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The Chestry Oak Study Guide

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by Kate Seredy
About 9 pages (2,549 words)
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Social Sensitivity

Seredy presents her anti-war theme by relating some of World War II's tragic consequences, but she never resorts to depicting graphic violence to make her point. She shows how the war affects Michael on a very personal level, and she shows him dealing with an unfortunate situation in a positive way.

Like Hungary itself, Michael becomes an unwitting victim of war, and of Nazi aggression and cruelty. Seredy treats the psychology of enemy occupation with great depth and subtlety. Her purpose is obviously to point out that Hungary was not simply a Nazi puppet state during World War II, but an.....

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The Chestry Oak from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.

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