The Hiding Place: An Analysis

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The novel begins with ten Boom’s pleasant account of her life. She’s happy unmarried and living with her family. She lives to make those around her happy. This trait is also found in her family. Many of their customers are treated as close personal friends, which many of them are. She’s very pleasant and loves life. The reader of the book begins to feel as if they’re part of the family. The ambiance of the house makes everyone and anyone feel welcome.
Ten Boom makes the decision to hide Jews who are in danger of being taken to concentration camps, and harassed by the Nazi’s well aware of the fact that she could easily loose her own life. This in itself is an example of her deep respect for human life. She puts her own as well as her family’s lives in danger to save the lives of Jews who are under persecution of the Nazi’s. She is a heroine for the Jews she’s helping. Due to her position in the community, people coming in and out of her house, well watch shop, was not ...

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life too and chooses not to lie, but help the Jews at the same time. When the Nazi’s ask Nollie if there are Jews hiding in the house, she replies yes, the fear of the entire household is not enough for the Nazi’s to believe and search the house. Nollie sticks by her position and does not lie to protect the safety of herself of the Jews in hiding, but nothing happens to them. This has to do with their faith. They are doing the work of God and God in turn is protecting them.
While ten Boom is hiding Jews in her home, she further endangers her life by visiting Pickwick and all the Mr. and Mrs. Smit’s at his home. She broke the curfew set by the Nazi’s to meet with other people that ...

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