The Cage

I'm still reading The Cage. Its a really sad book but a very interesting book at the same time. Since the last time I posted Riva has gotten sick where her legs wouldn't hold her weight and so she had to be in bed all day. One day, one of her neighbors came and took her to a doctor where the doctor told Riva that she needed more vitamins to get better. Without her knowing Riva's two brothers gave up there bread for a week to get vitamins for Riva. Riva ended up getting better and being able to go back to work. Riva's name showed up on the deportation list but Riva's boss took her name off of it because he knew that Riva's brothers would go with Riva if she got deported. So he took Rivas name off the list because he knew that Riva and her brothers would have a better chance of surviving if they stayed right where they were. Plus, Riva isn't very strong to begin with and all of the extra labor would make her even weaker. So instead someone else got deported. Right now i am in the middle of a chapter where Riva and the other Jews in town are trying to decide if they should leave the town willingly or if they should wait till the Nazi's come and find them.