Kindertransport

LOSS
Theme
 THEME
LOSS

The most important part where loss

appears is at the beginning of the play,
Eva's loses Helga since she needs to
move from Germany to England.
 Helga

QUOTES Saying this because she knows that

she is not going to be there for Eva,
therefore she will have to manage on
her own.
"My mother from "You have to be able to
Germany gave them manage on your own" - pg. 4
to me" - pg. 71
Eva
Eva doesn't want the jewels Helga gave
her, and she is planning on selling them. Lil
tries to stop her from selling them, but she
fails. Eva doesn't have any feeling for Helga
since she wants to sell the jewels.
 Form
Language

Structure

FORM,
STRUCTURE
AND
LANGUAGE
 FORM
In the theatre, the actresses represented loss with a sad
emotion. In page 61, while performing they even shouted at
each other. While acting, they expressed themselves how
Samuels actually wanted to make them feel . When
performing, it is more clear that there is the theme of Loss
since when you are reading the book, not much is expressed
or understood. Samuels tried to show the theme loss in the
book as much as she could, but when the play is performed
the reader/audience can see more and can feel sadder about
Eva, Evelyn and Helga. When they are performing for either
Eva or Evelyn, the actress changes so sometimes the
expressions were slightly different. Even though there were
some differences, when the play is being performed you can
understand more because in the book you don't see how the
characters are reacting or saying things, while in the play
you can see and hear at the same time, either how they are
reacting or talking and what they are saying. So, in
conclusion when watching it being performed in the theatre,
you can understand more since the facial expressions play a
big role inside the play.
 STRUCTURE
In the book, Samuels makes the characters shout at
each other when Eva/Evelyn is feeling that she has
lost her German identity/mum because of Lil.

Samuels tries to express as much as she can in the

book, even though sometimes it can be difficult to
make the reader feel how she wants them to feel.
Samuels tries to make the reader sad while reading
some parts with Eva, Evelyn or Helga, since all of
them lost each other.
 LANGUAGE
Samuels tries to catch the The quote that supports my
reader's attention by using point is "You mustn't try to stop

Emotive Language
emotive language. Emotive me. You mustn't". In the word
language is a type of literature mustn't, the reader/audience is

Quote
language that can make the able to feel how Eva is feeling.
reader feel sorry for the She wants to save her parents
characters.Samuels uses emotive so badly that she doesn't want
language so that the Lil to get in the way, since she
reader/audience can feel sorry doesn't consider her as her
about Eva/Evelyn/Helga 's loss. mother yet.
GERMAN IDENTITY
Eva has forgotten her German
identity as she is starting to get
used to living in England.
QUOTES
"When is Passover?" pg. 51
"Is it before or after Easter" pg.51
"Germany spat me out. England took
me in" pg.
Samuels shows a clear loss of
both national and religious
identity as Eva becomes less keen
to follow her maternal customs
and traditions. Helga had told her
to do so, but Eva has already
forgotten nearly everything about
Germany.
CHARACTERS
E VA , E V E LY N & H E L G A
EVA
PG.75
"I'm called Evelyn
n o w. '

She changed her name because she

lost her German identity
She wanted a more English name.
Doesn't feel German anymore.
 EVA PG. 37/38
Referring to her
"I have to get them out. There's no one parents. Doesn't want Lil to tell
her what to do
else."
because she doesn't
consider Lil as her
mum yet.
She still hasn't lost her German "You mustn't try to stop me. You
identity. Eva still feels German
and although she is taking English mustn't"
lessons, she doesn't how to speak
fluent English.
"Not English! German! I'm
German!"
 pg.61
EVELYN
'MY MOTHER FROM
'PART OF ME IS DEAD
GERMANY GAVE THEM TO
BECAUSE OF YOU.' ME.' pg.71
Evelyn says this to Lil, because she She doesn't care about Helga anymore,
accuses Lil of killing her German and she just calls her 'My mother from
part because she wasn't able do anyGermany'. Samuels makes Evelyn feel like
feasts or any type of Jewish Helga never existed, or like she has lost her
since she refers to her as Helga hadn't
celebration. She has lost her Jewish
done anything for her. With this part of the
identity and is blaming it on Lil. sentence, we can see that Evelyn doesn't
Evelyn calls Lil a murderer. She also remember much about Helga, and she
thinks she is not with Helga becausetreats her as if she had nothing to do with
her surviving. Evelyn doesn't want to see
Lil kept her for herself and stole her
that if Helga wouldn't have sent her away,
from her real mother. she would have had more chances to die.
HELGA pg. 1/2
Helga wants Eva
to be able to
manage on her
• ' T H E R E ' S N O L AT E R own, and they
L E F T , E VA . ' don't have much
'Eva was the HELGA IS TELLING THIS time left until they
name of your T O E VA B E C A U S E T H E Y have to say
great WILL LOSE EACH OTHER.
goodbye.
grandmother'
They lost each other a long

pg. 75 time ago, and she hasn't seen

Eva for ten years. Evelyn lost
her German culture so she
decided to change her name.
• ' H O W M U C H Y O U H AV E
Helga doesn't understand why
CHANGED.'
she did that because she keeps
• ' W H AT I S E V E LY N ? '
saying that part of her is
German.
 *Helga came without

HELGA pg. 75
• 'I PROMISED I
notice, and it caught
Evelyn by surprise. Evelyn
thought Helga was dead.

W O U L D C O M E , E VA '

They lost themselves, but Helga kept

promising and telling Eva that she would
come.
Helga never came, and even though Eva
wanted her to see her, and she went regularly
to the train station, Helga never came.
Kindertransport

LOSS
Theme