![]() Julia says, “I thought of Sarah Starzynski, who had been Zoe’s age when horror came into my life” (Rosnay 173). ![]() Sarah’s life and personality can be compared to a combination of Julia’s and Zoe’s life in two ways and contrasted in another: Zoe’s confidence and maturity at a young age, Julia’s depression and loss of touch with reality, and contrasted through Sarah’s inability to open up to those around her. Julia’s experiences and dual citizenship are two ways in which she can relate to other people, like Sarah’s Polish ancestry but French nationality. Michaela Wolf says, “The first is performed primarily through dual nationality, and this helps Julia to translate herself into the historical events, gradually permeating Sarah’s figure” (70). From a psychological perspective, the novel dives into the mind of a Holocaust survivor and examines the lasting effects it has on her life. Silence is used as a theme throughout the novel to indicate Sarah’s inability to move on from her past and France’s inability to face the fact that they committed atrocities, similar to the Nazis, during World War II. As the story goes back and forth between Sarah’s story and Julia’s research into Sarah’s life, the reader discovers the silence within France. ![]() In Tatiana De Rosnay’s novel, Sarah’s Key, the reader learns about France’s military and police force partaking in similar actions to the Nazi regime. ![]()
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