Jane Yolen‚ in her novel Briar Rose‚ has used an allegory of Briar Rose or Sleeping Beauty as a metaphor to hide the real experiences and emotions suffered from the Holocaust during World War Two. The development and techniques employed within the story are extremely effective for the use of the allegory. Yolen has used a number of techniques to assist in the use of the allegory. She has used the title Briar Rose‚ Yolen has selected this specific title as it is another name for Sleeping Beauty‚
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Discuss how Yolen’s perspective on personal discovery is conveyed in Briar Rose. Jane Yolen conveys the idea about personal discovery by taking the reader on journey with the characters. This journey helps the characters find out who they are and where they belong. It is not easy trying to understand oneself. Throughout the novel the readers see the characters form strong relationships with one another‚ and stick together through the hard and good times. This helps the characters find out who
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“Birthday Box” By Jane Yolen “I was ten years old when my mother died”. This story is about the birthday present that Katie’s mom gave her this is by Jane Yolen called “Birthday Box”. She learns that life is empty if you don’t fill it. The little girl (Katie) and her mom are alone ( because her dad left ) and celebrating her birthday and she get’s to the last present and she asks “Who’s is this?” and then “V. Louise closed mama’s eyes‚ran her hand across mama’s cheek‚and turned
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What would you do if you went back in time to the Holocaust? “The Devil’s Arithmetic” by Jane Yolen is about a jewish girl named Hannah who is tired of remembering about her family’s past. In the book Hannah is transported back in time to the time of the Holocaust. Hannah is taken to a concentration camp where she sees and feels what the Jews had to go through back then. By the end of the story‚ Hannah learns the importance of remembrance and how it impacts your view of things. Remembering is important
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“Suzy and Leah” by Jane Yolen are diary entries between August to October 1944 from Suzy and Leah. The two girls perspective of each other changes as time passes‚ along with their relationship. At the beginning of the story they two girls didn’t exactly get along. Suzy is an American citizen that is helping the refugees. But she gets stuck with this a mean girl named Leah. So Suzy’s writes mean about her things like “she is creepy” or “she’s as prickly as a porcupine. Which shortly after‚ Leah got
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Jane Yolen’s use of structure in the novel Briar Rose is very clever. Her use of allegory and the technique of parallel narrative is very effective in conveying her story which she delivers in a superb fashion. Elements of the story are reveled at specific times to tie in with the theme of growth and development both personal and historical. The use of allegory drives the story along. It is a constant reminder of The Holocaust to ensure the reader is not too captivated by the fairy tale element
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This book report is on the novel Sword of the Rightful King‚ written by Jane Yolen. The book is about the newly crowned King Arthur‚ who rules the kingdom‚ but not the people’s hearts. If he fails to prove his worth. his power will always be in question. Too many want him dead‚ and treachery is everywhere. So the warlock Merlinnus secretley creates a test for Arthur... A sword in a stone is founded-a stone that contains a legend promising that whosoever draws the blade from the stone will rule all
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n the article‚ "Suzy and Leah" by Jane Yolen‚ Suzy Ann McCarthy‚ or the girl with the yellow hair‚ helped Leah Shoshana Hershkowitz‚ the girl with the dark braids. Suzy was helping with Leah English when she came to America as a refugee. This was important and helpful for Suzy to do this for Leah even if she didn’t think it was so important. Leah and Suzy weren’t close in the beginning. They didn’t understand each other so they didn’t really feel like they should be close or even talk unless they
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The main characters in Jane Yolen’s story‚ “Suzy and Leah” are Suzy and Leah‚ Suzy was an American. She did not get along at first with Leah‚ a German born Jew who just moved to the united states. Leah did not like the way Suzy was treating her‚ saying “She treats me like a pet.” They eventually found a way to understand each other and treated them with respect. Suzy’s feelings changed once she read Leah’s diary‚ which helped her understand her better. At first‚ Suzy had a lot of questions and
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"Jane Eyre" is one of the most brilliant and popular novel written by Charlotte Bronte and it has successfully dealt with a number of issues that have not assumed the same poignancy in her other works of fiction. The book has handled certain very important issues such as racial discrimination‚ gender discrimination and others with great adroitness. Being centrally located around a woman most of the issues too‚ have been dealt with in context to her. To begin with‚ it is interesting to note
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