Black Radishes Analysis

“ Let us be firm, pure and faithful; at the end of our sorrow, there is the greatest glory of the world, that of the men who did not give in.” stated Charles de Gaulle. This perfectly connects to the book Black Radishes because of the narrative writing technique that the author uses to captivate the reader. She illustrates that just because you are different doesn't mean that you should be treated any differently. Gustave was brought up in the bustling city of Paris, but right before Germany took over Paris, Gustave and his family got out to a countryside named Saint-Georges. Facing all the things that new kids face as well as an anti-Semitic bully at school was as you would expect it to be. Though Gustaves story is different than other Holocaust …show more content…
In order to tell this story effectively the author uses many techniques to lure the reader and hook them in. The author uses dialogue to give perspective and set the problem, also using inner thinking do learn what the main character ethics are, and lastly reader knows more that the character to get you predicting and eager to read more.

One of the techniques that the author uses in the book is dialogue. This is shown by the following evidence. To begin, In the book on Pg.52 “Are war has begun, the Germans have invaded Holland, Belgium, and Luxemburg.”This piece of evidence sets up the problem by showing that through Gustaves boldness that other big things have been happening and it also move the climax of the story along. This helps us understand what point of the war Gustave is at. This also helps us understand history because we know that these series of events really happened. Another, example from the text was on Pg.135 “ “Women at work were saying that …show more content…
This is shown by the following evidence. To start, a strong example that the author uses Reader knows more that the character is on pg.142 “ I knew it . I knew you were a Jew. But if you're not, them prove it. Unzip ! He jumped up and seized the waites of Gustaves do loose pants and underwear and yanked them down sharply. Gustave grabbed desperately and pulled them back up, hearing laughter as he did.” This reveals the actions of Philippe because of how he is purposefully was trying to reveal Gustaves identity. Jewish boys get circumcised as a baby, this is a tell tale sign that he is Jewish. By Philippe doing this he is showing that he is with Germany and that he is out to “get” Gustave. I think this was very bad because how would Philippe feel if Gustave did the same back to him, he would be embarrassed to. Also, this is another way the author uses the narrative technique of reader knows more than the character pg.162 “ Imagine how convenient it is for Monsieur Menier and how convenient it is for his visitors, his guest walk into his house in occupied France then walk out of his grounds here and they are on the unoccupied Zone.” This gets the readers predicting what the castle could be used for in the future of the book. This moves the reader along by foreshadowing Gustaves actions to get his friends and family over to the unoccupied zone. We know this by how Nicole showed