Analysis three

This story takes place i France both in the past (1942) and in current time. I think that the location, France, enhance the story because they are in the same area as they are talking about. It makes it more real and more trustworthy that the characters are living in the country where this roundup actually took place during the second world war. 

I don't think that an occurrence like this could happen in Sweden. We learn from our mistakes, at the same time I think that it could occur but in a different way. Unfortunately I'm convinced that we will make our mistakes again, and things will go wrong. Just look at Sverigedemokraterna, even though they aren't that big it's still a threat and it shows that some people sympathise with their thoughts. The society today would not accept something like that. Not just the people with the power, but the grass roots wouldn't accept it. I think Sweden's society are too well educated to just go with the flow and follow a leader of that kind without questioning it. Even though there always will exist people that just would go with the flow, the majority would realise that something's not right and act against it. It this for example would have happen in Sweden today, social media like twitter for instance would have played a very important role and hopefully prevented an event like this.

I think that Tatiana De Rosnay, the author, focus much on feelings and on the environment. She's very good with details on how people look and I always get the feeling that I know exactly how the characters feel at different situations, which is rare. 

Before I started reading this book I had no idea that this so called roundup ever existed in France. The book is based on a true story but it's a fictional account of littlle known factual events that took place in Paris 1942 surrounding the vel d'hiv roundup.

// Emma

An image from the vel d'hiv roundup.