If I Should Die Before I Wake

A detailed Summary of If I Should Die Before I Wake

In the book if i should die before I wake, 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 camps. Only a strong willed person could mentally and emotionally endure such tragedy and horror as Chana did.

Chana's character was also very caring and compassionate towards

others. Although she was miserable in

listening to music. She often thought of escaping and running away and

as hard as they could. While in the concentration camps Chana was tortured

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

respectful towards the other inmates.(220-221, Another example of this was

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

Another great conflict Chana had to deal with is the ghetto life. She

cigarettes to trade for food. If worse came to worse, I would have sold the

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Approximate Word count = 633
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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