Kindertransport Character Analysis
Kindertransport – Key characters
Evelyn is the older self of Eva, she has changed her name to Evelyn, (this is more English). She changed it when she found out that her father died and her mother would not be coming to Britain, she was baptised. Therefore, she changes everything about her, denying her roots. Soon, Faith, Eva’s daughter, finds out about her mother’s real heritage and is also shaken, because her sense of identity and reality, she finds is changed.
Helga:
Helga is Eva’s mother and she has to make a very difficult decision to send of her daughter to England for her own safety. This must have been the most difficult thing about the war for a lot of parents. Imagine how this must have felt for them? In return, …show more content…
She took in Eva when she
was nine years old, after the German children were brought to England.
When Eva first met Lil, Eva could not speak English, so found it difficult to communicate with Lil. However, she learns English and along with acquiring this language, she acquires a new character. Lil also struggles to hide Eva’s identity and gives it away to Faith at the end.
Faith:
Faith is Evelyn’s only daughter, she is in her early twenties in the book. She is about to move out of the house in the beginning, but changes her mind near the end of the play. A significant moment in the play in when, at the end she confronts her mother when she finds pictures and documents in the attic revealing her mother’s German past. Even after faith confronts Evelyn, Evelyn still refuses to accept her past. Faith is shaken by this revelation because of obviously, it would mean that your whole life has been built on a lie, and she ends up not knowing who she really is.
Ratcatcher:
The Ratcatcher is a mythical creature in the
German children’s storybook called
‘Rattenfanger’. The ‘Ratcatcher’ story is about the town of Hamlyn where the rats were led away and every day the people of
Hamlyn counted their blessings
Evelyn is the older self of Eva, she has changed her name to Evelyn, (this is more English). She changed it when she found out that her father died and her mother would not be coming to Britain, she was baptised. Therefore, she changes everything about her, denying her roots. Soon, Faith, Eva’s daughter, finds out about her mother’s real heritage and is also shaken, because her sense of identity and reality, she finds is changed.
Helga:
Helga is Eva’s mother and she has to make a very difficult decision to send of her daughter to England for her own safety. This must have been the most difficult thing about the war for a lot of parents. Imagine how this must have felt for them? In return, …show more content…
She took in Eva when she
was nine years old, after the German children were brought to England.
When Eva first met Lil, Eva could not speak English, so found it difficult to communicate with Lil. However, she learns English and along with acquiring this language, she acquires a new character. Lil also struggles to hide Eva’s identity and gives it away to Faith at the end.
Faith:
Faith is Evelyn’s only daughter, she is in her early twenties in the book. She is about to move out of the house in the beginning, but changes her mind near the end of the play. A significant moment in the play in when, at the end she confronts her mother when she finds pictures and documents in the attic revealing her mother’s German past. Even after faith confronts Evelyn, Evelyn still refuses to accept her past. Faith is shaken by this revelation because of obviously, it would mean that your whole life has been built on a lie, and she ends up not knowing who she really is.
Ratcatcher:
The Ratcatcher is a mythical creature in the
German children’s storybook called
‘Rattenfanger’. The ‘Ratcatcher’ story is about the town of Hamlyn where the rats were led away and every day the people of
Hamlyn counted their blessings