THE BOY ON THE WOODEN BOX
Leon Leyson
Pages read 206/206
Protagonist & Antagonist
In the non-fiction WW II novel, The Boy on the Wooden Box, is based on a conflict between the Nazi party, especially Amon Goeth, and a Polish boy, Leon Leyson. Leon Leyson was a mischievous nine year old at the time when the war started, always breaking his mothers rules, like not going to the river for example. He, and his family of 6 had moved from Narewka to Krakow, after his father had worked there for five years earning enough money for the five other members of the family to move with him. Narewka was a small peaceful farming village, so when Leon moved to Krakow, a proper city with cars and planes, it was a complete shock to him. He was very close to his older brothers Tsalig and David, being the other boys in the family. Leon was the youngest of the family. Leon also had an older sister called Pesza. Leon was very loyal, both to his parents and siblings. When his father was beaten and then taken hostage by two German officers. Leon went on a suicide mission to save his father, going up to random Nazi officers and demanding his father back. Eventually, he got him back. Leon was also brave, not only then, but in Plaszow and in the Gheto. Leon was able to stand up to officers and ask for things. He never gave up either, he would be the one scavenging the streets for scraps of food, the one determined to hide from the Nazi's. He was determined. Leon's fantastic traits and luck were enough to keep him alive from the Nazi's and Amon Goeth in particular.
The Nazi's were the group determined to kill all Jew's, Hitler's side of the war. When they invaded Krakow, after a while Jews were forced into a Ghetto. They were starved, crowded and depressed. Then, when they moved to Plaszow, a labor camp, they suffered the wrath of Goeth. Not enough food, sleep and too much work were not the worst of Leon's worries. Goeth's random, beatings, killings and torturing demonstrated the mans lack of mercy and empathy. The irresponsible man, getting drunk all the time, once had all the workers lined up, including Leon, and whipped. They would count their twenty five lashes, and if they missed one number, they would start again. Goeth was a merciless, ruthless Nazi officer. Leon was a victim. One man vs. another. One society vs. another.
Leon Leyson
Pages read 206/206
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| Leon Leyson (protagonist) |
In the non-fiction WW II novel, The Boy on the Wooden Box, is based on a conflict between the Nazi party, especially Amon Goeth, and a Polish boy, Leon Leyson. Leon Leyson was a mischievous nine year old at the time when the war started, always breaking his mothers rules, like not going to the river for example. He, and his family of 6 had moved from Narewka to Krakow, after his father had worked there for five years earning enough money for the five other members of the family to move with him. Narewka was a small peaceful farming village, so when Leon moved to Krakow, a proper city with cars and planes, it was a complete shock to him. He was very close to his older brothers Tsalig and David, being the other boys in the family. Leon was the youngest of the family. Leon also had an older sister called Pesza. Leon was very loyal, both to his parents and siblings. When his father was beaten and then taken hostage by two German officers. Leon went on a suicide mission to save his father, going up to random Nazi officers and demanding his father back. Eventually, he got him back. Leon was also brave, not only then, but in Plaszow and in the Gheto. Leon was able to stand up to officers and ask for things. He never gave up either, he would be the one scavenging the streets for scraps of food, the one determined to hide from the Nazi's. He was determined. Leon's fantastic traits and luck were enough to keep him alive from the Nazi's and Amon Goeth in particular.
The Nazi's were the group determined to kill all Jew's, Hitler's side of the war. When they invaded Krakow, after a while Jews were forced into a Ghetto. They were starved, crowded and depressed. Then, when they moved to Plaszow, a labor camp, they suffered the wrath of Goeth. Not enough food, sleep and too much work were not the worst of Leon's worries. Goeth's random, beatings, killings and torturing demonstrated the mans lack of mercy and empathy. The irresponsible man, getting drunk all the time, once had all the workers lined up, including Leon, and whipped. They would count their twenty five lashes, and if they missed one number, they would start again. Goeth was a merciless, ruthless Nazi officer. Leon was a victim. One man vs. another. One society vs. another.
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