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Overall Theme Of Prisoner B 3087 Alan Gratz

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In Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, the overall theme is to stay determined in times of trouble. To explain in more detail, when Yanek has just gone face to face with Birkenau gas chambers, he thinks to himself, ¨I had been ready to die. But when water came out of those showers, not gas, it was like I was born again. I had survived, and I would keep surviving¨ (Gratz 130). This quote shows the theme, because after believing he was going to die, and surviving that experience, this strength allows him to keep motivation. Similarly, as Yanek is hearing bombs drop after being lashed, he reflects, ¨As I laid back down on my stomach, my bloody back still screaming in agony, I remembered my dream. I told myself I would not fall down the hole. I would
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