Burned Child Seeks The Fire

Cordelia Edvardson created a raw, awe-striking, and empowering memoir on her account of the Holocaust titled Burned Child Seeks the Fire. Having just turned ten years old, Cordelia must choose: agree to acknowledge her secret Jewish heritage and take the consequences, or let her mother be murdered for protecting her. Furthermore, in the book entitled Cry, The Beloved Country, Stephen Kumalo leaves his comfort zone behind to pursue his son and sister, who vanished in the bustling city of Johannesburg, South Africa. In both works, the authors depict the themes racial and social injustice through their characters experiences, struggles, and identities.

Racial injustice is displayed in the moments when Cordelia must face the restrictions and prohibiting