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  • Essay / Analysis of Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum - 1123

    Throughout this novel, the main character Anna constantly gives up the things that make her happy in order to make her daughter Trudie happy. While thinking about why she continues to obey the Obersturmführer, Anna considers a suicide mission for a split second, but quickly remembers that "...everything she does, including giving in to the demands of the Obersturmführer, is for Trudie. » (89). Although she hates the Obersturmführer to the point of contemplating suicide to escape him, Anna is constantly reminded that she is not only making sacrifices for herself, but also for her daughter Trudie, which drives her to continue. , even if she had to neglect her own happiness in the process. Furthermore, following the death of her dear friend Mathilde, Anna resumes her weekly task of delivering bread to the quarry, however, after evaluating all the possible consequences, Anna decides that "...she will no longer make deliveries to the career. . It's too dangerous to even contemplate. She has