Comparing Milkweed, The Guard, And The Guard

During the Holocaust, five to six million Jews were killed and some of them were children. Milkweed, “ Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books,” and “ The Guard,” are about children experiencing life during the Holocaust. In these excerpts, the narrator views the Nazis in similar and different ways. One similarity is that the two excerpts, “ The Guard,” and “ Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books,” view the Nazis as being mean and they are scared of them. In “ The Guard,” it says “ Dora looks straight ahead. I look at my feet.” This reveals that they are very scared of them because they won’t even look at them; they might get killed or hurt if they look. In “ Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books,” it says “ I hated to have to hide and listen for them searching for us.” This directly shows …show more content…
Another similarity between “ Milkweed,” and “ The guard” is that both have a tone. In “ Milkweed,” it says Jackboots. They were magnificent.” This shows that the boy, Stop Thief is excited to see the Jackboots because he thinks that they are perfect. In “ The …show more content…
In the excerpt from “ Milkweed,” it says “ They were magnificent. There were men attached to them but it was as if the boots were wearing the men.” This clearly describes the point that he is excited to the Jackboots because they are so magnificent. Another difference is that the excerpt from “ Milkweed,” has a face to face experience while the other passages do not have it. In “ Milkweed,” it says “ The soldier smiled down at me. He mussed my hair and pinched my cheek. Tiny little Jew, he said. Happy to see us?” This proves that it had a face to face experience between Misha and the Nazi