Hansel And Gretel Essay

Can the choices that a person makes during war time be justified? During wartime, people are faced with extremely difficult and life threatening situations. In Louise Murphy’s novel The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, Murphy illuminates how people make choices and sacrifices based on the survival of themselves and their families. During war people have to make sacrifices to save the lives of themselves and their loved ones. Throughout the Nazi occupation of Poland during WWII, many people made huge sacrifices to save their own lives or the lives of their loved ones. Many Polish people were faced with the choice of obeying and following the Nazi Regime, or, most likely being killed or sent to a concentration camp. The Oberfuher is an

When Magda realizes that the Nazi’s are near her house she made the desperate choice to save Hansel and Gretel’s life instead of her own. She saves them by hiding them in the oven. “The boy suddenly leaped toward the oven. He opened the door and stared at Magda. It can hold both of you. Quick my darlings do what I say. Inside both of you” (Murphy 237). Ultimately the kindness of Magda and the choice she had to make to save the lives of Hansel and Gretel. The decision Magda made shows that she truly did care for Hansel and Gretel and was willing to make the sacrifice of death to save them. Was collaborating with the Nazis justifiable in the desperate time of WWII? There were many people who pretended to follow the Nazis and there were some who purposely sided with them to earn money, food, or whatever the Nazis offered The ones who didn’t side usually were caught, but even though they were caught they still helped many people trying to escape Nazi persecution. The ones who collaborated were usually killed by anti-Nazi groups called Partisans, “The child killer. The woman with no pity. Tell the others The one who was cleverer than her husband and let the Nazis stay in the barn while she lured in partisans for hot bowls of soup” (Murphy 89). It is not justifiable to collaborate with the Nazis, even if they offered rewards in exchange. Leading innocent