Central Idea Of Alsatia's Germany By Eleanor Garner

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In the book “Eleanor’s Story, An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany by Eleanor Ramrath Garner, I think the central idea of the book is that Hitler is taking over more and more land everyday around the world, and is making it harder for people everyday to survive. The first reason I think that the central idea of the book is that Hitler is taking over more and more land everyday around the world, and is making it harder for people everyday to survive is that in chapter 7, page 103 Eleanor and her family start getting woken up in the middle of the night almost every night by a siren because there is an air raid somewhere. “The piercing howls of air raids sirens ripped through me like a knife. I was instantly awake. “Oh no, not again!” I groaned, …show more content…

They all came running back down because their town was getting hit. “We’re going to die!” Suddenly a powerful rush of air was followed by an explosion so loud, it shattered the light bulb above me and blew out the sandbagged window, showering us with particles of glass. Sliver lodged in Father’s nose and he began bleeding. “Are we hit?” a voice yelled from somewhere. I looked up at the ceiling. Will it collapse and bury us? Lucie and I clutched each other. The baby cried.” This supports the central idea because it proves that Hitler is now taking over Germany and is constantly hitting them with bombs and taking over their town and is making it harder and harder for people to survive …show more content…

“She greeted me with a somber question. “Did you hear about the twins?” “No, what happened?” A phosphorus bomb flew through their cellar window and exploded right in front of the little girls, covering them with that dreadful stuff.” “Oh God, no!” I gasped. “How awful!” “I heard one of the neighbors say that the only thing they could do to stop the burning was to put the girls into a tub of water.” … “there was no hope for them, their father shot them.” It proves that Hitler is taking away not only land but is taking aways the lives of innocent kids. He is making it harder and harder for people to survive