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Snow In August Character Analysis
Reading the novel Snow In August by Pete Hamill made me personally realize the good characteristics of friendship and faith. I choose to make the central point about the main character Michael Devlin. I decided to focus on Michael Devlin because he is a eleven year old catholic boy post World War II and created a strong bond with Rabbi Judah Hirsch. Although Rabbi Hirsch taught Michael yiddish. Michael taught the lessons of how to get through the neighborhood of discrimination and most importantly life. Michael has a significant connection with me because the reasoning behind him somening the golem was to bring peace and happiness in their lives. I am a strong believer of life to the fullest because life is too short for the nonsense.
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