e over his school work as he acclaims, "We received our tests back. In spite of my dismal expectations I got an A!" (Sierakowiak, p. 59). Even when dismal situations arise, his still hopeful soul writes of these downsides in a more poetic way, as to somehow give them a lighter side to the shadow is casts over him. "A gloomy mood pervades the city...," and "The Germans do whatever they wish, terrorizing people on the streets and robbing at will" seem to display this eloquent side because of his word choice (Sierakowiak, p. 59, 62). His optimism is noted with hopes of living to see the end of the war, "Yellow armbands and imprisonment, like in the ghetto. But it doesn't matter; we will live through this action to see a fine shining future" (Sierakowiak, p. 63).
             Again though, times have changed and through the lost second book that would depict the time of January 1, 1940 to April 5, 1941, times must have been bad. On his first entry in the recovered book, starting on April 6, 1941 he writes "There's no hope for improvement" and the day after he writes of their hunger on the Holidays, "Our holiday starvation will be identical to what we experience every other day of the week" (Sierakowiak, p. 77). Dawid again experiences some favorable times in school. He learns new languages and though does it as a source of income, tutors other children on the criteria from the gymnasium. He reads many books printed in other languages and prides himself on his accomplishments in the classroom and with his homework. He was even admitted to the student board that he used to help build more nutrition for the students at the school. He was also asked by fellow students to be a part of a group that discusses theories, communism and Marxism and helped publish a school newspaper for which he also wrote columns. With these positive moments in his life, he has hopes that as long as his health continues a...