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Book Response: Run Boy Run

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Book Response: Run Boy Run

This paper is based on the summary of the book “Run, Boy, Run, by Uri Orlev. In his book, he focuses on the extraordinary account of a boy’s Holocaust survival. Orlev’s book is based on a true story. It’s based on a tale of survival of one Jewish orphan during the Holocaust, a story that quite boggles the imagination. Srulik is only eight years of age during the time when he finds himself in the Warsaw ghetto all alone. This is following the fact that he separated from his parents during his time in the Warsaw ghetto.

According to Orlev (2003), he manages to escape into the countryside where he has to literally remake himself to survive. Later on, a short reunion with his father in a potato field ends with his father dead and him transforming into Jurek, that is, a polish catholic orphan. Therefore, he spends many years in forest hiding as he depended on the generosities and sympathies of the peasant farmers residing around the area. He wanders from one village to the other, finding temporary refuge with partisans, peasant farmers, a Gestapo officer and a lonely German Soldier. Srulik passed through insurmountable odds which include several chases, various captures, execution attempts as well as losing his arm but miraculously, Srulik survives all this through quick wits and determination.

From the story of the orphan boy, he lives in an unsafe world where he keeps running as enemies try to catch him and execute him. He, therefore, breaks out from the society and finds victory in running and hiding behind the hills with the guidance of the sun only. Maybe this is a transition of the boy into a man because, during this harsh circumstances, there is hope that tomorrow is another day and he will not have to run anymore. He will be a strong man and the run will be over.

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Orlev, U. (2003). Run, Boy, Run. HMH Books for Young Readers.