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1939
Summer in Warsaw -
What happened during the summer?
Eleanor’s family had spent all of July and August visiting her grandparents -
Mid August 1939
We get the idea that time is passing very fast. "By the end of the month, they had quite a collection...and the shadows of the plants were stiff and looked like winter."(PP 1) -
End of August 1939
they packed up their big trunk in preparation for returning to the city. -
Change in tone
Before the family leave the grandma sees uneasy (foreshadowing something bad might happen) “Stay here, Rebecca. Stay with the children.” Eleanor’s mother shook her head. “Joseph has already decided,” she said. “We’re going to wait it out.” Eleanor’s grandmother shook her head. “This is a bad idea,” she said.(pp5)" -
strange cryptic warning
Eleanor was feeling scared for what her Grandmother had said and she questioned her self.
"Why would it be a bad idea to go home? Why wouldn’t her mother want to go back? " (pp6) -
Why was Eleanor mother scared ?
she was afraid that Hitler might take them away -
1939 Sept 1st
"The Germans invaded Poland,” Mary said. “We are going to war with them.”
last paragraph