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Summary of Critical Articles
Historical Fiction by Jo Beverly Regardless of the research an author does, historical fiction cannot be relied on as a historical fact. The author of the novel is writing about a world that is most...
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Latter Setting
The first setting from the past only changes once more. After the authorities find and take Rachel away, Sarah remains living with the Dufaures. She is determined to go back to her apartment in Paris...
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Latter Conflict
Throughout the rest of the novel I found there to be three main conflicts being developed and resolved. The first being about Julia’s struggle to find out the story of Sarah and where she was. Her...
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Velodrome d’Hiver Roundup
One of the main historical events that this novel talks about is the Velodrome d’Hiver Roundup. This was a massive arrest which took place on July 16 and 17, 1942 in Paris France. The Nazis ordered...
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The Abortion
A difficult conflict that Julia faces in this novel is that of whether or not to get an abortion. Her husband, Bertrand made it very clear that if she did not get an abortion, they would be getting a...
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Theme
I think that De Rosnay is trying to communicate a few different ideas with this novel. First, I think she is trying to get people to have some knowledge of the events that happened during World War...
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The Movie
In 2010, the novel Sarah’s Key was made into a film. I was very excited when I saw this because it is a nice way to understand the book better. It is interesting to see how one person interprets the...
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What Happens to Sarah?
A big mystery in this novel is of Julia trying to uncover what happened to Sarah. Julia puts a lot of effort into finding Sarah when she learns that, after Sarah moved to America, she wrote to the...
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Julia’s Baby
During the novel we learn that Julia choses not to abort the child. Jarmond and her recieve a divorce and Julia moves to New York. In the last few chapters of the novel, we learn that Julia has had the...
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The End
I really enjoyed how De Rosnay chose to end her novel. In the final chapter, she meets up with William in a cafe in New York. In this conclusion, we learn a lot of final details. One major thing we...
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