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The main character is described as  a small man, large and brown eyes, long and big nose, as well as thin lipped. "He had died a little as each member of his family had been led away and killed by the Nazis, until only in him, at the age of ten, had life and the name Knechtmann shared a soul." This shows both his early life, and what he looks like now. His early life affected him physically, emotionally, and psychologically.

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"He and his wife, Avchen, had grown up behind barbed wire." This detail shows both him and his wife were in the Holocaust. It also contributes to the fact that giving birth was made harder for the wife due to being malno when she was younger in the camps.

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"...a small man with thin wrists and a bad spine that kept him slightly hunched, as though forever weary.  His face was long and big-nosed and thin-lipped, but was so overcast with good-humored humility as to  be beautiful. His eyes were large and brown, and deep-set and longlashed. He was only twenty-two,  but seemed and felt much older.”.

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" He had died a little as each member of his family had been led away  and killed by the Nazis, until only in him, at the age of ten, had life and the name of Knechtmann shared  a soul. He and his wife, Avchen, had grown up behind barbed wire. " Him, his family, and his wife went though the Holocaust so he definitely has a different way of viewing the United States and the people there. Also makes his wife having a baby more stressful since she was malnourished.

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"No- I don't follow baseball, I'm afraid." Since baseball is extremely popular in the United States, this provides a detail of where they are. This shows that since they are in America, things are likely much easier. The people he had encountered were nice to him.

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Midnight in Chicago in a hospital

Early 1950’s

Summer

Reveals the suspense of Heinz waiting to hear from the doctor of whether or not his wife and baby are ok. Summer represents happiness.

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Since he and his wife had grown up "behind barbed wire", it could greatly affect how he is now. At the end of the story his wife says "the couldn't kill us, could they, Heinz?" He replies with ""No." "And her we are, alive as we can be." They came out triumphant against the Nazis, unlike their families. Both of them gave up so much, and are extremely grateful they were able to have a child.

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Knetchmanns background of him and his wife going through the holocaust together and surviving gives them both such a different perspective of what they are going through in the story. They are so much more grateful than Souza that their baby is born healthy and alive despite what they had to go through and they are happy to be in a free country. Their first child also died so it is very stressful but once the baby is born the joy is endless.

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I think there's kinda two themes to this story. One is to be grateful and the other is to be kinda to those who share their good news with you. If they are elated, it's for a good reason you may not know about so just be happy for them too. You never know what some people have been through and how much your reaction can affect people.

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I think the theme is overcoming the past. In this story. Heinz and his wife Avchen are both Holocaust survivors. They were in the camps, along with their families and luckily they made it out. During the Holocaust, millions of people were killed and knowing the possibility of being one of those people was likely extremely nerve-wracking. It was mentioned that Heinz lost his family in the Holocaust. However, here they are in America welcoming a child. To be able to do that is amazing. A lot of people weren't able to. Heinz and his wife overcame their past, and was able to start w new and much improved life, in America.

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I agree with Jade on the fact that Heinz and his wife growing up behind bars affected his characterization. We both wrote that. That detail is very important as it creates not just characterization, but can add to the theme, Jade also put very good details to help support her point when writing,

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Zoe and I both wrote about how them going through the Holocaust adds to their characterization and perspective. Zoe explained her answers really well and brought different details to my attention like the baseball scene and I really liked how she said the theme was overcoming the past, I think that really fits this story