My point in this essay is that small characters do change Felix’s actions and feelings because in the story Felix is thankful against Barney in this quote ‘Barney speaks to him some more in German, pointing at me and the other kids, who were peering out of the tent’ this quote represents Barney’s feelings over Felix and the children he took care of. Barney shows he wants to keep Felix and the other kids safe when he argues with the German officer to let Felix and the other children go with him but he is then thrown into the train box to German territory to be executed just for being a Jewish person. In my opinion Felix probably thinks of Barney as a new father because he takes great care of him and the children and he always tries to give the children and Felix something they want if he has it. This shows that Barney is a loving character and thoughtful person that wants to take Felix and the other children some where safe where they can stay alive.
The quote ‘I hate stories about God and Jesus and Mary and that crowd and how they’re meant to be taking care of us’ at this moment Felix is just trying to make himself more angry about what Barney said about his parents. Barney said that he is never going to see his parents ever again because they died so he tries to forget what he said but it won’t come out of his head. Felix at this moment is upset about what Barney said and he doesn’t want to worry the others so he hides and does not show that he is upset. Felix always believes Barney and he started crying because Barney said that his parents were executed and in the story Felix always believes him. The author (Morris Gleitzman) has written Felix’s language in this part and it seemed he was angry but after reading and thinking about it, he was actually worried that Barney might actually be right.
In my opinion the quote ‘Thank you God, Jesus, Mary, The Pope and Richard Crompton, you are on our side after all,’ means Felix has now realised that this is a chance for him to save Zelda. This one chance he had was to call the Nazi officer for his story and Felix thinks that God, Jesus, Mary, The Pope and Richard Crompton gave him this chance. Zelda was sick and she is also a small character and since Felix can save her life Felix now feels relieved that he at least saved Zelda the one that came with him in this adventure. What Felix did was wave the story to make the Nazi officer come over and then he can show the Nazi officer Zelda’s locket, which had a picture of her mother and her father in a Nazi uniform.
Felix’s Mum and Dad affect his feelings a lot because most of the time he just wishes to be with his mum and dad reading a book and eating carrot soap. At the begging he got a whole carrot in his soap and he thought this was a sign that his parents are coming back to bring him home. But what actually happened was that his parents friend gave him a whole carrot by purpose just to keep his hopes up because really wants to see his mum and dad. Some other times when he thinks of his parents is when he saw Zelda’s parents laying down in a farm dead and all the animals were shot so he decided to save Zelda because she was still breathing. He then thought if his parents were already shot by the Nazis or if they are still alive out their waiting for Felix. There are lots more times when Felix thinks about his parents.
All of my opinions bring me to my conclusion and I think that small characters change Felix’s actions and opinions through out the story. Barney gives Felix upsetting and thankful feelings, Zelda gives him thoughtful feelings and the other kids act as if they are one family surviving together. This is my opinion of the question ‘What effects do smaller characters (Barney, Zelda, Mum and Dad) have on role of Felix?’
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