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Donna Jo Napoli's Stones In Water

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The book I read was Stones in water by Donna Jo Napoli. In the book, during the holocaust Roberto, his brother, Sergio, and his friends sneak out to see a American film. Yet, unexpectedly Nazis raided the theater and take all the people inside. All the people in the theater end up getting taken to Ukraine in a concentration camp. Basically all the children want to do is get home to Venice Italy at this point. The boys try their hardest to stick together, and get back to Italy. The the theme of Stones in Water is eventually hope can be found even in the most traumatic times, like in the Holocaust.
“He shook Enzo off and walked over to enclosure. He reached his arm through the wires, “here, ‘he said to the big girl. She grabbed the half egg …show more content…

This made Roberto feel good, and gave Roberto hope for the girl. Yet Roberto was having a hard time at the camp. In this case, every time he was having a hard time Roberto thought of the girl and it would make him happy. It’s always nice to help someone out. This is why the theme of the book is, eventually hope can be found even in the most traumatic times.
Everyone can relate to losing someone you have feelings for. In the book Roberto loses his best friend Enzo and now he is all alone, “ Roberto rocked back and forth on the ground, holding Enzo’s body tight, keeping it tight, keeping it warm, though it no longer mattered. Sadness blanketed their world. Roberto curled over and whispered hoarsely in Enzo’s ear, “You didn’t freeze. At least you didn’t freeze”(Napoli 100). I can relate to this for example, my great grandma died and it was hard for me to get over it. It is hard to deal with losing someone you love, but eventually it will happen.
Sergio’s personality is racist and mean. In the story Sergio was being really rude to the jew, it wasn’t very pleasant. For instance, “ Sergio took Memo by the arm with one hand and Roberto by the arm with the other. “Who invited the Jew?” Roberto pulled his arm away. “He’s my friend.” “He’s a Jew, you idiot”(Napoli 10). There was no reason for Sergio to be acting like

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