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The treasure represented who he was and gave his son hope. The items had been collected by Lemon Brown's wife. The treasure was a reminder of hard times.
The hero or the “good person” of the story, usually the main character
Gretel changes out her dolls for Nazi posters and when his mom started looking sick. he s also affected when Pavel gets beat up and when he gets yelled at by lieutenant kotler when he likes about Shmuel and makes Shmuel get in trouble