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Miracle At Midnight By Disney And Number The Stars By Lois Lowry

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You have just watched "Miracle at Midnight" by Disney and read Number the Stars by Lois Lowry. Write a 4 paragraph literary analysis explaining how each source developed the theme "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies"? The Nazis caused a lot of trouble to the Danish people, especially Jewish people. In the movie “Miracle at Midnight” by Disney and the novel Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, each source developed the theme “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies”. In the movie “Miracle at Midnight,” resistance fighters smuggle Jews to Sweden while escaping Nazis. In the novel Number the Stars Annemarie’s family, who are Danish, help bring a friend’s family over to Sweden after German Occupation in Denmark. Both the movie and the article develop the theme “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies” though character actions and dialog. …show more content…

The movie develops the theme “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies” though character actions and dialog. As a character stated, “Isn’t that against the law? It’s the right thing to do.” That text explains how the movie develops the theme because if one does something against the law, then that is something that requires bravery. Even though it was against the law, the resistance fighters still fought against the Nazis and smuggled Jews.The movie develops theme “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies” though character actions and

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