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Comparing The Holocaust In Night And Sarah's Key

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(lead) Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay is a historical fiction set in 1942 in Paris, France, based on the events of the Holocaust. In this cunning novel full of surprises, Sarah and her family are forced out of their peaceful home by French police because they are Jewish, and are to be sent to an abandoned French stadium to be later shipped to a concentration camp. Sarah decides to lock her younger brother in a secret hiding place, the bedroom cabinet, in a desperate attempt to keep him safe. Sarah promises to come back for him soon - and luckily, the police cannot find him. With many twists and turns that occur afterwards, throughout the hell of a stadium that her and many other Jews had to stay in, Sarah will have to find a way to escape to keep her …show more content…

Both of the Holocaust novels Night and Sarah’s Key show the harsh treatment the Jews faced during the Holocaust. In these books, both of the main characters were able to face the hardships of the Holocaust because of their love for their family members. For example, in Sarah’s Key, Sarah is deeply affected by her choices after locking her younger brother in her bedroom cabinet. (“No, she couldn't leave, she had to stay, she had to stay because of her brother, she had promised to come back to save him.”/ “Not one day has gone by without me thinking of you, remembering. I carry the burden of your death like I would a child. I will carry it till the day I die. Sometimes, I want to die. I cannot bear the weight of your death.”) Transition sentence. “My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me. He was running next to me, out of breath, out of strength, desperate. I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support.” (86-87) (Elie was determined to keep his father alive, which kept himself going. He only cared for his well being, since he was the closest thing to Elie.) “It no longer mattered. Since my father's

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