Suzy and Leah is a story
where two girls misunderstand each other and hate each other
. Leah is a refugee, and does not understand that Suzy is trying to help her fit in. The story is written through both of their diaries. They misinterpret each other until the very end of the story, when they read each other’s diaries.
What was the author’s purpose?
To teach about the difficulties Jewish refugees had and teaching people with different experiences can learn from each other and inform and entertain the readers
; to teach about a specifc moment in history.
What is the central idea of Suzy and Leah?
The author’s purpose of this story was
to entertain people with a story about two unlikely friends
. The author believes that Jews are treated unfairly in concentration camps. The mood is kind of changing throughout. In the beginning, Suzy and Leah are budding heads, but in the end, they become friends.
What do Leah’s early reactions to Suzy tell you about Leah?
What do Leah’s early reactions to Suzy tell you about Leah? Leah’s reactions
show that she is proud of her heritage and afraid because of her experiences
. … Suzy begins to perceive Leah as very brave to have survived such horrible experiences.
Why did Jane Yolen write Suzy and Leah?
The story is called Suzy and Leah, written by Jane Yolen. The author’s Jewish heritage inspired her to write
a story about Leah, a Jewish Holocaust survivor
, who is relocated to a refugee camp in upstate New York. Suzy is the American girl assigned to teach her English and introduce her to American culture.
Why is Leah afraid to wear a name tag?
She is also scared about the name tags
because they remind her of being labeled as a Jew in Germany
. 8. The word permanent means “lasting for a long time.” Suzy is annoyed that Leah does not seem to appreciate people being nice to her.
What is the setting of the story Suzy and Leah?
– This story is set in
New York in an American school and a refugee camp
. (Leah is in a refugee camp and Suzy goes to an American school.) – Set in a temperate biome that receives all four seasons.
What are two things the author might of wished to teach her audience through this story?
Teach about the difficulties Jewish refugees had and teaching people with different experiences can learn from each other.
WHAT PURPOSE MIGHT THE AUTHOR HAVE FOR INCLUDING DETAILS ABOUT LEAH’S LIFE BEFORE THE WAR?
Wanted the reader to see Leah as a ‘real’ person Wanted the reader to realize how much Leah’s life had changed 6.
What does Leah mean when she writes there is still barbed wire between us and the world?
What does Leah mean when she writes, “There is still barbed wire between us and the world”?
She has not yet been freed from the German concentration camp. The refugees have not been freed from the American refugee camp. The fear she continues to feel keeps her imprisoned emotionally.
Why doesn’t Leia eat the food she is given?
Why didn’t Leah eat the candy Suzy brought to the camp that first day? … She doesn’t know what candy is. She doesn’t want to act like an animal.
She knows candy will give her cavities
.
Is a refugee?
A refugee is
someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence
. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.
What good comes out of Suzy’s reading Leah’s diary?
She remembers that sick people in the concentration camps were killed. Q. In “Suzy and Leah,” what good comes from Suzy’s reading Leah’s diary?
Suzy realizes that Leah has liked her all along.
WHAT PURPOSE MIGHT THE AUTHOR HAVE HAD FOR INCLUDING THE DETAILS ABOUT SUZY LAUGHING AT THE REFUGEES AND WONDERING IF THEY HAVE ‘BUGS’?
Show how insensitive some Americans could be to the refugees.
How do refugees get citizenship?
In order for a refugee to become a citizen, he or she must be in the United States
for at least five years and have permanent residence for at least five years
. … This allows him or her to then apply for naturalization once permanent residence is approved.
Where do most refugees come from?
Turkey
hosts the largest number of refugees, with nearly 3.7 million people. Colombia is second with 1.7 million, including Venezuelans displaced abroad (as of end-2020).
