Hannah is a twelve year old girl who lives in modern time. Her family is Jewish and consists of her little brother Aaron, her mom, and her dad. The Seder is tonight, and the whole family will be attending. It will be at Hannah’s Grandpa Will’s house. It’s a Jewish holiday that they use to remember the loved ones that died in the concentration camps. Out of Grandpa Will’s whole family only his sister Eva and he survived the camps.
During the Seder Hannah was chosen to “open the door for the prophet Elijah,” this was a symbolic ritual in the Seder. As soon as she opened the door she was dragged into the past. She was standing in a little house and as she looked out the open front door she saw a man walking toward her. She was shocked when she …show more content…
When all the guests had arrived at Gitl’s house, the day of the wedding, everyone began walking to the next village where the wedding was being held. When they got to the village German soldiers were the only people there. They said they had already relocated the other Jews in the Jewish village. Hannah tried to warn the people near her about these soldiers, but no one listened to her because they thought she had brain damage from her disease. They were all taken by the soldiers and shoved into “cattle cars” for shipment to the concentration …show more content…
I find it disgusting that humans had to go through this torture. I find it sick home they would be treated almost less that animals. I love how this story makes you connect with the character and how it really shows you the reality of the camps. It really takes things into perspective and it makes you think about the hurt these people went through. Not only the people in the camp but their families and friends and the generations after them.
I loved how well written the book was. I loved how the story made me want to really learn more about this time and it really made me think how blessed we are. I hate the concept of this book, the camps and the deaths and everything else, but I love how it tells the story and makes you want to remember the past. I love how the book is all about remembering and why it is so important to remember those who died. Over all I loved the book yet hated the
During the Seder Hannah was chosen to “open the door for the prophet Elijah,” this was a symbolic ritual in the Seder. As soon as she opened the door she was dragged into the past. She was standing in a little house and as she looked out the open front door she saw a man walking toward her. She was shocked when she …show more content…
When all the guests had arrived at Gitl’s house, the day of the wedding, everyone began walking to the next village where the wedding was being held. When they got to the village German soldiers were the only people there. They said they had already relocated the other Jews in the Jewish village. Hannah tried to warn the people near her about these soldiers, but no one listened to her because they thought she had brain damage from her disease. They were all taken by the soldiers and shoved into “cattle cars” for shipment to the concentration …show more content…
I find it disgusting that humans had to go through this torture. I find it sick home they would be treated almost less that animals. I love how this story makes you connect with the character and how it really shows you the reality of the camps. It really takes things into perspective and it makes you think about the hurt these people went through. Not only the people in the camp but their families and friends and the generations after them.
I loved how well written the book was. I loved how the story made me want to really learn more about this time and it really made me think how blessed we are. I hate the concept of this book, the camps and the deaths and everything else, but I love how it tells the story and makes you want to remember the past. I love how the book is all about remembering and why it is so important to remember those who died. Over all I loved the book yet hated the