The Holocaust, the event in which Hitler’s policy of anti-Semitism led to the murder of over six million Jews, was a horrific tragedy that to this day is a symbol of Man’s Inhumanity to Man. As such a large-scale event, it was inevitable that it would become the subject of many literary works that depict both the cruelty of the perpetrators and the heroism of those who fought for justice. “A Spring Morning” by Ida Fink is a short story about two parents desperately trying to find a way to keep their daughter alive, only to be met with the despair of her death. The events of this story take place during the late 1930s during the rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany before the family is actually taken to a concentration camp. “Rescue in Denmark” by …show more content…
Both “A Spring Morning” and “Rescue in Denmark” are written in third person omniscient, in which the speaker is an outside voice who sees the events as a whole. In “A Spring Morning”, this is used to manipulate the way the reader receives their information: first through the recollection of an Aryan, and then through the thoughts of Aron as he accepts the reality of his approaching demise. The reader is at first led to agree with the Aryan who believes it in uncanny to to think about beer in one’s last moments before death, but then is given the perspective of Aron, who is trying to aggregate his last memory of the world. This is unlike “Rescue in Denmark”, which uses no such gimmicks and rather goes in sequence of events. “Rescue in Denmark” is heavily dependent on dialogue to a point where the characters’ conversations progress the story as much as the narrator does, whereas “A Spring Morning” places more emphasis on the events as they occur. When regarding the audience of these pieces, it is difficult to pinpoint a specific group due to the fictional nature of “A Spring Morning” and the narrative style of “Rescue in Denmark”. Both pieces are geared to those interested in the Holocaust and have never experienced the horrors themselves. However, for “Rescue in Denmark”, it can be assumed that the author intended this to be read by those who have forgotten to appreciate the heroes of the Holocaust who accomplished great things even in a time of