Rosa is a lonely and doesn't really have anyone to confide in. It's like she is scared of everyone in the world she feels as if they are out to harm her in every way. She puts herself in a box to shut herself off from the world. Just like a lot of human beings in this world. In the book you never hear Rosa talk about her having an real friends in her life. It could possibly be because she was still young when she got taken to the camps and didn't really get to live her life.
Persky tried to be her friend. He tried to get all the worries off her mind and have her enjoy her life. But she just pushed him away. She viewed him as someone trying to run a game on her. I believe his role was to try and open her up .He got he to get a little out of her shell and from the looks of it he was the only one to make some success. Through out her whole life she was in need of letting out her steam and with the help of Persky and the manager at the hotel she got to do some of those things. Her lashing out at the manager was letting out all her emotions she felt from being in the camp. She went through torture ,and couldn’t stand up for her rights couldn’t say what she wanted and at the hotel she did. She called the manager a nasiz directly during their conversation. Which shows being there she really felt as if she was in the camp.
