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Young Protagonists in Holocausts Tips for Kids and Where the Borg Are

Introduction

Young protagonists are the main characters in a story who are responsible for making the

key decisions while at the same time playing some main roles. In the Where the Borg are, the

young protagonist is a young child by the name Milton Friendlibear who develops the startling

theory about Star Trek and the Canadian history and with the help of his grandfather and je

uncovers a vast of conspiracy. On the other hand, inThe Holocaust Tips for Kids, the

protagonist is a young Jewish boy aged ten years who has been stepped up in the role of

Holocaust to develop an escape plan just in case the whole incident happens again. The boy

brings up the lessons he is given on Holocaust Remembrance Day by his teachers into a series of

tips for an emergency that he can use just in case the event happens again. Both children share

some characteristics that deem then fit for the character of young protagonists through the

various roles they depict such as representation of their traditions, historical knowledge and

exemplification of humor.

One of the ways in which the young protagonists are similar is that they both work with

some issues in their respective traditions. In essence, the young Jewish boy, Harry Houdini, in

Holocaust Tips For Kids is depicted to have been emotionally abused by his parents into being
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certain of the fact that every sociable and respectful Gentile was a closet Nazi. The young boy

grew up knowing that the slightest defilement of religious doctrine including mixing with the

secular society and moving towards assimilation was unethical and punishable by God. In the

same way, Milton Friendlibear in Where the Borg are, is concerned with the Indian traditions

that he teams up with his grandfather to carry a thorough investigation on the links between the

1875 Indian Act and the Star Trek. The young boy leads the humorous rumination on the nature

of the European assailants who were framed by the Star Trek by affecting dialogues and

incorporating the Indian traditions to create different forms.

Both protagonists are used to familiarize the audience with historical knowledge.

Holocaust Tips for Kids is told through highlights on Talmud about Jewish suffering throughout

their history. The main context was, however, teaching the children about the Jewish history. The

Jews are said to have suffered in England, France, Austria Lithuania and Spain (Auslander 62).

The author tries to show how a young boy tries to process Jewish history and suffering they had

undergone throughout their history. The child protagonist familiarizes the audience with the

tragic act of violence that was likely to reoccur. At the beginning of the story, Auslander tries to

explain that there is a possibility of the Holocaust taking place again. This is showed by If the

Nazis come in the middle of the night and try to take me away. (Auslander 55). The author,

through the child protagonist, tries to bring historical facts together. The young Jewish boy is in

preparation in case of the reoccurrence of the Holocaust. If the Nazis come in the middle of the

night and try to take me away to a concentration camp, these are the things I plan to take with

me: some food, my allowance money, as sleeping bag, my walk-away man, toothbrush, a knife

from the kitchen, my nun chucks, some Ninja throwing stars, a flashlight and my comic book

(Auslander 56). In Where the Borg are, the author, Thomas King uses the young protagonist to
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bring the hilarious and provocative history of the Borg, Ferengis and the Europeans. Milton is

used in the comparison of the different historical events. Milton considers the European to be

greedy because they destroyed the environment and cut down trees for their selfish interests.

According to Milton, this was disrespectful to the culture of the native people who relied on the

environment. Through the young protagonist, the audience learns that the Europeans were greedy

mainly because of the rule of negotiation, Only negotiate when you are certain to profit (King

135). The negotiations of the Europeans in Canada was only to profit them alone without

considering what the Natives got. It is through Milton that the audience also realizes that the

Europeans looked like Federation officers whose main goal was to assimilate everyone and make

profit (King 141). The Europeans are greedy and assimilated the Natives but then tried to look

good to cover up for their actions.

Protagonists in Holocaust Tips for Kids and Where the Borg Are at great extent

exemplify humor. In essence, Holocaust Tips for Kids is awkwardly hilarious in that the young

protagonist thinks of how he can fight back the Nazis if in any case they returned. These tips of

fighting back the Nazis include pretending to be dead in firing lines, building bombs out of

tennis balls and match heads and throwing salt packs in Nazis eyes (Auslander 62). The story

itself sounds sadistic but then it is hilarious how a ten year old boy could undertake such acts at a

war zone. For instance, the throwing of salt in Nazis eyes is a very minor act and sounds like

fiction when compared to the real war that is usually at the battle field where people have to use

major tactics to defend themselves not mere throwing of salts at the attacker. The protagonist in

Where the Borg Are is also seen to be humorous as he struggles to prove himself right to his

teacher. Not only did he ask assistance from his mother and grandfather but also the library. The

whole process was amusing especially the part where he went to the library and after the
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librarian refused his plead of borrowing a book, he articulated that the Borg was not likely to let

the secret out (King 108).

Conclusion

Where the Borg Are is a short history of the Indians in Canada while Holocaust Tips

for Kids is a story about the likelihood of Jews being re-attacked by Nazis. The protagonist of

the Holocausts Tips for Kids is a young Jewish boy while that of the Beware of God is a

teenager boy. Both are used to develop the respective stories with the plot revolving around them

by familiarizing the audience with the themes of the respective stories. In Where the Borg Are

Milton views the white man as a greedy man who destroys the environment for his selfish

benefits without considering the effects it will have on the Natives. In the Holocausts Tips for

Kids, the author tries to explain the way the Jews suffered and were rejected and expelled in

each country they set foot on. Both of the stories show how the young boys are used to develop

the plots.
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References

Auslander, Shalom. Holocaust Tips for Kids

King, Thomas. Where The Borg Are