Suzy And Leah's Diary Analysis
“Suzy and Leah's Diary”
One of the main characters in ¨Suzy and Leah¨ by Jane Yolen is Leah, a German-born Jew. Leah escaped the Nazis and is now in a refugee camp, without parents or siblings. She meets a girl named Suzy, but neither of them like each other. But eventually, Leah learns that new relationships are a good thing.
Leah doesn't like the ¨yellow-haired girl with a false smile¨. The girl brought food and the way everyone grabbed for it, like wild animals, it makes Leah feel like a prisoner, but they are no longer prisoners. The yellow-haired girl, her name is Suzy, and shes not a fan of Leah either. It upsets Leah that Suzy treats her as a pet, bringing her food, candy, and handkerchief, ¨as if I am an animal behind bars.¨ “She's
as prickly as a porcupine” Suzy says about Leah, and she's mean, so stuck up, never talking, unless in class.
Everything changes when Suzy read Leah's diary. Suzy starts to understand why Leah is grouchy and quiet, all she's been through. When Suzy and her mother go to visit Leah in the hospital, she tells Leah she read it, but doesn't apologize, she gives her diary to Leah to read. Leah isn't upset though, it helped Suzy understand why she is the way she is. Reading Leah's diary, it brought them closer together.
As a result, in the beginning, Leah and Suzy don't like each other. But as time goes on and Suzy reads Leah's diary, they grow to understand each other and start to become friends. Overall the lesson learned is that relationships are important.
One of the main characters in ¨Suzy and Leah¨ by Jane Yolen is Leah, a German-born Jew. Leah escaped the Nazis and is now in a refugee camp, without parents or siblings. She meets a girl named Suzy, but neither of them like each other. But eventually, Leah learns that new relationships are a good thing.
Leah doesn't like the ¨yellow-haired girl with a false smile¨. The girl brought food and the way everyone grabbed for it, like wild animals, it makes Leah feel like a prisoner, but they are no longer prisoners. The yellow-haired girl, her name is Suzy, and shes not a fan of Leah either. It upsets Leah that Suzy treats her as a pet, bringing her food, candy, and handkerchief, ¨as if I am an animal behind bars.¨ “She's
as prickly as a porcupine” Suzy says about Leah, and she's mean, so stuck up, never talking, unless in class.
Everything changes when Suzy read Leah's diary. Suzy starts to understand why Leah is grouchy and quiet, all she's been through. When Suzy and her mother go to visit Leah in the hospital, she tells Leah she read it, but doesn't apologize, she gives her diary to Leah to read. Leah isn't upset though, it helped Suzy understand why she is the way she is. Reading Leah's diary, it brought them closer together.
As a result, in the beginning, Leah and Suzy don't like each other. But as time goes on and Suzy reads Leah's diary, they grow to understand each other and start to become friends. Overall the lesson learned is that relationships are important.