In the book if i should die before I wake, the author, Han Nolan, portrays Chana to be a very strong person emotionally. Chana's strength is shown throughout the book from losing her family one by one, to the consequences dealing with escaping Lodz. Chana lost her father first; he was shot by Nazis.(16-18) Next Chana's little sister Nadzia left the family to live with non-Jews.(43-44) In the ghetto Zade died of old …showed first 75 words of 649 total…

…showed last 75 words of 649 total…assistant to someone important, they could have pull into putting me somewhere else where the work and torture are less. If I had to make the decision whether to run away from the ghetto life, I would've done the same as Chana and Bubbe, but I would've hid while in public places so I wouldn't be as noticeable to people. Overall Chana made good decisions considering the atmosphere she was living in most the time.