In the novel, The Boy on the Wooden Box, Leon Leyson known as “Little Leyson,” was a brave, daring, cheerful young Jewish boy before World War II. In the text Leon describes himself as being “The happy go-lucky adventurous boy who had gleefully looked forward to snatching a free ride on a streetcar”(64). He was just like any young boy at the time. He went swimming with his friends, ice skated with his brothers, and looked forward to his father’s visits home from the big city of Kraków. Little did Leyson know that World War II was about to ruin his life, thanks to a great bond with Oskar Schindler, he would survive the wrath of the Nazis and one of the most cruel Nazis of them all, Amon Goeth. Leon Leyson was a Jewish boy living in the small town of Narewka, Poland. Leyson recalls the times before the…show more content… This illustrates that there was some segregation against Jews in the years before the war but that was not very common. As a little boy the author didn’t really understand what the segregation meant or why people would do that but as the years went on it became crystal clear. It was because he was different. During tough times such WWII everyone needs someone to keep them going to keep them from giving up. I believe to Leon that person was Oskar Schindler. Although, Schindler was a Nazi he was different for the others. He used his power and wealth for the good. And good he did. At a time were a young Leyson was struggling to survive, Oskar Schindler was there for him. The text explicitly states that “We were completely exhausted, totally depleted of any reserve of energy;our spirits were shattered,
