Summary Of Ayer's 'Parallel Journey'

The Holocaust was a genocide and terrible time for Jewish people, which took place from 1933 to 1945 when Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany killed about 6 million Jews. Parallel Journeys a novel written by Eleanor Ayer is based on the life of two Holocaust survivors, Helen Waterford and Alfons Heck a Hitler Youth leader. My book poster represents accurate interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in the novel because I illustrated the plot, setting and mood.
My book poster shows the plot of Parallel Journeys because I showed what events were happening at the time of the Holocaust. For example, on the right side of my book poster, I added a plane to show the attacks happening in Germany, and the pilot training Alfons went through to be
The mood is the way the reader feels throughout a story. My book poster shows the mood of Parallel Journeys effectively because I included many facial expressions representing the feeling and emotions felt during that time. The man on the left side represents the German guards, “Then suddenly- for the Germans shouted all orders loudly and suddenly- the women were ordered to stand in a line” (Ayer, 125). The guards face in my book poster is showing anger and force towards the Jews, the Germans voice was powerful, and their demands were to be followed at all times. Jews were significantly impacted, feeling all sorts of emotions such as anger, fear, and disgust. The women I drew on the left represents Helen. She has a small tear in her eye because she was scared, sad and worried about her family, friends and her fate. “…I got very upset because nobody would believe my story” (Ayer, 125) My final element I included on my book poster was Alfons face on the right. “I cried silently at times, and I prayed, and I went through a rage of self-pity” (Ayer, 183). After the war was over Alfons was extremely upset, he felt betrayed and blinded to what was actually