Here's an essay i wrote in 6th grade for the book FOUR PERFECT PEBBLES: (A/N- could some one tell me how to underline/put in bold, or put in italics?) Walter is the main characters father, this is from the point of view of some other store owner during the Holocaust

What was that phrase Hitler said about closing the Jewish stores? One small step for me, one giant leap for a perfected world? Can you say scapegoat? Now I'm not saying it's all that way, I mean that if Walter's shoe shop is closed, people will come to mine, but it's not so great to think that about friends. I suppose I'll be able to take some shoes he's made and sell them here, yet I'm terrified of exposure. Even so, I'm relieved that I will still be able to feed my family. It feels like a long sigh - so thankful, but worried whether you're next or not. It really is distressing that people won't have quality shoes from a friendly man anymore because of one vile man's erroneous thoughts. I'm still wondering, though, why? How many Jewish people really have to suffer for our dictator to be satisfied? One step? One leap? One step and one leap backwards, is more like it.














* Hitler did not actually say "One small step for me, one giant leap for a perfected world."