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If I Should Die Before I Wake - Online Essay

If I Should Die Before I Wake

In the book , the author, Han Nolan, portrays
Chana to be a very strong person emotionally. Chana's strength is shown
throughout the book from losing her family one by one, to the consequences
dealing with escaping Lodz. Chana lost her father first; he was shot by
Nazis.(16-18) Next Chana's little sister Nadzia left the family to live with

non-Jews.(43-44) In the ghetto Zade died of old age and malnutrition.(89,90) Anna and her mother were next; they were taken to concentration camps.(137-140) Jakub was the last person she and Bubbe saw before they tried to escape from Lodz to Germany.(154-156) Chana and Bubbe escaped Lodz only to be jailed, tortured and sent to concentration ...

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noticeable trait shown in Chana as her character developed

throughout the book was her religious and spiritual self. In the beginning it

was only her grandmother, Bubbe who had total faith in God, and who tried

to encourage Chana to have faith also. Chana did not believe Bubbe, she

thought that God was not on her side and that he was nowhere.(34,196) She

resented God until she looked into the eyes of her shvester and then "felt

ashamed of her anger with God".(236) Towards the end of the book she prays to make Matel well.(253) Next she puts on a Jewish ritual ceremony to "thank God officially", by the request of Matel.(254) This shows that Chana's faith in God had developed throughout the book during a time of crisis.

A major problem Chana faced was survival. She dealt with the

struggle for food each day and torture and hard labor in the concentration

camps. Chana's family dealt with the struggle for food each day by working

as hard as they ...

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Added: 4/14/2005 02:37:08 AM
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