Have you ever lived in fear and thought about working for free each day? In the fantastic book Stones in Water by Donna Jo Napoli. In the book Stones in Water Roberto, Enzo, and their brothers are removed from a movie theater and are taken to a concentration camp. Roberto and Enzo get in trouble in the first camp and are moved to a second concentration camp where they are required to work more. In this concentration camp they are fighting for survival. They meet two jewish girls and are caught sneaking food to them and almost lose their lives over it. Later in the story Enzo ends up dying and before he dies he tells Roberto to keep moving forward to survive. Roberto ends up escaping from the camp finds an empty town and is able to stay there for a few nights. He finds a younger boy in this town and they work together to survive by cooking food and finding supplies to keep them alive. A significant passage that connected to the theme finding light in the darkness is, “Roberto stood in knee-deep water and watched Enzo. His heart beat so hard his chest moved up and down. All eyes were on Enzo, eyes that they had tried so hard to hide from up till now. If people kept …show more content…
It can relate to anyone in different country that still have slavery and have to work. According to researchers today there is still 29 million people that are still slaves working under there will. Near the beginning of the book the author states, “A plane landed in the middle of the night. Roberto heard the engine and then the confusion outside. “Go back to sleep” Said Enzo “If there's work to do they will wake us up” (Napoli 54). This shows how they were woken up in the middle of the night and may had to go work. This was free labor and it was terrible and it it a problem in the world today. In the end this made Roberto strong character and to keep fighting for what is right and for freedom when the wars