One way the themes are different is both characters go through different things to learn the theme. For example, the main character Lida gets separated from her sister by being sent to a concentration camp. She spends over a year at it and then is saved by the Americans. She is sent to the American camp and finds a letter sent by her sister. While, Ada tries to ride a horse but he keeps knocking her off. Ada rides on him a few times every day. Ada eventually is able to have the horse to trust her and she can ride him. This proves that the themes are different because both characters learn the same theme but they go through different things to learn it.

A way the conflicts are similar is because in both books Silvia and Sam are treated unfairly because of their skin color. For instance, Sylvia and other black students don’t get the Same schooling as the white kids, which is unfair because then they don’t get the Same chances. While the white students get fresh new books Sylvia's school gets all the worn old books from the big school. For Sam ,his conflict is being mistreated by police because of his or his family's skin color. Sam’s brother was shot and killed in a car, because there was a gun in the glove box.He was just trying to get the registration for the car. But the gun just dropped out and he was shot because they thought he was reaching for it. This shows that they are being mistreated because of their skin color. Cause Sylvia,Sam,his brother,and many black students are punished in life  just because of the way they look and where they are from.

One way these conflicts are different is because of the situation. For Sam he feels he is being mistreated because of how police and the court system treat black people. For example the situation for Sam is not a everyday situation.He and others get pulled over and being held at gunpoint for not even speeding. It's unnecessary.After stick was shot the three others in the car were laid on their stomachs with guns to the back of them.That is not the right way to deal with the situation.Sylvia feels that all people deserve an equal education. It should not matter if they are black or white.This is shown by her wanting to integrate with other white students.This proves that the conflicts are different because, in “Fire From the Rock” the police and justice system are not really talked about and the main focus is equal schooling. But in “The Rock And The River” they mainly touch on police and the court system and it seems Sam does not care about equal schooling

There are many similarities and differences within the main characters in ¨Making Bombs For Hitler¨ and ¨Under A War-Torn Sky.¨ 

One way the main characters are similar is how they both are brave. In ¨Making Bombs For Hitler¨ one way Lida was brave was when she lied to the soldier. On page 11 in ¨Making Bombs For Hitler,¨ Luka, Lida´s friend says ¨figure out a skill, and say you're older.¨later on on page 34 Lida says to the soldier that she is 13, rather than her real age, 10. If Llida had gotten caught telling this lie, or even if she did not lie at all, she would have been killed. In ``Under A War-Torn Sky´´ Henry had to be brave by fighting in the war, Henry also had to be mentaly brave by handling the death of his friend Dan who died when they  jumped out the plane together. On page 44, in ¨Under A War-Torn Sky¨ Henry yells ¨N000000000!¨as Dan falls to his death. This shows that henry did care for Dan, and was upset by his death. From that point on henry was all alone and had to get himself back on his own.

But the main characters are also different in some ways. One way the main characters are different is that they are from different countries. In ¨Making Bombs For Hitler¨, Lida is ukranian. On page 7 in ¨Making Bombs For Hitler¨ a soldier said ¨stay in there, rusain swine¨ but Lida replied with ¨why is he calling us russian? We are ukrainian¨ This tells us that Lida is ukrainian. And in ¨Under A war-Torn Sky¨, Henry is an american.  On page 50 in ¨under a war-torn sky¨, the man picking up Henry said, ``Do they not teach you history in america?¨ this confirmed to me that Dan was american.

For example Lida is treated differently and fed differently because where she comes from and in “Prisoner B'' he is singled out by guards and gustapos in every concentration camp.This shows that they get punished for who they are because they get the worst treatment and they can’t do anything about who they are and it gets them in trouble. However there are differences between the conflicts. One reason why the conflicts are different is in “

Making Bombs For Hitler” Lida is  worried about her sister because of the things that happen to little kids at concentration camps, and she is scared of losing her but in “Prisoner B” he is all alone because his whole family is dead  and only has to worry about himself. This shows that they have very different problems and situations because Lida is worrying about herself and her sister and that could be a lot of stress but he only has to worry about himself. 

