Misha's Identity In Milkweed By Jerry Spinelli

He is nothing, something, a gypsy, a jew; a boy who always believed in angels, mothers, and oranges...a boy who wanted to be a Nazi with tall, shiny jackboots of his own...a boy who always believes in bread. He is Misha Pulsidsuki, Misha Milgrom , Jack Milgrom and PoppyNoodle. In Jerry Spinelli's novel, Milkweed, Misha starts as a Stophief; an identity given to him by the society. Moving on, he meets Uri, a red haired jew that helps him later on in the novel. After meeting Uri Misha the Milgrom's; a Jewish family consisting of Janina, Mr Milgrom, Uncle Shepsel and Mrs.Milgrom living in Warsaw. Lastley Misha travels to America and the immigration officer changes his to Jack Milgrom.

Stopthief, that was the first identity he had until he

Misha tried to stop his sister but she kicked him spit on his and Stomped on his foot until he could not hold it any farther, he screamed and let go. One night Misha and his sister could not come back through the 2 brick hole there was a parade of jews being transported on the trains. 500 jews being carried in a cart that has a maximum capacity of 50 people. Jnina ran to the ghetto and Misha raced after her, Her dad was gone, so was uncle shepsel. She ran down the stairs and into the crowd of people, Misha tried to stop her but he was too late, His sister was being picked up by jackboots and thrown in the train. As Misha raced to his sister he got held back and beaten up by a Jackboot, after beating Misha up he held his gun at Misha and shot, but he missed when he looked at Misha he realized it was Uri . He threw him into a ditch. After walking on the train tracks for days, One day he opened his eyes there was farmer that helped him with food and shelter, without Misha realizing he had spent three years and ww2 was over. Later on Misha traveled to America, and the Immigration officer said: What’s a Misha? Your name is Jack.and that was how Jack Milgrom became a third identity for our