“I’ll be a man in six months and eleven days.” The Nazis laughed again. “I’ll be a man soon enough,” Josef told them. He struggled in the men’s arms, trying to break free. "The Nazis laughed, and Josef’s face burned hot with shame. The Nazis had taken all this from them, from him, and now he and the passengers on the ship were taking it back."
"It all came flooding back to him now-swaying and humming along with the prayers, craning his neck to see the Torah when it was taken out of the ark and hoping to get a chance to touch it and then kiss his fingers as the scroll came around in a procession. A world outside the magic little bubble he and the other Jews lived in above decks on the MS St. “It was a different world below decks, Josef thought. But the hatred had followed them even here, to the middle of the ocean.” “He thought they had escaped all this on the St. Hated him because of everything he’d done to the Jews, but mostly because of what Hitler had done to his father.” “Wearing that uniform turned boys into monsters.
“Mahmoud Bishara was invisible, and that’s exactly how he wanted it. This is always interesting for students to see and can open up a discussion as to how not everyone can read the same lines in the same way based on their own perspectives and personal experiences. Some students may end up choosing the same quote or scene, but have different perspectives. Students can share their storyboards afterwards and have a short discussion about what the quotes mean to them. In this way, students are making a text-to-self connection that demonstrates their understanding of the characters and their development or the themes of the novel. Having students choose a favorite quote or scene from the book allows them to express which parts of the story resonated with them on a personal level.
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