The shawl

I believe that Rosa is slowly losing her mind. I feel as though Rosa is so mentally disturbed and broken from her time at the concentration camp. I feel like Rosa internalizes everything. Rosa feels like she doesn’t have a family Stella betrayed her and Magda is dead. I believe that it is obvious Rosa is slowly losing her mind. From the minute Magda died Rosa was emotionally and mentally broken. Rosa couldn’t even let anyone see her cry, for fear she would die. Rosa used the blanket as security to hide herself from showing pain. Rosa hides in her ”motel” and never settles down into a real home. I feel that Rosa thinks she doesn’t deserve a good life. I think Rosa is not only guilty but she is also losing her mind. Rosa holds things inside so much that eventually she just snaps like in the antique shop. I also believe that Rosa began to write letters to Magda to help deal with her grief but at the same time eventually she will think she is still alive because when you psychologically tell yourself something over and over again eventually you will believe it. The only outside contact that Rosa had really with the outside world is a man named Mr. Persky. Mr. Persky is a button maker. “If you’re alone too much, you think too much” Mr. Persky stated on pg. 27. This quote was said after their first meeting when he offered to walk her home. I feel as though this quote speaks for itself in Rosas case. I think this is exactly what Rosa needed to hear because she thinks too much about her “old” life and needs to think about the presence and needs to get away from the grief and the sorrow. Rosa needs someone to listen to her and talk to her and I think a lot of her problems will be resolved.