1/25/2019 0 Comments Phillip HoosePhillip Hoose May 31, 1947- present Indiana,USA
Major Works: Non-fiction
Major Themes: The Boys Who Challenged Hitler explores these themes: Survival there’s seven boys in the era of world war 2 Patriotism standing up against the Nazi’s Courage to stand up for their country Novel Choice Plot Summary: The Pederson brothers [Knuds&Jens] are two young men that are from Denmark. They attend school at the Cathedral School in Aalborg, Denmark. The brothers live in Odense, Denmark. As they begin to see their country being claimed and destroyed by the Nazi’s. The young men get very angry and sad to see their homeland get invaded, so they come up with a plan to form a RAF club to demolish and ruin the Germans supplies and base. The boys realize that if they want to accomplish their goal, they’re going to need help. The boys ask many people from their school to help stand against the Nazi’s and 10 members joined. The two brothers later on came up with the club name “Churchill club”. The youngsters only attacked in the day because many of the members parents wouldn’t their let their children out at night. The members. They were just normal teens living a normal life but they also had the same idea as Knud. They also wanted to do something about their homeland being taken over by Nazi’s. When they heard about the idea Knud had they immediately wanted to take part in Knud’s club. By doing so they all knew that consequences came along with the plan even . The consequences were obvious, seeing many supplies and vehicles destroyed. Analysis of Main Characters: Knud Pederson: A young 15 year old boy that attended school at Cathedral School in Aalborg, Denmark. He sees that his homeland is being invaded by the Nazi’s. His arms didn’t stay crossed knowing that his country is being ruined by Nazi’s so he comes up with a plan to form a club with his friends and classmates from school. Knud and his brother included were part of the club called “Church Hill”. Knud came up with the plan that they should only attack the Germans during the day since the other Church Hill members parents didn’t let their children late out at night. My favorite character was Knud Pederson for how brave he was to stand up against a who military force full of weapons and soldiers. While all he had was his Church Hill club. A club made up friends and classmates. Teens that were not trained for combat but still gave their everything in order to stand up for their country. When I say everything, I say everything. Eventually they got caught and were sent to Germany were they were held in a prison sentenced to 2-5 years in jail. By the time Knud had got out he had lost 3 years of his teen life. I don’t know one single person that would like to experience their teen life in a prison although Knud being brave knew that consequences were going to be serious of course. Theme: Patriotism: Phillip Hoose’s novel, The Boys Who Challenged Hitler. A young group of teens think because their country will not fight against the Germans, they need to step in to preserve their nation’s patriotism. The boys are disappointed and angry in their country unwillingness to stand up for the Nazi’s. Denmark their homeland was attacked and then later on it falls under the Germans hand because nothing was done to go against the Germans. In attempt to make up for their country weakness they form a club by asking their classmates to join their club to demolish the Germans supplies and base. How did the author’s life influence his writing in this novel? (2-3 paragraphs) Phillip Hoose was inspired by his daughters to write. His goal was to write a book about Claudette Colvin and to change the people’s thoughts on Montgomery bus protest. He brought the situation to the spotlight to make people realize that this young 15 year old black girl risked everything when she made a choice to decline to give up her seat. A young [black] girl made contributions to human rights in the USA in the 1950’s which was something very difficult to do. In the book The Boys who Challenged Hitler it’s obvious that Phillip Hoose wanted to do something similar. He wanted to give the Church Hill members(teens) recognition for what they had done against the Nazi’s. Phillip describes how much the courage the teens had. Young boys also risked their lives to “save” their country. Works Cited “Phillip Hoose | Authors | Macmillan.” US Macmillan, us.macmillan.com/author/philliphoose/. “Phillip Hoose.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 3 Jan. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Hoose. “Phillip Hoose-Biography - Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice.” Google Sites, sites.google.com/a/mail.fresnostate.edu/claudette-colvin-twice-toward-justice/phillip-hoose-biography. “Phillip Hoose.” Biblio - Uncommonly Good Books Found Here., CRC Press, www.biblio.com/phillip-hoose/author/46614. By Marlon Y.
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