snow the same book?

Ashes in the Snow is a World War II drama film based on The New York Times best selling novel Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys.
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Is between shades of gray a movie?

It's finally here. After years of anticipation, the film adaptation of Ruta Sepetys' critically acclaimed historical novel Between Shades of Gray (2011) is opening January 11th. The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival last September under the title Ashes in the Snow, and this weekend marks its wide release.
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What is Linas special talent in between shades of gray?

For Lina, drawing is a way to process the world, and is her best mode of expression. She is devoted to saving her family members, and risks her life multiple times throughout the novel in attempts to save her mother Elena and brother Jonas.
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What happens in the village that lifts Elena's spirits?

What news lifts Elena's spirits? The grouchy woman mailed their letters.
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What did Andrius give Lina?

Andrius gives the stone to Lina, who derives strength from a beautiful object given to her by someone she admires. Lina in turn passes it to Jonas for comfort when he is ill. When he recovers, Jonas gives it back to Andrius, declaring it a lucky object.
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How do you pronounce Ruta Sepetys?

When you talk about our current, multiple award-winning author Ruta Sepetys—and oh you will! —you'll want to pronounce her name correctly: Roota Suh-pettys.
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