The Boy Who Dared Blog #3

               So far, in the book The Boy Who Dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, the main character, Helmuth, is in a prison in Germany.  Helmuth, 17, begins his day in prison as any other Tuesday, hoping he will continue to live to see another day because the executioner works on Tuesday. The author describes Helmuth as, "a boy of seventeen, lies awake. Shivering. Trembling." Helmuth is also having flashbacks from his early childhood. He has flashbacks to the ages of three, seven, and eight years old. All of the flashbacks have one thing in common. They all involve Hitler and the German soldiers.
              The setting in the flashbacks is a lively country of Germany who is excited to see how Hitler can rebuild the nation. I can infer the Helmuth's desire for Hitler has come from the closest person in his life, his mother. Helmuth's mother was a big believer that Hitler would make a change for the better for Germany.