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The Boy On The Wooden Box By Leon Leyson

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"The Boy on the Wooden Box" is written in first person. This style allows the reader to see into the main character's mind and the reader gets to experience the events first hand. The writer probably used this style of writing to give the reader the feelings and emotions throughout the Holocaust. People have learned and heard about the Holocaust, but they haven't been able to experience it. Since the main character is Leon Leyson, the reader takes on the role of his life. Reading in a first person point of view is like playing a role in a movie. The reader gets to play the main character. The story shows that it is written in first person because the author uses I instead of he, she, or the main character's first name. For example on page
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