As Annemarie develops through the story she struggles to identify herself, falling within a gray area between childhood, and adulthood. Throughout the story, she is often compared to her little sister Kristi an innocent child, or peter who she describes as “one who has taken his place within the world of adults.” (pg. 92). When we Develop as individuals we lose our innocence by learning how the world works; people starve, die, and kill others. For Annemarie, she loses part of her innocence when talking to German soldiers who enter her house, learning how violent they can be. She describes them as having a deep voice, with a poor Danish accent and having an angry tone”, during the interrogation one of the soldiers grabs Ellen’s hair (pg.47).
