Summary Of Why By Nikolai Polov

War is often considered a very bad thing. Sometimes it can be hard to portray how bad it is. Many people like “Why?” because it is a fun way to understand how pointless war is. In “Why?” Nikolai Polov displays how bad war is in a way that readers can connect to and children can understand. It also is good for adults because some adults also don’t understand. In this essay the book “Why?” by Nikolai Polov will be discussed. Also, in the essay there will be major points, connections (text-text, text-world, text-self), themes and main ideas.

The first main idea is communication. When mouse came from underground he and frog didn’t say anything. I think that is a main idea because main ideas are usually lessons. Communicating is a good thing to
When I see someone new or strange because I am not familiar with them I don’t say or do anything because I don’t know them. Secondly, I made a connection to mouse when all he wanted was the exact flower that frog was holding even though there were many other flowers. I sometimes only want something because someone else has it. Even if there’s the same thing I want to have the exact one because I feel like that person shouldn’t have it. Also, (for text to self) parents fighting battles. Sometimes parents help their kids by fighting the battles for them.

I think Nikolai Polov made a connection with his book by saying his hometown was mouse town and Germany was frog town because there was conflict between them and all of the nice things that were in Nikolai Polov’s hometown were destroyed just like the land in “Why?”. I made a text to text connection with the Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss because both books are trying to say that war is pointless and will not get you anywhere. For example, at the end of the Butter Battle Book the conflict hasn’t been resolved and at the end of “Why?” mouse and frog are right back where they