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I am David
Symbols
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Mirror
Because David had never seen his face in a mirror until he found a mirror in the street and saw for the first time.
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Nazi symbol
Because he escaped from a concentration camp directed by Nazis and it has a big impact in David´s life.
Themes
Freedom
When David escape from the concentration camp, he feels free. “so David had gone, as quickly as it was possible to go without appearing to be in a hurry” pg 3 
Wisdom
"But Johannes had said, Politeness is something you owe other people, because when you show a little courtesy, everything becomes easier and better. But first and foremost, it's something you owe yourself." it gives wisdom to our mind and it also gave it to David and thanks for this wisdown we can say that David knows how to treat people and also to us the readers it helps us to change our perspective of things or how to treat people in other ways"
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Courage
a long the story David didn't give up although he was scared he continued. “He’s saved Maria’s life and only just in a nick of time” pg 89
Feelings
Happiness
“Johannes said greedy people can never be happy, and I would so much like to know what it feels like to be happy. Johannes said that when you very much want something you haven't got, you no longer care for what you have got. I'm not sure I understand, but I suppose he meant that things are only worth having if you think they are.”
brabary
“Being brave meant that though you might be frightened, you would face the greatest danger if you knew it was the right thing to do.”
Sadness
"his eyes frighten me, too. they're the eyes of an old man who has seen too much in life that he no longer cares to go on living. They're not even desperate.. just quiet and expectant, and very, very lonely, as if he were quite alone of his own free choice."
Characterization
David
David is a Jewish kid during the Holocaust, but he has been in concentration camps as long as he can remember, without really understanding why he is there. His family died early, so he doesn't have any of the cultural knowledge from his heritage. One day, someone helps him escape, and this novel follows his journey toward safety as he travels south toward Italy and then eventually to Denmark.
Sophie
A woman from Switzerland who finds David to be a beautiful human. She is a painter, and she asks to paint David's portrait. Sophie knows David's mother, but she doesn't know that David is the Danish woman's son.
Maria
In David's journeying, he sees a barn burning down with a girl trapped inside. He saves this girl, Maria, from the fire and earns the affection of Maria's family. For a while, he stays with them.
Personal Response
We think that this book makes us value all the things that life gives us, for example freedom. Freedom is not appreciated so much and it is one of the most important things in life.
Also, it teaches us to value family. We must value all those moments spent with them and be more grateful for what life gave us.
Writters Effect
What Anne Holm wants to transmit to us is to value all the things in life. The importance of having a family that supports you at all times, and that they are always for you. It's a Heartwarming story of a young boy who escaped a Communist prison camp and his experiences on his journey to Denmark to find his meaning of life Fantastic ending with an unexpected twist, also Describing an emotional struggle of a boy trying to fit in with a strange and hostile world. It displays a level of maturity vastly unfamiliar in young boys of David's age. This story perfect opportunity to show kids the evils that are in the world, but also that good will always triumph in the end.
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