Cassandra Land Essay Question: Evaluate the effectiveness of Jane Yolen’s use of fairytale conventions and themes to explore issues associated with the Holocaust in Briar Rose? Jane Yolen uses fairytale conventions as an allegory to portray her version to the Holocaust. Fairytales original purpose was to teach people about morals and lessons regarding powerful emotions like: greed‚ hate‚ envy‚ and jealousy. The story of Briar Rose idolizes three characters Becca‚ Gemma‚ and Josef Potocki. The Briar
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...” This was true in FDR’s time‚ but not when you are one of the many people the devil has put in his arithmetic. In the book The Devil’s Arithmetic‚ Jane Yolen‚ has made a made a wonderfully unbelievable book showing what it was like when if you were in the concentration camps. Although you may not want to recommend this book to a second grader‚ this is a historical fiction that is almost on the spot with its historical facts. The fact still remains
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Do you really know what went on during the holocaust well Jane Yolen wrote a special book about how life was like in the concentration camps which later turned into a movie. There are many different things that go on in between the book and the movie like how there is a major age difference and how Rivka ends up being her cousin. That is some but there’s also many similarities like how Hanna still tells her stories to keep everybody together and how Hanna still sacrifices herself for Rivka. Well
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world who judge people before they truly know them‚ but every person has a different story. These people can unravel and surprise you. This is shown in the novel called Bronx Masquerade by Nikki Grimes and the short story called “Suzy and Leah‚” by Jane Yolen. In the story Bronx Masquerade there are a variety of kids that all come together and these kids express themselves in poetry. Within this story‚ Grimes shows the difficulties their lives were. In the short story “Suzy and Leah” two characters come
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An Analysis of Jane Yolen’s “Fat is Not a Fairytale” In the free verse poem‚ Fat Is Not a Fairy Tale‚ the poet opens with the idea of a fairy tale in which the princess is overweight. She opens each of the three stanzas with‚ “I am thinking of a fairy tale” (1‚ 8‚ 15) in order to portray to the reader that her fairy tale exists only in her thoughts‚ rather than in reality. She continually repeats a series of clever title manipulations such as: “Sleeping Tubby‚ Cinder Elephant‚ and Snow Weight”
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can explore common traits and characteristics‚ many of which are prevalent in Jane Yolen’s novel‚ Briar Rose. Yolen produces a very powerful and complex novel exploring the emotional aftermath of the Holocaust. Yolen has intertwined the facts of the Holocaust with the story of Briar Rose‚ a traditional fairy tale‚ in order to speak about the Holocaust without having to go into the historical detail of the experience. Yolen whose background is Jewish has previously written a novel detailing the Holocaust
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Discuss how Jane Yolen’s perspective on personal discovery is conveyed in Briar Rose. Jane Yolen places strong emphasis on the notion of personal discovery which becomes the fundamental message in the text ‘Briar Rose’. Yolen sets the protagonist‚ Rebecca Berlin on a quest of personal discovery‚ a quest which is strongly connected to the past‚ a past which takes its roots in the holocaust. Yolen captivates the responder through the utilisation of the sophisticated language techniques: allegory
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Part of this story is true and it actually happened in real life! Confused? Well‚ I guess you will have to read this amazing inspiring book to see what actually happened. In the book Devil’s Arithmetic‚ by Jane Yolen and the movie Devil’s Arithmetic made on March 28‚ 1999. The story that Jane Yolen the author of the book and then Murray
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Family and Acceptance Alex Haley once said‚ “In every conceivable manner‚ the family is link to our past‚ bridge to our future.” Jane Yolen also wrote a book based on that theme of family and acceptance. In her book‚ The Devil’s Arithmetic‚ a young 12-year old girl named Hannah Stern dislikes her Jewish tradition Passover and is ignorant toward her family’s Holocaust experiences. But when she symbolically opens the door for Elijah‚ she is instantly transported back to 1942 Poland during WWII. As
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Both the historical pieces by Jane Yolen who wrote The Devil’s Arithmetic and John Boyne who created The Boy in the Striped Pajamas use the power of relationships between characters to transfer the message about the Holocaust and the barbaric nature of the events. The connection between
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