Although they are very similar, Lida and Ada can be seen very differently at the same time. One way that these characters are different is because Lida knows what has to be done for her and her friends to survive in the concentration camp. While Ada never really understood what was really happening in their situation. She did not know that the Germans were trying to do bad things until the bombs started dropping and her home was destroyed. Such as the moment in “Making Bombs For Hitler,” Lida knows what will happen to her friends if they go to the hospital and she does everything she can to save them. This is critical to the story because it emphasizes that Lida is more mature. On the other hand, Ada didn’t know what the Nazi’s were actually doing and just wanted to care for her brother. This shows they are different because Lida knew the seriousness of the war.

The conflicts of both stories are vastly alike and unlike. The conflicts in these books are similar because in both books, Lida and Ada are going through a war and protecting their younger sibling. The stories both state that Lida and Ada were going through difficult times with the concentration camps and new home and they want to protect their siblings over everything else. This is critical to realize because it shows how they both went through the hardships of protecting a sibling and themselves at the same time. Thus, the conflicts are similar because they both felt the same way for protecting their siblings and almost a sense of feeling powerlessness when they couldn’t do anything for their siblings or themselves. 

On the opposing side, the main conflicts in these stories are very different as well. The conflicts are different because of the lives they lived during the war. For instance, in the text “Making Bombs For Hitler” Lida is put in a camp where she has to think about her sister being ok while not being able to do anything. But in the book “The War That Saved My Life” Ada is put into a nice home with her brother and is taken care of. These pieces of evidence are crucial to think about because it really shows how different they were in many aspects. This proves that they lived different lives because of the adversity they both had to face.

The themes in the stories “Making Bombs For Hitler” and “The War That Saved My Life” Are very similar and almost identical. It was the course that these characters took to get there that is different. The theme that these stories taught were similar because Lida and Ada both learn to have people to support you when you are in a tough situation. For example, Lida ends up finding Luka when she escapes and he helps her and offers to give her a home. Ada learns this because she always thought that she was a burden because that's what she was taught, but her friends helped her see that she was a human being. This is important to see because it shows that they ended in the same place and learned the same thing. This means that they learned the same thing because their friends helped them through hard times that they might not have been able to get through without them.

The themes in these stories might be the same. But the path they took to get there was different. In “Making Bombs For Hitler,” Lida wants to protect her friends and sister, but then she and her sister were taken to concentration camps and she didn’t know where her sister was but she met her friends there. This is solved because she escapes and meets up with her friend Luka after she escapes and he helps her by offering her a home. This is how she learned that in tough situations, have people to support you. On the other hand, in the book “The War That Saved My Life,” Ada wanted to protect her brother and to be free. She was in a home with an abusive mother and then moved to a completely new home where she didn’t know anyone. This was settled when she made new friends like Miss Smith, Maggie, Lady Thorton, and more. These people helped Ada realize she was human no matter her disability. This is how she learned that you need people’s support in tough situations.

In “Between shades of gray,” and “Refugee,” there are differences and similarities between the character, the conflict and the theme.

     There are many similarities and differences between the main characters in “Between shades of gray,” and “Refugee”.One way the main characters are different is that Josef the main character of “Refugee” escaped being caught by the Nazi’s, while Lila the main character of “Between shades of gray,” gets caught trying to escape the Nazi’s. For example Lila said they were locked up in animal carts that say thieves and prostitutes. For example Josef finally a boat we can leave and stay as a family because once we're out of Germany we won't be threatened anymore. This evidence proves that Josef got away while Lila got caught while trying to get away because Lila says that she was locked up in a cart that say thieves and prostitutes witch shows that she way caught while we know Josef escaped capture because he stated that they found a boat and they can leave Germany witch means they were able to get away from the Nazi’s. One way the main characters are similar is that they both keep believing that things would eventually get better for them. For example Josef keeps believing that things will get better when the boat keeps breaking and getting tipped over but they continue to sail. For example Lila keeps believing that things will get better when she is sending letters to her father even though she has not gotten a response.This evidence proves that both of them never stopped believing that things would get better for them because it shows how they did not give up no matter there issues like when the boat was flipping over and falling apart on Josef he continued to sail and Lila continued to send letters when she had still not gotten a response from her father.

