Blog entry #3, The Boy Who Dared

The story, The Boy Who Dared, by Susan Campbell Bartoletti starts off describing a prison room where Helmuth age seventeen lies on a bed watching the sun come into his cell. He is clearly described as being scared as it is Tuesday which is the day that the executioner works on. This book is one that seems to go back and forth between flashbacks that Helmuth is having, where he is currently in what seems to be a jail cell. Helmuth lived in Germany with his mother Mutti, he had a half brother Hans, and Gerhard. Helmuth spent time with his grandparents when his mother was at work, but I do not believe they will have a big part in this story.
So far in the first fifteen pages that I have read a couple important things have been revealed. One is that for the majority of my first night of reading, Helmuth has been describing when he was in school on January 30, 1933. He waits in  the auditorium with the rest of his classmates and teachers for a broadcasting on the radio. This will tell him something important, and he is sure it is about Adolf Hitler. Soon enough he hears the speakers saying that Hitler has been chosen as the chancellor of the Reich. Helmuth isn't quite sure how he should feel because he isn't very old yet, he hears lots of different opinions on the matter swirling around the room. In his school there are boys who belong to the Hitler Youth group so they follow his beliefs. Helmuth understands that they do not like Jews, however he doesn't understand why being Jewish is bad. I predict that this book will continue to flashback so that it shows how he got to his current position in prison. However, I am not sure what will become of him, because I do not believe that he is Jewish because he showed signs of liking Hitler and wanting to fight for him when he grew up. I am not sure what to think seeing as I have not read very far yet.