The Boy Who Dared starts off with Helmuth on death row, in Berlin Germany. The book goes back and forth between him being 17 in a prison cell, to flash backs of his childhood in Germany; the book is also in third person. It starts with him in his cell worrying if he would be executed that day. His first childhood flashback is about him and his family living in Hamburg. He and his mother are walking in town with a bunch of Nazi soldiers and Helmuth being asked if he wanted to fight for the fatherland. Then he’s back in his prison cell, and another memory comes. Its 1932, He’s playing with his toy soldiers and talking to his two brothers, Hans and Gerhard. Then his grandparents start talking about Hitler and how Opa thinks Hitler’s a lunatic. Then his Prison Cell slot opens and food is pushed through, he thinks about how all of Germany was poor and how Adolf Hitler promised to make it better. It continues to go through a sequence, Hitler is elected chancellor and everyone’s happy, then the government building in Berlin is burned by communists, and Jews are discriminated against. The narrator is showing how the war unfolded from Helmuth’s point of view.
The protagonist in the book is Helmuth he is German and grew up in Hamburg Germany. When he is seventeen he is living in a Prison cell waiting to be executed. Helmuth grew up with his mother Mutti and his two older brothers. They all lived in a small flat next store to his Grandparents. His Grandparents names are, Opa and Oma. Opa doesn’t like Hitler as this quote comes to show, “Only if that lunatic Hitler comes to power.”(pg.9)On the other hand Oma is just scared of him because of all the power he seems to have. These are the Characters so far in the book.
The setting is in Hamburg and Berlin Germany in the early 1900’s. Helmuth’s Jail cell is another part of the setting because the narrator talks about the stench, and how this bucket is used as a toilet. He has memories of Hitler coming into power and taking over. Right now in the book there isn’t a distinct problem besides Helmuth being in Jail and Hitler being in power. Also i think a problem is that Helmuth is to immature to understand what Hitler is doing.
Sara, i really liked your entry. You really got into some detail about your character and his life story. Great Job!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds really interesting! You did a really great job!
ReplyDeleteMy book also goes back and forth between my character in the camp, to flash back of his childhood!
Thanks, Sara, You did a good job summarizing the text. I am wondering if you've made any personal connections or developed any predictions about what you've read. Be sure to expand on your ideas beyond the literarl level. Apply what you know and think about your own thinking. It's not how much you say, it's the quality of what you say that's important. I look forward to hearing what you think as you read further.
ReplyDelete3.5/5 points. Needs further development. Additionally, there are many mechanical errors. For instance, in the last sentence you write, "Also i think a problem is that Helmuth is to immature to understand what Hitler is doing." You need to place a comma after "also", capitalize the "i", and change "to" to "too". Be sure to read through your entries and make corrections before you post.