Alan and Naomi

Alan and Naomi – Summary in chapters

Chapter I - Alan plays stickball with Shaun and others
- meets Naomi for the first time while she’s tearing scraps of paper on the floor of the Oak Terrace Arms
- she’s terrified due to his baseball bat, screaming, runs away

Chapter II - Parents (Sol & Ruth) talk to him because of Naomi, introduce her life story
- want him to play with her, help her
- he doesn’t want to, wants to play stickball
- Naomi is first association with WW II

Chapter III - Alan’s thinking about Naomi, the map, GESTAPO
- begins to be sensitive w.r.t. Naomi
- window-meeting: tries to talk to her by the use of a dummy
- she’s fetching Yvette, waves back, disappears
- no impact yet

Chapter IV - Alan’s tells parents that he’s going to help Naomi
- parents cry, weep
- chat with Shaun about being a sissy, doesn’t trust him (tell him about N.)

Chapter V - first time Alan’s meets Naomi in her room
- is embarrasse...