Prompt: looking closely at character's actions, the setting, plot events, and/or the conflict, identify clues that are written by the author to help teach you (the reader) a message about life or human nature.
The theme that is best represented throughout Number the Stars is bravery and I think that the conflict and the character's actions really help show it. This is taking place during World War II, and all of the Jewish families of Denmark are being "relocated". Ellen's family is Jewish. Annemarie and her family do as much as they can to prevent "relocation" from happening to the Rosens.
One example of bravery is near the end of the book. Mr. Rosen is given a very important package that he is supposed to deliver to Annemarie's Uncle Henrik (whom they were staying with at the time). Unfortunately, Ellen's father unknowingly dropped the package on his way out the door, and it was left by the side of the house all night. Annemarie noticed the package the next morning and knew that it was extremely important, so she rushed to get it to Uncle Henrik, even though she knew that she would probably be stopped by soldiers and would have to explain everything. And that is exactly what happened. The soldiers stopped her and asked to search the basket she was carrying to try and conceal the package. She was brave and pretended to be a stupid little girl who didn't know anything about what was happening. The soldiers believed her and, after a long questioning and the destroying of Henrik's decoy lunch, she was able to get the package to her uncle. And since she was able to get the package to Henrik soon enough, Ellen and her family all got to Sweden safely. I commented on Amelia's Blog, Yazmin's Blog, and Ethan's Blog.
I like how you had a clear summary that was easy to understand. Due to your descriptions I agree that your theme, bravery, fits the book and characters. One of my suggestions would be to double check how to spell the name of the author because in the picture you have of the book its spelled like "Lois" but in your blog its spelled "Luis." Also, maybe it would be better to change the position of where you say your prompt in the beginning so the blog flows better. Good job!
ReplyDeleteYour blog post interesting. The summary explained what was happening in the book was simple to understand. I also like that you told why you think the major theme is bravery. One suggestion I have is to reread you blog post. In your fourth paragraph, I see "Ellen's rather unknowingly...". Did you mean father? You also misspelled the author's name. Otherwise, great job!
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