Briar Rose Thesis

The Truth Behind Briar Rose Briar Rose by Jane Yolen was written in 1992, is a mystery and a romance novel. Jane Yolen around half of Briar Rose on Judaism. Briar Rose starts as a grandmother called Gemma she is reading to her grandchildren Sylvia, Shana, and Becca. The book flashes forward and Gemma is in a hospital dying, Becca is truly the only one who cares for her. Before Gemma dies she whispers to “Becca I am Briar Rose, I am Briar Rose” (Yolen 17). The family gets her belongings and now that they think about how no one knew Gemma’s name, the family went through her belongings. Becca needs to know more she searches and she takes a big trip to get more information on where Gemma came from. Briar Rose has many twists and turns and has very good parts. Such as its great descriptive words, imagery, and pacing. Yolen is able combine the Holocaust, the Sleeping Beauty Tale, and the memory of a young girl's memory. Yolen is able to make a fairy tale have a not so happy ending, by adding in the Holocaust and survivors from Poland. “Fairy tales always have a happy ending.” (Yolen 106). Yolen has very dark turns in this book. Such as when Becca finds out that her grandmother was in the Holocaust and was put in a hole to starve to death during the Holocaust. “That depends. On whether you are …show more content…
Briar Rose only scored three stars because it has a good main idea, but Yolen trails off. Her writing is good but, she can get too descriptive. This book would target groups of around 14-18 girls because it can be detailed about the Holocaust scenes and it contains romance. Jane Yolen was born January 11, 1939 in Manhattan , New York. She is an American writer of fantasy, mystery, and science fiction. Yolen is most popular for The Devil's Arithmetic (Holocaust novel). Yolen bases many of her stories about Judaism. She has won many awards such as Caldecott Medal, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Jewish Book