Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things In Books Summary

During World War II, five to six million Jews were killed during the Holocaust. Milkweed, “Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things In Books,” and “The Guard,” are all about children experiencing a cruel life during the Holocaust. In these excerpts and poem the narrator views that Nazis in alike yet different in various ways.

In the three excerpts, Milkweed, “Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books,” and “The Guard,” all show many similarities on how the narrator views the Nazis. In the excerpt “Until Then I had Only Read About These Things in Books,” expresses that the narrator is scared of the Nazis and does not like them. In the excerpt “ Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books,” it says, “ I hated …show more content…
In each excerpt they all explain how they view the Nazis differently. In the excerpt “Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books,” the narrator does not see the Nazis because they are hiding from the Nazis and refuse to be seen. In the excerpt “Until Then I Had Only Read About These Things in Books,” it says, “Will they find us? Or won’t they?” This proves to the reader that the narrator wants you to know that the person in the story has never seen the Nazis, but is terrified of them and hopes she will never see them. In the excerpt, Milkweed, it shows that the little boy Misha has seen the Nazis and has had an interaction with one of them. He is also very fascinated by them. In the excerpt, Milkweed, it says, “The soldier smiled down at me. He mussed my hair and pinched my cheek. ‘Tiny little Jew,’ he said. ‘Happy to see us are you?’” In this excerpt the reader notices the interaction Misha has with the Nazi while also noticing the fascination Misha has for the Nazis. Misha is not scared of them and doesn’t notice how bad the Nazis really are. In the last excerpt “The Guard,” the person is scared of the Nazis. The person has possibly seen them but does not look at the Nazis, the person looks down. In the excerpt, “The Guard,” it says, “The German guard stands at the fence. Dora and I must pass by him on our walk to Aunt Sara’s apartment. Dora looks straight ahead. I look down at my feet.” This gives the reader an understanding of why the person looks down. This is because this person is terrified and doesn’t want to get