Hitler’s Daughter by Jackie French - Literature Circle Questions
1. When and where does Anna tell her story about Heidi? Use quotations and page numbers to justify your responses. Anna tells her story at the bus stop before school. ‘The story game; said Anna. I used to play it with my grandma.’ Page 4 ‘It’s...it’s about Hitler’s daughter’ page 7
2. What about her appearance sets Heidi apart? Use quotations and page numbers to justify your responses. “‘She had a birthmark,’ said Anna softly. ‘A great red blotch across her face. And one of her legs was shorter than the other, so she limped…just a little bit.” Page 11. “dark hair like her own” page 36.
3. As he hears Anna's story about Heidi, Mark has many questions for his parents and his teacher about Hitler and the Holocaust. What information does he learn through these conversations? Use quotations and page numbers to justify your responses. Mark learns that during the holocaust between 6 and eleven million people were killed because Hitler’s objective was to create a pure Aryan Race (super race). He also finds about Jesse Owens who is an African American runner who multiple medals at the Olympics in berlin but refused to…show more content… One night Mark dreams that he is listening to Hitler give a speech in his town as the raid causes a flood. In the dream, Hitler screams, "You are all Hitler's children!" What do you think this dream means? What does this dream show about Mark’s response to Anna’s story? Use quotations and page numbers to justify your responses. 87 and 88. Mark dreams that him and his friends go and hear a speeck given by hitler, and all of his friends join in wearing swastikas and saluting Hitler. Mark tries to stop them, yet nobody listens to him, and he feels more annoyed. The dream demonstrates that Mark feels an association with Anna's story, and he envisions how he would have reacted to the shameful acts in Hitler's opportunity. He is scared by his friends behavior however is not able to stop