Parallel Journeys
Often reading the blurb on the back cover of a novel is a good indication of whether or not you will enjoy the book. This is very much the case when I picked up “Parallel Journeys” by Eleanor Ayer. The front cover features Adolf Hitler with thousands of his young supporters hailing him during World War Two. Books about the war usually depress me so usually I wouldn’t read them, but this book appealed to me because of the faces of two teenagers on the front cover. The lead me to read the back cover which simply said-He was an ardent member of the Hitler Youth. This is their story of their parallel journey through World War II.” What a great idea for a book! To compare two people who had completely different experiences of the war and to let them tell their stories side by side. When I first started reading this book I noticed how different it was to some of the other novels I have read. Firstly, it is very chilling to realize that while this is in the form of a novel, it is also non-fiction. It isn’t based on a true story, it is a true story. The Second World War took the lives of fifteen million soldiers around the world, thirty nine million civilians and 12 million Jewish people. These figu
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Hitler Youth, Jewish European, Germans Helen, Germany Nazis, Adolf Hitler, Helen Waterford-, Eleanor Ayer, World War, War II, Alfons Heck, fifty ago, world war, tired living, hitler youth, concentration camps, alfons heck, german people, fifty ago millions, teenagers held, people gassed, parents jewish, tired living age, millions people gassed,
Approximate Word count = 1635
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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