Yellow Star; Syvia

In my book, Yellow Star, my favorite character that stands out to me is the main character, Syvia. She really stands out to me because she is the one telling her story- survival. She was four years old when the holocaust started. Right now where I am in the book, she is about nine years old. To be honest, the holocaust is taking up a lot of her childhood. She is obviously so brave and patient, which are some of my favorite things about her. She has to be in hiding and can't let anyone see her! That makes me thing of how hard it must be for her! And years and years of going through this! A year is a really long time. I really want to meet Syvia the most because her braveness shows through her character. At one point in the story, she took her first step outside in a VERY long time. It finally wasn't illegal for her to be out, although the German nazis could still capture them and bring them to the concentration camps. This shows how brave she was to go out there and take the risk! And the bravest part was that she not only stole one pear from the tree outside, but she stole two! Without being caught! Another reason why I would like to know Syvia is because she is so generous, especially in times of need. For example, when she stole the pears, she took the extra risk to take two of them- because she thought of her sister! She gave her sister the pear without getting caught by the nazis. Another thing she did was kept her baby cousin, Isaac, company when she could have totally blew him off and worried about her own problems. When she woke up from being passed out for days, the first thing she thought about was how she left her little cousin unattended. She could have been worrying about how she passed out, but it was not the first thing on her mind. She did a lot for others when really, she was the one in need which is so selfless of her.