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I. Biographic Data Wulfson, Don. 345 Hudson street, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin books LTD.80 Strand, London.
II. Setting This event is taking parting time of Hitler, Executing Jews. Some places they are at are Germany, Russia, and City's of the two. In Germany he is a solder and is trained in Germany. Russia is then the main place because he is stuck their. "The town we were in, Klatovy, Czechoslovakia, Russia."
III. Characterization Erik Brandt is the main character. He is only fifteen, so he looks like a kid. Further on the story he starts looking like a man. He has long hair and has a stumble of a beard. He is also a handsome man, "you're handsome!", "As Handsome as my Gunter, almost!" Erik is very generous,
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Society. He is actually on the Germans side first, and his own countrymen are trying to kill him, not knowing he is a German. He is now on the Russian side. "My own countrymen had become my enemy." Erik is also going door to door saying he is German, but they don't believe him because he as Russian clothes on.
VII. Theme One of the themes to this book is friendship. Erik shared deep friendship with other fellows, but they would die in war. "I put my arms around him. I sobbed. I screamed his name, shaking him, trying to shake him back to life." Another theme is love; Erik falls in love with Tamara. Erik protects her and actually loves her, he doesn't like her for just her appearance, but her ambition to such events.
VIII. Tone This book is suspenseful because he is in such scary positions. "No more than ten meters away, two German soldiers stepped into view." "If they had turned around, they would have seen us."
IX. Style The author gives the reader a suspenseful, loving, and speechless tone. The author says things like, "Body parts were flying everywhere." He is giving a speechless tone. The way he loves is in friendship and he loves Tamara. The author gives flashbacks to remember about his hometown in Germany and how everything is over their.
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