Because of Romek post #1

1. In this book, I've learned a lot about the Holocaust. I've especially learned about the seriously terrible things that Hitler and the Nazis did to all the Jews and the Poles. In the last chapter we read in the book, it talked about how the captures people dug a huge trench and then were lined up and shot so that they'd land in the grave that they had just dug for themselves. That is one of the most in-human things you can do, but I'm sure that I'll find out a lot more in the chapters to come.

2a. David Faber's family is obviously very close. We haven't seen any bickering or anything like that. We can tell that they're very religious (Jewish) because of several hints from the book:

• the whole book is about the Holocaust, a discrimination against Jews


• they mention a yarmacha (how do you spell it??)


• the book says the father is always reading his religious books


• the father is praying to God to help save him

2b. I really didn't understand how he did that. If I look back on something really cool, or scary in my own life, I definitely can't remember what people said, how people did things, and what my exact thoughts were, so I don't know how he would remember something that happened so long ago. Maybe it was because it was so life-changing for so many people, that he just remembered how everything happened. Or, maybe he has an AWESOME memory. I'm not sure, but it really is amazing.

3. I definitely see perseverance. He went through some pretty scary situations to get his father out of, well, dying. I also see love because he risked his life to try to save his father (I'm amazed that he actually escaped). Also, I somewhat see disobedience- everyone in the house was saying to stay close to each other and not go outside, but he sorta did the exact opposite (but it was out of the goodness of his heart to save his father).