SETTING: The exposition begins in Lidice, Czechoslovakia at Milda’s home. Then it changes to Puschkau, Poland at a training camp to become perfect German citizens, then to Furstenberg, Germany where she lives then back to Lidice, Czechoslovakia where she finishes growing up.
POINT of VIEW: First Person
PROTAGONIST: The protagonist would be Milda and all the innocent people that were captured or killed. Milda is the main character, an innocent Czechoslovakian girl which gets captured and taken away during the Holocaust. TEXTUAL EVIDENCE: “I was eight when the Nazis came. A week after their arrival we had visited Mama’s cousin in Prague, and I had seen the victory parade the Nazis held for Hitler. The soldiers had marched by fiercely, wearing tall black boots and black swastikas on their uniforms. We had been require to attend, and everyone had been forced to raise their right arm and say, ‘Heil Hitler!’” (page 13-14)
ANTAGONIST: the antagonist would be Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Germans. Adolf Hitler wanted all the Jews gone or dead, which is wrong. To achieve his goal he had to gather a group of people who would follow him and kill all the Jews. TEXTUAL EVIDENCE: “Every morning began with the German national anthem and our salute to Hitler, then calisthenics and German lessons.” (Page 71) “’But the night they took us away, the Nazis told us Papa and Jaroslav had been sent to a work camp! They said…’ and then I stopped, and my stomach lurched with the realization. Another Nazi lie.” (page 185-186)
The Essay on Adolf Hitler German War Germany
EARLY YEARS Adolf Hitler was born in Austria, on the 20 th of April 1889. His father was a customs officer and his mother a peasant girl, he was a poor student who never completed high school. He lived in Vienna until 1913 and lived off his orphans pension and money from pictures he drew. He read a lot of books and began to develop anti-Jewish and antidemocratic beliefs, a like to outstanding ...
EXTERNAL CONFLICT: The Nazis invaded other European countries and make them heil Hitler. Milda gets taken away from her home and has to adjust to her new surroundings RESOLUTION: In the end the Nazis get overtaken and Milda is reunited with her family.
INTERNAL CONFLICT: Milda has to decide if she should stand up for what is right and show her true pride or go along with the Nazis schedule and wait it out. RESOLUTION: Milda remembers she has her Babichka’s pin and that helps her remind herself of her true pride while she waits out her rescue.
THEME STATMENT: One should never criticize because of religion. APPLIES TO STORY: Lots of people were killed just because they were Jewish. People should not judge others just because of religion. The holocaust is a perfect example of being judged because f your religion.
SUMMARY: Milda makes up in the middle of the night to Nazis invading her house. She gets taken away to a training camp in Poland where she learns how to become a perfect German citizen. Once she has proved herself worthy enough she gets put up for adoption from a German family. One day t the house sudden war noises seem to be fairly close so go into the cellar where Milda gets taken away yet again and gets to be reunited with her family. Once she is reunited with her mom she learns that her Babichka died in the concentration camps, Papa and Jaroslav were killed the night they were taken away and Anechka is still alive somewhere. (118)
