Savyon Liebrecht was a child of survivors from the Holocaust and like many other children who went through the same experience; she had to deal with the trauma of the past. This admired contemporary writer has grown up, and through her writings, it is evident that she is still trying to understand and live with the "silence" which her blood relations bestowed upon her. A Room on the Roof displays the innate tension when prejudice, misunderstanding and fear that arises when not knowing, and questioning what is known to ones self. It seems that individuals adopt thinking, values and beliefs of those around them, which is primarily learned from families. With this, our judgments are clouded by the values we were raised with and that in turn, affect our worldviews.

A great influence to how the Arabs are to be perceived is the woman's husband. She appears to be under the husbands' wing; seizing the values and believes of his and making them her own. Constantly being around people......

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Title: A Room On The Roof
Approximate Word Count: 516
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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