"Where were they? She hadn't had time to look at the name of the station as they had pulled in. But she noticed the first things a city child pays attention to: the lush countryside, the flat green meadows, the golden fields. The intoxicating smell of fresh air and summer. The hum of a bumble bee. Birds in the sky. Fluffy white clouds. After the stink and heat of the past few days, this was glorious, she felt. Maybe it wasn't going to be that bad, after all." (pg. 64)
I think this was very interesting because all the Jews have been living in such poor living conditions the past few days and now they are in a place that sounds really nice. This was a big change for Sarah and her family who have spent the past few days at the roundup stuck inside the giant garage. The garage was small, smelly, hot and was not a place they wanted to be. The change of revenue made Sarah extremely excited because at this place they moved to was beautiful and didn't look like it would be a bad place at all. Sarah thinks that maybe nothing bad is going to happen to them since the scenery is so nice and looks harmless. Little does Sarah know this is just the beginning of her journey to where all the other Jews will be going: death.
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