Sparing the Child: Grief and the Unspeakable in Youth Literature about Nazism and the Holocaust (review)

Silverman, Lisa

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“…Rico & Fernández (2011) emphasized that a child narrator in Holocaust literature may provide a psychological defensive mechanism that children often employ during traumatic events. However, it does not mean that one should shy away from introducing the Holocaust to children, as it would shed valuable education about one of the most painful tragedies in the history of humanity ( Bosmajian, 2002;Gray, 2014;McGlothlin & Kapczynski, 2016). Looking at the importance of Felix Salinger as the main character and the narrator of the story in Gleitzman's Once, the present study will explore Felix Salinger's characterization to shed more understanding of the pivotal character.…”

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The Characterization of Felix Salinger as the Main Character in Morris Gleitzman’s Once

Suwastini,

Pebriyanti,

Wahyuni

et al. 2023

IJLL

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The present study aimed to elaborate on the characterization of Felix Salinger, the main character in Morris Gleitzman’s Holocaust novel entitled Once. Through textual analysis, the study revealed that the novel portrays Felix Salinger as an eight-year-old Jewish boy who was religious, brave, caring, and creative. Felix Salinger's religious character involved strong tolerance toward Christianity and high respect for the higher powers in their various names. His bravery was shown when he had to accomplish many challenging tasks at the risk of his own life. Felix Salinger's caring characterizations were supported by his observant, attentive, and selfless characters. His creativity relied on his imagination to create solutions to various challenges he faced, including creating stories to entertain others as part of his survival. These findings imply that children can be very resilient in challenging situations.

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The Characterization of Felix Salinger as the Main Character in Morris Gleitzman’s Once

Suwastini,

Pebriyanti,

Wahyuni

et al. 2023

IJLL

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“…While such a standpoint can be argued as a more neutral way to picture the suffering experienced by the Jews, the point of view can also symbolize German people's ignorance of the actual situations in the concentration camp as they were blinded by the Nazi propaganda. As argued by Gary (2016), reading Holocaust literature can shed educating light on one of the grimmest crimes in the history of humanity (Bosmajian, 2002;McGlothlin & Kapczynski, 2016). The present study is aimed to reveal the social issues represented in Boyne's Boy in Striped Pyjama to highlight the multidimensionality of Nazi's crimes during the Holocaust.…”

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Social Issues in John Boyne’s the Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas

Utami,

Anggraeni,

Suwastini

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Literature reflects life and shares insights about human life. Holocaust literature focuses on sharing the dark experience of the German Nazis' occupation of Poland in the Second World War. This study aims to identify the representation of social issues in John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006), one of the Holocaust novels that focuses on children’s experience of the Holocaust. The study employs the interactive qualitative data analysis from Miles, Huberman, and Saldaña (2014), where the data analysis consists of three simultaneous processes of data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing. It reveals five major social issues included in the novel: the ethnocentric Nazi’s beliefs about German’s superiority, slavery, child labor, class difference, and marginalization toward women. The results imply that children’s literature can also present social issues that may raise awareness about the cruelty of the Holocaust.

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Sparing the Child: Grief and the Unspeakable in Youth Literature about Nazism and the Holocaust (review)

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The Characterization of Felix Salinger as the Main Character in Morris Gleitzman’s Once

The Characterization of Felix Salinger as the Main Character in Morris Gleitzman’s Once

Social Issues in John Boyne’s the Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas

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