I can not help thinking of Anne Frank, maybe it is the cramped space, the fugitive status or a young girl leading by example. I think you as a reader forget that Linda is still quite young when everything happens. Linda assumes the role of lover, mother and struggling slave too fast. (For my opinion).
As Joey was saying in his post the ideas of what childhood should be; never existed until decades later. Even in 1942, Anne Frank was forced to assume an adult role at the young age of thirteen. All memorable stories, fiction or non-fiction are shaped by historical conflict and usually race, gender, religion or political power is the driving for outrageous inequality.
The ideology of the culture of the time is discarded like yesterday's trash and the survival instincts we all posses take over. It is sad to think a person can look their innocence due to the color of their skin. Society may be evolving but is the transformation happening fast enough, when today children are robbed of their childhood.
What an interesting comparison to Anne Frank! Both women, struggling for freedom. This would have been a great topic for the paper! Damn, haha.
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