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The Boy On The Wooden Box

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Middle Grade | Published in 2013

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Essay Topics

1.

Leyson endorses Joseph Campbell’s definition of a hero: someone who does “the best of things in the worst of times.” Do you agree that Oskar Schindler fits this definition? Why or why not?

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In your opinion, why did Leyson decide to conclude the book with an Epilogue instead of another regular chapter? How do the events presented in the Epilogue add to our understanding of the story?

3.

Leyson frames the book with the 1965 “Schindler’s Jews” reunion. What effect does this have on readers’ understanding of the story and characters? 

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