Nightjohn And Number The Stars :: essays research papers

In Nightjohn there were a subdue of facts, details and incidents that contribute to the diachronic accuracy of the book. I have depict some of the more specific examples as followsThere was a human being who risked his life for the sake of teaching the other children in the surrounding plantations how to take on and write. The protester of the plantation whipped his slaves for moving too slow and did go go forth with dogs and two field hands after whatever of the slaves if they decide to run. He brings two field hands with him so they can see what happens and fictionalize the story back at the quarters. He does this basic eithery so eitherone get out be horrified and wont decide to escape.Reading and writing was strictly forbidden because the owner wanted to keep them ignorant so they wouldnt rebel against him.Once a female got her "troubles" menstrual cycle they would be sent off to the breeding sheds to reproduce.The "mammy" took care of all the young ones until they were old enough to go out and work in the fields.The slaves were forced to eat from a trough like animals. The mammy would beg with her head inside a kettle so that the owners would not gather up her pray. Praying, too, was strictly forbidden. Number the Stars contains even more facts, details and incidents that contribute to the historical accuracy of the book. They are outlined belowKing Christian X was a King during the time of war in Denmark. He too surrendered to the Germans in 1940 because of the fact that "the country was small and undefended, with no army of any size." (Lowry 134). "It is true that he (King Christian) rode alone on his horse from the palace every morning, un restrained, and greeted his people." (Lowry 134). The German soldiers occupied Denmark for five years. The Germans controlled the rail system, hospitals, schools, government, and even the newspapers.The story close the soldier who saw King Christian ride by on his hors e one morning and asked a boy "Where is his body guard?" to which the boy replied "All of Denmark is his bodyguard", is in fact, true. On August 1943, the Danes did discharge their entire navy in Copenhagen harbor before the Germans came to take the ships for their own use. Also in 1943, anyone who gathered to worship at the synagogue, were warned by the rabbi that they were passing game to be taken and "relocated" by the Germans.