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Historical fiction is when a story is made up and set in the past. It also borrows cahracteristics of the time period.
Historical fiction is when a story is made up and set in the past. It also borrows cahracteristics of the time period.
Jennifer A. Nielson is an award-winning author who has written many books. Her most famous book is The False Prince, which won the Whitney Award and was on The New York Times bestseller list.
This story takes place after World War II, when Germany was split between East and West.
Historical context is what was going on at the time.
On August 13, 1961, The Soviet Union began to build a wall around West Berlin. It was built to stop the flow of immigrants into West Berlin. The Soviets wanted to keep the economy of East Berlin running. The Soviets also wanted the Allies, U.S.A., Great Britain, and France to give up their land in Berlin. However, they just airlifted supplies into West Berlin, which angered the Soviets. From 1961 to 1989, over 6,000 people escaped from East Berlin Berlin To West Berlin. Hundreds of people died trying to get over the wall, however. In the 80’s, the Cold War settled down and the head of East Germany decided to let East Berliners go to West Berlin Berlin In 1989. West and East Germany reunited in 1990.
People used many creative ways to try to escape from East Germany.
A train driver noticed train tracks that still went through the Berlin Wall. he gathered his family and friends and drove the train into the west.
Heinz Meixner, with his family ducked low to avoid gunfire in a convertible, drove as fast as he could, and made in to West Berlin.
Someone trained in archery and found a building overlooking West Berlin. He shot a wire cable over to his brother in west, and made it to West Berlin.
There are examples of both static and dynamic characters in A Night Divided.
I think that Gerta is a dynamic character because in the beginning she isn't brave enough to rebel against the government, but in the end she does rebel.
Fritz is a static charcter because he was brave enough to rebel against the government from the start of the story.
Mama is a dynamic charcter because she is fine with her life in East Berlin until she gets demoted because she won't divorce Papa.
A conflict is a major problem in literature.
The government buids a wall to keep their citizens from escaping to the West. Eventually, many citizens, including Gerta and her family, escpae.
Fritz and Gerta want to escape to the West, but Mama wants to stay in East Berlin. Eventually, Mama agrees with Gerta and Fritz when she gets demoted at her job.
Anna is spying on Gerta and knows she is trying to escape. Eventually, she joins Gerta in escaping to West Berlin.
The mood in the story is sad and depressed, yet it is still optimistic and exciting.
The tone in A Night Divided is angry, depressed, irritated, and hopeful.
A theme is a main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work.
The family was willing to go to many lenghts to be reunited, even risking their life to be reunited.
The family rebelled against the government because they believed in wasn't right to be controled by the government.
The family escaped because the government was limiting their individuality.
A plot diagram is a tool used to organize a story into managable parts.
The Berlin Wall goes up on August 13, 1961.
1.Herr Krause convinces Papa and Dominic to go to the West.
2.Gerta sees her father sending a message that she needs to dig.
3.The family learns the apartment is bugged.
4.Anna delivers a note telling where to dig.
5.Heraing Herr Krause convinces Fritz to dig with Gerta.
6.They offer Officer Muller and his family a chance to escape.
7.Mama changes her mind and begins to dig.
8.Gerta realizes Anna knows about the tunnel.
9. They hear digging coming from the West.
They hear Papa singing and the family is finally reunited.
1. Fritz's date to report to the military is moved up.
2. Grenzers arrive at their apartment when Fritz doesn't report to the miltary.
3. The family gives an officer a car to escape to the tunnel.
4.Gerta's Family, Anna's family, and Muller's family escpae, except for Officer Muller, who dies saving Gerta's life.
The family is reunited in West Berlin.
Gerat and her family are the protaganists and the Stasi are the antagonists.
I think that A Night Divided because it keeps you wnting to read more with how exciting it is. I would reccomend this tory for anyone who enjoys fiction, escpecially historical fiction.