A Winters Day in 1939 - Overall Review

                

 For the past two weeks Sanujan and I have been reading the stunning novel 'A Winters Day in 1939'. Reading this book we have been able to infer themes that can be found in the book and have developed the skill to understand the different vocabulary used in different pieces of writing. Our book was written to inform us as it is based on real events and it is explained thoroughly by a real persons point of view. To showcase our knowledge about Melinda Szymanik's book, we have told the story in another characters point of view, explain the reason for the writing of the book, and talked about two of the themes that are conveyed by characters in the book. I will give this book a 5/5 because I thoroughly enjoyed the book and the powerful messages the author has put into the book. She was also able to stay away from the political point of view during that time.

A Winter's Day in 1939 - Evaluation

For this novel study Sanujan and I have chosen to read A Winters Day in 1939. This book is written in the perspective of a family who lives in East Poland while the U.S.S.R invasion of East Poland. The narrator Adam has shown that he is empathetic, kind, trustworthy, and most of the time wise. Him and his brother work tirelessly on the farm while their father has been arrested and their mother cries over the loss of their younger sister. So far we have created a map which pinpoints the places we have read of so far, a point of view from a different character, and we have started creating a DLO which shows the two of the themes that are possessed by the characters. I am on chapter seven and I predict that the family will be moved into a labour camp of some sort to work for the ruthless Russians.