"The Lazarus Project" last part blog

The last section of "The Lazarus Project" started off describing a brutal scene that Lazarus was having to witness. Lazarus was witnessing a man being brutally killed during the Pogrom, "Seryozhka stepped on his face with a boot, cracked Mr. Mandelbaum's skull."(page 241) . This shows how brutal the killing is that Lazarus is having to watch happen. Lazarus is to young to see something this terrible happen to someone. This killing shows how bad the pogrom really was and how they did not care for others.

The story goes on to talk about how Olga does not want to discuss what is happening in the house with the pogrom is there and the horrible effect it has on the family. In the next part of the story there is a very interesting part that comes about. Rora talks about when he saw, "a magic carpet flying across the river. It was a blue-and-white piece of UNPROFOR nylon, but still I could not stop seeing it as a magic carpet."(page 253). This is interesting because it can relate back to when Lazarus was a boy and imagined himself on a magic carpet. This carpet has a very significant meaning. The carpet can symbolizes the people who just want to get away from the world and the struggles they are having to life with. This is there escape from the world and everything around them.

Later on in the story, Brik discusses how he can't decide wether or not to say something while riding in the car with Seryozha. Brik ends up not doing anything even though he knew he should have. Further into the story, Brik does end up doing something. He ends up beating Seryozha up in the bathroom pretty bad. He says, "I felt his bones cracking under my knuckles, but I kept punching until his jaw was crushed, until my hand was finally and thoroughly broken."(page 264). This shows the drastic scene that happened in the bathroom. Brik goes on to say how he wished Mary would have scene what he did. He has reached his breaking point in this section. Brik needs to get out of the country and away from the horrible things that are happening. He wants to find something better and not have to worry anymore.

In the next section, Olga decides to not live in regret over Lazarus's death anymore. She decides she wants to help Isador. One of my favorite parts in the part was when Olga writes to her mother. She says, "You must forgive me for what I have done, but I chose life over death. God will take care of the dead. We have to take care of the living."(page 272) This shows that Olga is able to move on. Although she will not forget about Lazarus, she will be able to continue on in her life and help others who are in need. Olga will be able to help others who were like Lazarus.

In the end, it was interesting to find that Rora's story involving Miller and Rambo was just made up. From Rora having a troubled past it is easier to see that the whole story would be made up. By making the story up it makes parts of Rora's life easier to live with.