Blog Post #3

I have been reading a new book(It's called Salt to the Sea, it is pretty good, highly recommend it.) and in one of the chapters one of the characters, Emilia, says "Per aspera ad, astra." Though the author gave the translation, I immediately sight translated and the phrase mean: through hardship to the stars. The character, Emilia, said that her father use to say it  to her whenever she complained something was difficult. I think this phrase is interesting because the book is about WWII, and Emilia is in the thick of monstrosity of the war. It is almost depressing but also inspiring in a way to see her be slightly optimistic that things could perhaps get better. It is also nice to see authors use latin, because it is a really pretty written language and it adds an extra element to the story.