characters: Rosa, (the mother) , Stella, and Magda
In this story the one thing that is keeping this family of three alive is this shawl. this story is about a woman and her child and her niece trying to survive in the holocaust. the shawl that the mother has brought seems to be "magic" because it is the only thing that is keeping the baby alive. they have no food, so its a miracle that the baby is living off of the shawl. the shawl not only seems to feed to Magda, but it also calms her and hides her from the Nazis. This allows her to stay alive, because if the Nazis found her she would've been killed immediately. stella takes the shawl because she is cold, and the baby starts crying. magna runs outside and before rosa can get to her, magna is shot and killed.....
Actually, Magna isn't shot and killed, she's thrown into an electric fence by a Nazi soldier :/ Which is just so so so horrible. Good description of the story though. Also, it wasn't just the shawl that hid Magda, it was also the fact that Rosa kept her tucked away under her shirt.
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