Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Kindertransport
- Characters
- Evelyn/Eva
- Does not understand why she
is being sent way al the time
- Forgets about her
old Identity and
becomes English
- Guilty of her survival
and change
- Has a problematic
relationship with her
daughter, Faith
- Helga
- Eva's natural mother who
sends her away from Nazi
Germany
- She survives the holocaust
- She returns to England to retive
Eva but is sourly rejected
- Tries to encourage Eva to be
independent for when she's not
there for her
- She leaves for New York alone
after being rejected
- Faith
- Knows nothing of her
Mum's past
- Feels rejected by her Mum
- Becomes obssesive
about her past
- Finds lots of her Mum's old things
in the attic
- Has a rough relationship
with her Mum and angry at
her for keeping this secret
- Lil
- Eva/Evelyns adopted Mum
- Working class - smokes
- Wants Eva to cut off
her German ties
- Has heard of the Jewish
Plight's and wants to help
- Feels responsible for
Evelyn's happiness
- Very protective of Evelyn
- Themes/Motifs
- Ratcatcher
- Like an 'angel of death' his
reason for punishment is
ingratitude
- NOT HUMAN
- Exists for each
character in a
different guise
- Always
there but
not always
visible
- He haunts people. Controls
memories to bring out fears
- German
children's story
character of pied
piper foregrounds
the character of
the ratcatcher
and his actions
- Living embodiment of
character's fears
- Controls and commands
fears in others
- Mouth Organ
- Jewellery
- Male characters
- Identity