We read as Lale discovers the reality of Aushwitz and our heart aches for him as we know the fate of so many who were sent there. Flashbacks allow us to glimpse into Lale's life before the train, his family all working together to protect themselves from the Nazi threat.
You are immediately invested in his fate, but ache because we know that people were murdered there, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, but Lale doesn't. At least, not yet.
When he is forced to give up his suitcase and clothes as ge enters Auschwitz we feel pained for him. For how these belongings, his mother's books had been a comfort to him, but if he is going to find comfort, it won't be in these belongings.
Our glimmer of hope is in Lale and his confidence, that he will survive and he will escape.
You are immediately invested in his fate, but ache because we know that people were murdered there, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, but Lale doesn't. At least, not yet.
When he is forced to give up his suitcase and clothes as ge enters Auschwitz we feel pained for him. For how these belongings, his mother's books had been a comfort to him, but if he is going to find comfort, it won't be in these belongings.
Our glimmer of hope is in Lale and his confidence, that he will survive and he will escape.