- An internal conflict in the novel is the fact that the author is Jewish. She is afraid to admit that to people because if the Nazi's find out, she would be sent to a concentration camp.
- An example of allusion in the novel is that the author had to be as stealthy as a hawk as she traveled place to place to hide from the Nazi's.
- An example of allusion in the novel is that the author had to be as stealthy as a hawk as she traveled place to place to hide from the Nazi's.