Important Quotes
"I'll come back for you later. I promise." Sarah's Key pg 9
This has to be one of the most important lines in the story it basically sets up for the hole reason Sarah did what she did and why in the end Julia becomes so interested in her.This is the last thing that Sarah said to her brother right before her mother, father and herself are taken away. This line, this promise is the hole reason that Sarah escapes form the internment camp and goes to fight her way back to Paris to save her little brother. If it were not for this promise that in truth there would be no story.
"There had been over four thousand Jewish children penned in the Vel' d'Hiv', aged between two and twelve. Most of the children were French born.
None came back from Auschwitz." Sarah's Key pg 29
This is an important line because it not only gives a slight description of the horrors that took place during the roundup it also gives a reason for Julia to become fascinated in it. Julia is doing an story on the anniversary of the Jewish round up and when she saw this it was just a draw that people could be so cruel to there own, and what made it worse was the fact that most of those kids were of French descent aromatically you think they would be fine but they never were.
"We knew nothing," she said finally. "Nothing at all." Sarah's Key pg 78
This draws attention to the fact that something big happened after Mame moved into the Jewish families home and she is not telling what that is. The fact that they could just up and move into the apartment when it was obvious what was going on is beyond me, but to blatantly say that you had no idea what was going on after that is dishonorable. Also it is the tone in which this line is said with the silent pause before she said it and after she had said it she refused to talk anymore that brings the reader to a foreshadowing that they knew something alright.
"The girl smiled, a bitter smile for a child of ten, and brushed off his heavy hand." Sarah's Key pg 82
This is important because it shows that Sarah has finally stopped her time of crying and is now showing her strength. The man that had his hand on her was a man that she had seen often that had helped her crossed the street that knew her and her family, yet when the time showed itself he left her for dead. After that he tried to show her comfort and she has finally had it after all if you don't have the curage to help when it's needed why try when it no longer is?
"'Please,' she said, 'don't call me Sirka anymore. That's my baby name.'
'What should we call you then?' asked Jules.
The girl squared her shoulders and lifted her chin.
'My name is Sarah Starzynski.'" Sarah's Key pg 132
This is the moment in the book where she has given up her child like life and is ready to take on the world and find out what happened to her brother. This moment in the book is huge this is the moment that Sarah becomes Sarah this is the moment that her resolve hardens. She has been through to much, seen to much and experienced to much to still be a little girl. This is a sad yet empowering moment in the book that leads it from here.
This has to be one of the most important lines in the story it basically sets up for the hole reason Sarah did what she did and why in the end Julia becomes so interested in her.This is the last thing that Sarah said to her brother right before her mother, father and herself are taken away. This line, this promise is the hole reason that Sarah escapes form the internment camp and goes to fight her way back to Paris to save her little brother. If it were not for this promise that in truth there would be no story.
"There had been over four thousand Jewish children penned in the Vel' d'Hiv', aged between two and twelve. Most of the children were French born.
None came back from Auschwitz." Sarah's Key pg 29
This is an important line because it not only gives a slight description of the horrors that took place during the roundup it also gives a reason for Julia to become fascinated in it. Julia is doing an story on the anniversary of the Jewish round up and when she saw this it was just a draw that people could be so cruel to there own, and what made it worse was the fact that most of those kids were of French descent aromatically you think they would be fine but they never were.
"We knew nothing," she said finally. "Nothing at all." Sarah's Key pg 78
This draws attention to the fact that something big happened after Mame moved into the Jewish families home and she is not telling what that is. The fact that they could just up and move into the apartment when it was obvious what was going on is beyond me, but to blatantly say that you had no idea what was going on after that is dishonorable. Also it is the tone in which this line is said with the silent pause before she said it and after she had said it she refused to talk anymore that brings the reader to a foreshadowing that they knew something alright.
"The girl smiled, a bitter smile for a child of ten, and brushed off his heavy hand." Sarah's Key pg 82
This is important because it shows that Sarah has finally stopped her time of crying and is now showing her strength. The man that had his hand on her was a man that she had seen often that had helped her crossed the street that knew her and her family, yet when the time showed itself he left her for dead. After that he tried to show her comfort and she has finally had it after all if you don't have the curage to help when it's needed why try when it no longer is?
"'Please,' she said, 'don't call me Sirka anymore. That's my baby name.'
'What should we call you then?' asked Jules.
The girl squared her shoulders and lifted her chin.
'My name is Sarah Starzynski.'" Sarah's Key pg 132
This is the moment in the book where she has given up her child like life and is ready to take on the world and find out what happened to her brother. This moment in the book is huge this is the moment that Sarah becomes Sarah this is the moment that her resolve hardens. She has been through to much, seen to much and experienced to much to still be a little girl. This is a sad yet empowering moment in the book that leads it from here.