The Boxcar Children

As a child I really missed out on the reading and writing train. I grew up in a house with a mom who loved literature and read often in her free time, my dad on the other hand probably has still to this day never picked up a book in his life. Growing up my little brother and I spent most of my time with my dad so we never really got to see the true art of reading and writing. Throughout high school I spent most of my time in the pool or glued to my phone which left me still oblivious to the world

My teacher's name was Mrs. Jones, a very tall woman with a love for flamingos. Her classroom was full of brightly colored posters with educational information displayed and several flamingoes hidden in plain sight. There were about twenty other children in the classroom, but I was too scared to go up to anyone. I stayed in the corner closest to the door, unable to make the first move, waiting for someone to notice me. Everything started out easy and one by one each student was taken to the peanut

“If you don’t turn in your reading logs on time,” cackled my 2nd grade teacher, who will be addressed as Mrs. N, “You’ll have to turn your sticks, and you will have to stay in from recess and read The Boxcar Children.” This was blasphemy. Was there no safe haven from the evils of reading? This was the third recess of the week destroyed by those vile compositions. My love of reading had been torn to proverbial shreds, until 7th grade, when it was reborn with the help of a creative, inspiring teacher

Boxcars in the Holocaust We stood there gasping for air. We had no food, no water, and the inside of the cattle cars were really horrible. For days we stood there and cried wondering where we were and where we were going. Boxcars were used during the Holocaust to transport the “prisoners” to their death. During the Holocaust the Jews and others were met through many atrocities and there was also survivors who could tell their stories today. To begin with, to transport the Jews the Nazis used boxcars

Boxcar Horrors Amid the Holocaust, a systematic, industrial mass execution of Jews, the handicapped, gypsies, and other minorities that were already discriminated against. Before the years of the Holocaust, there were already airs of antisemitism in Germany, in which groups of people who were already being discriminated have laws enforcing those racist beliefs. Once the concentration and death camps were established, the Nazis’ goal was to create the most effective method of transportation at any

Hannah and her family arrive at a train station. When they get out of their truck angry soldiers with guns yell at the Jews to get in the boxcars. Hannah notices that there are suitcases or personal belongings being left in the side of the road instead of going with the people. A Nazi soldier goes up to the crowd filled with Jews to stay quiet and obey him. The soldier tells everyone to lie down on the ground, so that he can take their jewelry and papers for “safekeeping”. A man doesn’t agree with

four children solving mysteries to spark reader’s imagination, as well as teach the readers how to get along with family. Gertrude targets children as her readers, so she uses imagery that is easy enough for kids to understand. Gertrude wrote the series of mystery books called The Box Car Children. Gertrude Chandler Warner discovered there were no exciting and easy books for her young students to read. She tried and succeeded to fill the absence of fun books by creating The Box Car Children. Gertrude

per hour towards you, you wonder if your family will be heartbroken when you leave them. In the Great Depression, children didn’t get the good education they deserved. Kids’ parents were part of the reason they didn’t get a good education and for not having much clothes to wear. The children of the Great Depression didn’t have a childhood like we did when we were little kids. Children didn’t get to go outside and play with their friends or go to school and play at recess. They had to help their family

Ascher implied she likes the Boxman’s way of living by saying what she did about the Boxcar Children. He is alone but he doesn't care, he's accepted it and lives the way he wants to. Ascher states “He is not to be confused with the lonely ones, you’ll find them everywhere”(Ascher 9). Ascher explains how the Box man feels by giving some Figurative

attraction to the carnival along with the two dwarfs, The Blegans and Edwards C. That caused Josh to think of his younger days when he was entertained by clowns. As a clown at the carnival, it is stressful for Emily. She gathers her three children every night to go to their boxcar home. However, Josh and Joey send Loonie a letter with money from both of them. They felt good and a little relief when they sent him their letter. During Christmas time, everyone bought each other a gift. Despite his memories