     There are many similarities and differences between the conflicts in “Between shades of gray,” and “Refugee”.One way the conflicts are similar is that they both had the live through and experience the Holocaust.For example Lila had her house broken into and everything broken and messed up and her family was taken by the people nazi’s that had broken in.For example Josef had his house broken into as well but just his father was taken from him but his house was also left in a mess because of the nazi’s.This evidence shows how both of them experience the Holocaust because it explained that both of there houses had been raided and at least one family member taken  just because they were Jewish and the nazi's did not like the Jewish people and it was called the night of broken glass a small part of the Holocaust that had effected both of them.

One way the conflicts are different is that Josef from “Refugee” was running away from the Nazi’s but could barely get away from them, while Lila the main character from “Between shades of gray” had to work on the concentration camp for the Nazi’s. For example when Josef got to the boat there when people lined up to get on the boat and some of the people where nazi and Hitler or Stalin supporters so him and his family almost got caught.For example Lila had been woken up and forced out of her house onto a train and to a labor camp where she had to dig a whole at first with basically her bare hands and if she didn't she would get no food.This evidence proves how Lila had gotten captured by the nazi’s and how Josef had managed to escape the nazi’s witch shows how they have different conflicts in there respective stories because one escaped while the other had gotten captured by the nazi’s.
    There are many similarities and differences between the theme in “Between shades of gray,” and “Refugee”.One way the themes are similar is that Lila from “Between Shades of Gray” learns how to stay hopeful when in a bad situation and Josef from “Refugee” also learned to stay hopeful in a bad situation.For example Lila keeps on sending letters to her father relentlessly even without a response but she never stopped even when she did get a response from her father.For example Josef keeps on trying to keep the boat upright and stop it from sinking with the others on the boat and no matter how many times the boat almost tipped he would continue.This evidence shows how Lila and Josef both learned how they could stay hopeful when in a bad situation like how Lila keeps sending letters to her father even when she got no response from her father and like Josef trying to keep the boat no matter how many times it wanted to capsize both examples prove how both of them learned to stay hopeful when there in a bad situation.

One way the themes are different is that Josef from “Refugee” had to see others suffering to learn how to stay hopeful when in bad situations while Lila from “Between Shades of Gray”had to lose some of her friends and family before she learned how to stay hopeful when in bad situations.For example when Josef saw the others that would be getting on the same boat he was in shock because he thought he was suffering but there were people that were suffering more than him.For example when Lila found some of the labor camp workers died in the morning she kept telling herself that she must survive and get back home and reconnect my family so that our lives can be normal again but i have to make it out of here first.This evidence proves how the themes are different because Josef had to struggle trying to keep the boat up and keep his family together and seeing everyone else suffering as well while Lila had to see some of the other labor camp members died in the morning because they disobeyed the nazi’s orders and it drove her to make a promise that she would make it back home and reconnect her family both show that they had to go through difference experiences to realize what would help them.
In “Between shades of gray,” and “Refugee,” there are differences and similarities between the character, the conflict and the theme.

Both stories have similar characters because both were effected because of the night of broken glass but 

Both stories have similar conflicts because they both had to experience the Holocaust but one was a prisoner one was running.

Both stories have similar themes because both stories teach you that you just have to believe and stay hopeful but they learned this in different ways.

 In “Between shades of gray,” shows us the life of a Holocaust labor/concentration camp prisoner while “Refugee,” shows us what is was like to be running from the nazi’s.