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A Literary Analysis of the Story Jacob the Liar

This essay is about Jurek Becker's Jacob the Liar. The story is about Jews being forced by Nazis to live in a ghetto in Poland. Jacob is a restaurant owner who gives people hope by talking about an impending liberation by the Soviet army. The author mentions that the story's narration must be in the third person because it seems the narrator got their information from other sources. The story's main characters are Jacob, Lina, Kowalski, Miska, and the radio. These characters represent the diversity of people in the ghetto. The author discusses how Jacob is called a liar because he is lying about what he hears on the radio. The author also discusses symbolism in the story that shows that Jacob is a good person. The author also suggests that the tree is an important symbol because trees are linked to concepts of strength, security, life, survival, knowledge, and hope. Despite the factual information in the story, the author points out that there is a lack of historical accuracy.
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"Overall, this paper is very well-written. The essay is well-organized, with a clear introduction and conclusion. I do suggest that you elaborate on the introduction a bit more. Add more details about what the reader should expect to read about in the body of the paper and add a thesis statement that guides the body of the paper. Doing this will make it clearer what your essay's purpose is and allow the reader to notice if you stayed focused on that purpose throughout your writing. You did an excellent job with the content of your paper. You used numerous facts from the text to support the points you were trying to make. I do recommend that you add some in-text citations to your writing, though, to avoid potential plagiarism issues. Your paper is almost perfectly formatted, with only one noticeable spacing error at the beginning. There also is extra space between paragraphs. Last, the area that could use the most work is your grammar, punctuation, and sentence structure. There are many word choice and word order errors, along with missing punctuation. If you need help in this department, feel free to have someone else read through the writing for you and provide you with proofreading advice."

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