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Throughout history, people all over the world have discovered the importance of freedom, the difference is how each person reacts to it. In The Boy Who Dared, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Helmuth, the protagonist, lives in the dark, tragic time of WWII, under HItler’s rule. Everyday, in Germany, a freedom is taken away, one by one. Helmuth is one of the few, who dares to stand up against the Nazis to fight back for his freedom. In this novel, the author uses techniques such as symbolism, flashbacks, and descriptive language to emphasize the importance of freedom.

The Holocaust began around 1933 when Adolf Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany and leader of the Nazi Party. During that time, the first concentration camp, Dachau, was established to torture and kill Jewish people. Soon after, in 1935, Nuremberg Race Laws against Jews were decreed and depriving Jews of German citizenship. Germany then invaded Poland, starting World War II in Europe. With the start of World War II came many more concentration camps, and millions of deaths. Six million European Jews lost their lives during this horrific time. Many survivors shared their stories after they were freed, so that the world would know of the horrors they experienced. Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Holocaust, told his story in his book, Night. Elie Wiesel was a teenager during the Holocaust, but lived on into his eighties and continued to speak out against what the Nazi’s did to his family.

The chaos and destruction that the Nazi’s are causing are not changing the lives of only Jews, but also the lives of citizens in other countries. Between Night by Elie Wiesel and The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom, comradeship, faith, strength, and people of visions are crucial to the survival of principle characters. Ironically, in both stories there is a foreseen future, that both seemed to be ignored.

It is obvious from the opening chapter that this novel will center on the war and the effects it has on a young group of soldiers, none of them more than twenty years of age. They are all friends and former classmates of Paul Baumer, the narrator and protagonist of the book; they have enlisted in the German infantry because their teacher, Kantorek, had painted for them a glorious picture of fighting and saving the homeland from destruction during World War I. In this first chapter, Baumer and his friends are away from the front lines, relaxing a bit after two weeks of fierce fighting. As each of the young men is introduced, it is apparent that they are tired, hungry, angry, and disillusioned over the war.

In 1939, Germany began to invade a few countries, and in 1940, the Tripartite Pact, unifying Germany, Japan, and Italy, was signed. Also in 1940, Holland was invaded, which is where the inspirational story of Anne Frank comes in. Though only one of over 1.5 million children killed during the Holocaust, her story is one that we can all relate to. She is the same age as many of the students that should be taught about the Holocaust, and her age is not her only aspect that we can relate to. Over 30 million copies have been sold, and she has touched the lives of millions of poeple by teaching us the sheer terror they wer licing in, the isolation, and the desperate longing for the war to be over.

World War II is known as one of the most horrific events in history that resulted in a mass killing of millions, yet it is also considered to be beautiful at the same time. A paradox is where two different things happen at the same time. This occurs when both beauty and ugly are shown in World War II and in the novel, “The Book Thief.” During the time of World War II and “The Book Thief” a man named Hitler and his allies went to war with the rest of the world to make his country great again. The novel “The Book Thief” is a story told by Death about a young girl, Liesel Meminger, a book thief, who has to start a new life with her foster parents because of the war going on. As she continues her life of stealing books she learns and sees both

The main character in the book, Helmuth Hubener, lives a life that is told in this book that makes it a really good read for anyone. His story specifically sets a good example on how people should never have to be treated unfairly again in this world. In the story it says, “Now it’s against the law to listen to foreign radio. “Such laws are necessary during war time.” says hugo brusquely. To protect the Fatherland. The enemy will stop at nothing to

Germans and Jews: More Similar than Most Think “Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won.” This quote by Nelson Mandela shows that people must suffer in order to get what they desire, and the population of Nazi Germany knew this all too well. Many, many innocent human beings died at the hands of Hitler and his minions, and through these hardships, people found their strength. In both Markus Zusak’s book, The Book Thief, and the real Holocaust, both the Jews and the Germans face hardships that ultimately guide them to freedom. The purpose of The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, is to teach people about the hardships that both the Jews and the Germans endured during the Holocaust.

Anna and Elliott Roosevelt was equally attractive and set to be married with each other. During their engagement, Elliot had doubts that he would provide Anna with a suitable lifestyle for someone of her nature. Anna wrote a letter to eased her fiancé’s doubts, that no matter how they lived that she would love him forever and married him. The young couple attended parties during the social season, for they were belong in the high society in New York, but Elliot knew he could not host a parties in his home since he knew it would never be matched with their wealthier friends. Elliot grew more depressed for he could not engaged at work. On the other hand, Anna became pregnant with their first child, and Elliot was worried of losing his wife or child during labor. After the Anna went into labor later Elliot got the news that both his wife and his newly born daughter, Eleanor, was doing well.

It is recounted in the memoir of women overcoming great obstacles and doing tedious work. The obstacles and tedious work recorded included dragging boats, treading through tundra, eating rotten break, drinking salty water, and washing linens (p.49). Anna was never resilient or

The novel German Boy by Wolfgang Samuel is about his life as a boy from Germany. The book takes place during World War II. Wolfgang goes through this tragic time era with his mother and his sister Ingrid. He is not able to live a normal life of a child such as other children in the world. The characters, settings, and themes make this novel the success it is today because it helps the reader to know what it was like to live during WWII. Wolfgang’s development and experiences further the reader's interest. Going to Berlin and Strasburg from Wolfgang’s hometown Sagan added to the struggles that he faced with moving from place to place to seek safety. Family will always be there to help and no one is safe from war is what Wolfgang learns with his experiences living in this time period.

The book was very interesting. I like the fact that it is a graphic novel, because it gives me a visual of what the author intended for the characters to look like, rather than the characters' images slowly developing and constantly changing. The way Spieglman uses animals to represent different races shows the levels of the groups. Jewish people symbolize mice because they tortured by cats which were the Nazis and Polish people symbolize by pigs because they are usually indifferent to both mice and cats. Giving me more of an understanding of how the different races intermixed during the war.

But it seems to me that what she has written represents the dialogues that remained unpronounced, because no one ever wished to listen to her or was able to understand her. This person was very lonely, though in her diary she mentioned very many people. Most of them were as miserable as she was. They did not play any role in her life, they just defined the atmosphere around her. It was the atmosphere of the last years of the Soviet Union. Everybody's lives were gray and stagnant. Anna was a smart woman, she needed to express herself which was totally impossible. All she had to do was trying to make ends meet. This routine certainly made her personality duller. She realized that and the only thing that made her move forward was her sense of humor that never let her down.

It is love that causes Anna’s suicide. Mandelker writes “Anna contemplates suicide continuously and obsessively”, and her reason for this contemplation is given in the quote; “I want love, and there is none. So, then, all is over.”

Anna embarks on a journey