Boys Who Fought And Holocaust Survivor Stories: A Literary Analysis
Freedom is something not a lot of places are fortunate to have, but luckily in America everyone has the right to freedom. What if your freedom was taken away, leaving you helpless? Sadly enough that is how many people feel, and how many people live. Sometimes you have to fight for your freedom no matter what the situation is. Two examples that show this include the texts “The Boys Who Fought” and “Holocaust Survivor Stories” show how many people during World War 2 were deprived of their freedom.
In the text “Holocaust Survivor Stories” there are many accounts of people who underwent the holocaust, were even tortured and attended concentration camps. The beginning of the text talks about one victim and what happened when they first were captured. The text states “On May 14th Eugene was returning home from school. 200 yards from home, he saw a German military lorry outside the family home with his …show more content…
The reason The German Soldiers and some of Germany’s populations consider Jews as their problem, was because they were people that would be considered an escape, even though they didn’t do anything. The text states “Many times over the years, leaders had turned the Jews into scapegoats.” (3) It’s unfair to turn people into a solution for a problem. Many people thought this was true but since Hitler and his Nazi army were too powerful they couldn’t do anything to stop him. The boys were fighting for their freedom by speaking against the Nazi’s and making it known to the german people what Hitler was doing. They did this by spreading the truth around Hamburg. The text states “It was this mission that had brought Karl onto the blacked-out streets of Hamburg that night in 1941. His job was to distribute those leaflets throughout the city, to stuff them into mailboxes and leave them on park benches.”
In the text “Holocaust Survivor Stories” there are many accounts of people who underwent the holocaust, were even tortured and attended concentration camps. The beginning of the text talks about one victim and what happened when they first were captured. The text states “On May 14th Eugene was returning home from school. 200 yards from home, he saw a German military lorry outside the family home with his …show more content…
The reason The German Soldiers and some of Germany’s populations consider Jews as their problem, was because they were people that would be considered an escape, even though they didn’t do anything. The text states “Many times over the years, leaders had turned the Jews into scapegoats.” (3) It’s unfair to turn people into a solution for a problem. Many people thought this was true but since Hitler and his Nazi army were too powerful they couldn’t do anything to stop him. The boys were fighting for their freedom by speaking against the Nazi’s and making it known to the german people what Hitler was doing. They did this by spreading the truth around Hamburg. The text states “It was this mission that had brought Karl onto the blacked-out streets of Hamburg that night in 1941. His job was to distribute those leaflets throughout the city, to stuff them into mailboxes and leave them on park benches.”