Similarities Between Ben And Amira In The Boy Who Fought Hitler

Ben and Amira are two characters that portray one of the same character traits. To start, in the story “The Boy Who Fought Hitler” a teenage boy named Ben Kamm is faced with a challenge meaning life or death. When he finds out that all Jews are exposed to danger, he sets out to join a group of partisans and helps to fight back. As he grows with the group, he becomes more and more passionate, and becomes more valiant because of what he’s doing to help. In the story “Amira’s Song” a girl named Amira is faced with many problems that affect how she acts. Amira was very brave when she had her grandma, but lost the bravery after. She became very shy about singing. When she had her Grandma, they sang together, regardless of who was listening. When Amira’s grandma died, it was like she lost a part of herself and didn’t know how to continue. Ben and Amira are remarkably brave people in different ways.

First, Ben is a very valiant person that expresses his bravery in many ways.

In the text from “The Boy Who Fought Hitler”, it says, “Ben volunteered for dangerous missions blowing up trains that carried supplies to German troops.” He was doing this to help fight back to the Germans and help everyone that was under the hold of the Germans, including his family. He was very passionate towards his group of partisans and they helped him become brave. In addition to this, the text states, “Like many young people, Ben soon learned tricks for sneaking out of the ghetto to find food for his family.” He was risking his life to help his family stay healthy and strong. This helped him become stronger and braver because he knew his family’s life was on the

line.
Amira, the main character from the story, “Amira’s Song”, is a very brave person that learned how to live without some things. In the text it says, “When Amira sang with her grandmother, her voice felt strong.” Therefore elucidating the impression that for the previous example, Amira’s grandmother influenced Amira’s bravery. When Amira’s grandmother died, Amira felt like she was the missing puzzle piece for the key to her bravery. Furthermore, in the text it says, “She kept her eyes squeezed shut and imagined not that she was onstage, but that she was in the kitchen with her grandmother… She didn’t have time to be embarrassed. Or afraid. She didn’t have time to do anything but beam.” When Amira was singing she thought of her grandmother, and that gave her the power she needed to overcome her fear. Amira’s grandmother was the fuel to Amira’s spark.
These two texts give many important traits to their main characters and lots of information to show these traits. Bravery is a trait that stands out in both Ben and Amira. While Amira’s bravery was more internal, Ben’s was mostly a battle against the world's’ problems at the time. Nevertheless, these two characters show the same spark for their bravery.