While almost all pieces of writing have a theme, some writers use their techniques to show the theme. In pieces like The Devil's Arithmetic by Jane Yolen, The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, “Teens Against Hitler” by Lauren Tarshis, and “Betrayed By America” by Kristin Lewis, the authors use their techniques to express their theme in a masterful way. In The Devil's Arithmetic, Hannah goes back in time to the holocaust and experiences it herself, meanwhile in The Boy Who Dared, Helmuth looks back at what put him on death row during the holocaust. Then, in “Teens Against Hitler”, A young boy is take to a ghetto, and then leaves to join a resistance group, and in “Betrayed By America”, a japanese boy is taken to an internment camp …show more content…
On said page, the author uses the word Annihilation. This word means total destruction. Annihilation is a very harsh sounding word, which mirrors how harsh the holocaust was. On the other hand, “Betrayed by America” has a poem that helps on the last page. Here, the writer of the poem states that there is no poetry in the camp, “unless you can say mud is poetry...unless you can say blood is poetry” This shows that the camps were a cruel place to keep people. Despite this, they also state, “unless you can say families are poetry.” This shows that even with the tough conditions, the people still held hope. In the end, narrative nonfiction stories can have a great effect. In conclusion, the Holocaust was a horrific time where millions died, and something like that should never even be thought of again. This has been expressed throughout literature for long time, like in historical fiction books, where the author can use death to show the scary ways people died. Or in narrative nonfiction where the author can use a relatable main character to put you into the shoes of someone in the holocaust. Imagine your family, your friends, everyone you