“Ai Bagni Gellert” is written in the first person except that in every place where “I” could be used, it is replaced by “you”. This seems to make the story more personal, allowing the audience to experience the speaker's desire for risk in a world of fear dominated by the daughter and her parents. The repeated use of the word survivor on almost every page highlights that there is still a sense of relief and celebration more than 50 years after the Holocaust, as if the wife and daughter had experienced this trauma together with their father. This touches on the idea of marriage, that by agreeing to spend eternity with another person you also accept their baggage. The tone of the story before and after the trip to Hungary is also significant. At the beginning of the story, the parents are reluctant to undertake the journey because they do not wish to relive their father's past and bring back memories of the Holocaust. The speaker also has objections to traveling because he wants to use vacation time in a more personal and romantic way for himself and his wife. He does not believe that his mother and father will ever go from a fearful to a passive attitude. The trip to Hungary is what ultimately unites all the characters. After the hike the tone changes from scary and suggestive to pleasant and peaceful. “Before returning to the locker room, the
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