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Are The Similarities Between Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things In Books And The Guard

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Milkweed, “Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books,” and “The Guard” all talk about children experiencing life during the Holocaust. It’s clear to readers that there are some similarities and differences about how the narrator views the Nazis in these excerpts and poem. Among these three sources, all of these sources have some similarities. For example, in “Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books,” the narrator was afraid that the Nazis were invading and searching for them. According to “Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books”, ” It would scare me to death. It scared me even when we were together with the adults.” During the search, many of the Jews hid in basements, attics, closets that were …show more content…

According to “The Guard”, ”I look down at my feet. Step, step. Thump, thump, my heart is racing. But my feet walk as if they have nothing to fear.” The narrator showed how fearful they were by walking with their attention to their feet instead of looking ahead, towards the Nazis. Another similarity is that the excerpt, “Until Then I Had Only Read about These Things in Books” and “The Guard” is that the narrator doesn’t like that they have to hide from the Nazis and the outside world. According to “Until I Had Only Read about These Things in Books”, ”I hated having to hide and listen for them to search for us. It would scare me to death.” In this, the narrator shows their fear in when they had to hide from the Nazis and they couldn’t make a sound or they would’ve been found …show more content…

One difference is that in the excerpt from Milkweed, the narrator was very excited, thrilled, and even interacted with the Nazis while in the other two excerpts, the narrator is afraid of the Nazis. According to Milkweed, ”They were magnificent. I looked at the faces of the crowd. No one was cheering, or even smiling. I was surprised. Weren’t they thrilled by the spectacle before them?...” This shows that the narrator was clearly very excited about the Nazis appearance. The narrator was thrilled about the Nazis being there. Another difference is that the narrator of Milkweed interacted with the Nazis but in the other excerpts, there was no interactions between the Jews and Nazis, only hiding. According to Milkweed, “‘Tiny little Jew,” he said. ‘Happy to see us, are you?’ ‘I’m not a Jew,’ I told him. I held up my stone. ‘I’m a Gypsy...” The narrator held a conversation with a Nazis before he walked off. According to “Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books”, “I have to hide and listen for them….” This reveals that there were no conversations or anything involving interacting with a Nazis. Lastly, in “The Guard,” the narrator shows fear and nervousness as they pass by the guard. According to “The Guard”, ”Dora and I must pass by him on our walk to Aunt Sara’s apartment. Dora looks straight ahead. I look down at my feet.” This shows that the narrator felt really

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