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Tell No One Who You Are By Walter Buchignani

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In Walter Buchignani “Tell No One Who You Are”, the main character Regine Miller is put face to face with the consequences of war. In this book the main character needs to overcome an obstacle, which is an element of adventure. However, she must deal with the fact that her parents won’t support her through her and she must cope with the understanding that when someone is gone, they won’t come back. different elements of adventure that help her overcome their obstacles. After Regine’s brother is sent away, her parents fear she might be next so they sent her away. After being with multiples families who treat her with hostility, all of them know her by her new name ‘Augusta Dubois’ to sound less Jewish, she finally finds a family that will treat her right. After successfully keeping her real identity disguised from …show more content…

After all, the family decides to keep a secret and even house her after the war ends. Regine is In Pierre’s House, the fourth and nicest person who houses Regine, Regine is hiding as “Augusta Dubois” so no one knows her true religion, Jewish. Regine has been in four houses with her new name “Augusta Dubois” from Liege and not Brussels. However, no one ever questions Regine until Pierre, the person who is taking care of Regine asks a question that can threaten her future. Regine is sent away at the age of ten, after being sent to houses of stranger who make her life miserable she learns the horrible truth, her life is going to be like that forever. “In the early afternoon, Regine was feeding the chickens out from when Pierre rode up on his bicycle [...]Pierre turned and stared at her for a minute as if seeing her for the first time.[...]Then she heard the question [...] she feared the most [...] ‘Are you Jewish?’. When she hears those words, jews or Jewish, she feels intimidated as the people she is now living with

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