The Holocaust In Jane Yolen's Briar Rose
Fictional literature of the Holocaust the reader opens a diverse number of stories about this tragic and gruesome historical event. Fictional stories explore a sensitive topic with respect, it gives honor to the survivors of the Holocaust by informing new generations of the adversities the Jewish people experienced. Fictional Nazi genocide stories solve the limitations present in autobiographies and survival testimonies about the Holocaust; Anna Richardson mentions one of these limitations in The Ethical Limitations of Holocaust Literary Representation, "survivor testimony can never express the full Holocaust experience, as by definition those who survived did not go to the gas chamber"(7). In reality, the authentic stories about the holocaust
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Therefore, they are introduced to the same content just in short years when compared to another person of past time, essentially placing the present young adult and the past adult in the same level of awareness. Young adults have developed the mental capability to take in the facts that occurred in the Holocaust without being traumatize or dramatically stunned. Jane Yolen's novel, Briar Rose serves as a remembrance of the Holocaust, and what it was followed by it, yet it also serves as a reminder of World War II as well. Briar Rose has an interesting fairy tale element that keeps the reader interested in continuing exploring the reading--as it serves as a reminiscing moment to the reader's childhood. It was not too long ago that these young adults were only in high school learning of the Holocaust or at home told a fairy tale by a parent. The audience being the young adults can relate to the historical details of the story, and they can also relate the story of Briar Rose to the many fairy tales they have been told as a child. The introduction of the story, "Once upon a time, which is all times and no times but was the very best of times.."(37), shows the fairy tale within a story which helps delivers a message that is not necessary exclusive for adults only, young adults are capable of understanding
Therefore, they are introduced to the same content just in short years when compared to another person of past time, essentially placing the present young adult and the past adult in the same level of awareness. Young adults have developed the mental capability to take in the facts that occurred in the Holocaust without being traumatize or dramatically stunned. Jane Yolen's novel, Briar Rose serves as a remembrance of the Holocaust, and what it was followed by it, yet it also serves as a reminder of World War II as well. Briar Rose has an interesting fairy tale element that keeps the reader interested in continuing exploring the reading--as it serves as a reminiscing moment to the reader's childhood. It was not too long ago that these young adults were only in high school learning of the Holocaust or at home told a fairy tale by a parent. The audience being the young adults can relate to the historical details of the story, and they can also relate the story of Briar Rose to the many fairy tales they have been told as a child. The introduction of the story, "Once upon a time, which is all times and no times but was the very best of times.."(37), shows the fairy tale within a story which helps delivers a message that is not necessary exclusive for adults only, young adults are capable of understanding