Character Analysis Of Elisa Linjou's Character In 'Vienna Prelude'

Have you ever found yourself doing something not just what you believe in but because you feel that if you didn’t it could be a life or death situation? Elisa Lindheim has found herself fighting for people she loves and the underground. She will risk everything and put everyone she loves in danger to extinguish Hitler’s madness. Elisa Lindheim is the main character in Vienna Prelude by Bodie and Brock Thoene, an exciting and courageous historical fiction book. I believe that courage is not just knowledge but it is also will, as long as you're doing it for what you believe in.

Courage is will not knowledge. I believe that Bodie and Brock Thoene used the setting to set the tone and draw the reader to the book and by doing this they used personification. The book take places in Most of Germany was an awful place to be during this time because of the
Throughout the book, Elisa has been fighting for many different things, such as her family, her friends and even people she doesn’t know. She has made a towering decision to fight for the underground and against Hitler’s madness because she feels that it’s right. By volunteering to be apart and fight for the underground, she was signing her own death certificate, risking her own life for others and it was because of that little voice inside of her telling her that it was for something she believed was truly the life at stake. Bodie and Brock Thoene are showing us through Elsia that courage is will not just knowledge. Developing the courage to fight for what you believe in is key to today's society. We need people in this world who are willing to be bold and have courage for what they believe is right not just because other people aren’t or are but because they have the courage and the will to do what is