THEMES - THEME ANALYSIS

God's love is always there

The most important theme of this story is God's love is always there no matter how dark the shadows are that fall over us. This could be seen first in how the ten Boom's secret work for the Resistance was challenged many times and yet always persevered until God Himself decided to allow the raid that sent Corrie and Betsie to prison. He needed them in the various prisons and concentration camps to provide hope for those who were facing, at the least, the horrific conditions within the prisons and, at the most, their inevitable.........

Love for our fellow man

Another theme involves the idea of love for our fellow man. Even when Casper ten Bloom was offered the chance to return home after his arrest if he promised not to bring any more Jews into his home, he proclaimed that if he was sent home, he would always provide shelter for anyone who needed him. This lesson was........

 


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