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What Is The Story Of A Short Story

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Once Felix is a young, Jewish boy who is in an orphanage run by catholic nuns. He lived in in the orphanage for 3 years and 8 months as he waited for his parents to come and get him. He runs away from the orphanage to go out and find his parents, that is when he finds out the reality of his situation. For pretty much the whole book the the reader is told what Felix is thinking and doing at all times because the story is told through his eyes, the author was very explicit about this. In the beginning of the story Felix is kind of greedy. He finds a whole carrot in his soup, which was rare where he lived, and he took it out of his soup to hide from the other children so there wouldn't be a riot. One of the constant things with Felix throughout the story is his ability to tell stories from his story notebook as well as make up stories on the fly to calm the others down. From the time he is in the orphanage to the time he is on a train to a concentration camp, his ability to tell fascinating stories never leaves his side. As Felix ran away from the orphanage, he goes back to the town where he lived with his mom and dad before he got sent to the orphanage. There he stumbles upon a burning house. He finds that the owners have been shot, and he finds a little girl bleeding, but still alive. This part of the story is when Felix, as young as he is, has to grow up a little bit because he feels responsible for this little girl. As he hears Nazi trucks coming he carries

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