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Eve Bunting's Short Story 'The Terrible Things'

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Eve Bunting’s short story, The Terrible Things portrays how others fended off the idea of the Holocaust and pretended it wasn’t happening during World War II. In The Terrible things the Little Rabbit asked Big Rabbit why The Terrible Things took the birds, "We mustn't ask," Big Rabbit said. "The Terrible Things don't need a reason. Just be glad it wasn't us they wanted," (Bunting 1). This is symbolic explaining that others did nothing to help those who were taken out of fear. Big Rabbit, like others during the Holocaust, thinks “We are White Rabbits. It couldn't happen to us,” (Bunting 2) Martin Niemöller’s poem, First They Came for the Communists sheds light on how no one spoke up for or helped victims of the Holocaust. It is very similar
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