Musical View

Here is a link to a instrumental, that I thought fit the style of The Boy Who Dared.

http://www.classicalconnect.com/music/5580

The Boy Who Dared is built by suspense. Through out the book, we see short glimpses of what the future holds for Helmuth. Every time you think that things could be gong a little bit better, or worse for him, your accusations are either denied or confirmed by a flash-foreward to a seen where Helmuth is rotting, waiting in jail, waiting for the executioner, trying not to let any hope seep into his constantly flowing thoughts. Through out the story of his life, leading up to his death, you are constantly reminded of the oppression that the Germans, Jewish, Polish, and the numerous other races are placed under as Adolf Hitler gains power. It gets harder and harder to see how things could possibly get any better.

Asturias Leyenda by Isaac Albeniz creates the same impression as each aspect of the book. Asturias Leyenda is a guitar instrumental. The fast tempo and fluctuating dynamics of the piece give it a suspenseful heat that seems to fit the state of Helmuth's life. As the piece progresses it hits a point where sudden, powerful strums shake the listener, in an identical way to the shock that is felt every time we see a sliver of what Helmuth's future holds. In the moments of horror, such as those when Helmuth is caught, and sentenced to prison, and most likely death, the music slows down to nothing but small sporadic sets of picking on the acoustic. This symbolizes the feeling of fear, and never knowing what is to come.

Getting A Glimpse 

1.
The Boy Who Dared

2.
*Flash Foreward* Five-Star Bedrooms!

3.
Toy Soliers

4.
Adolf Hitler comes in to power as the Chancelor

5.
The Burning Reichstag

6.
Radio for German stations only

7.
Hitlers power grows

8.
The difficulty of staying faithful becomes greater

9.
*Flash Foreward* Light shines through the window of the cell

11.
Hitler talks about how communism threat is growing

12.
All Jewish Schools were created and that began to be the only place that Jews would go to school.

13.
Young males could get jobs in factories producing weapons or other goods needed in the war

14.
The burning of all books written by authors who werent german

16.
Gestapo!

17.
SS Soldiers began to sprout up absolutely everywhere.

18.
Helping out with police and detective work

19.
*Flash Forwards* Exicutioners block

20.
*Flash Forwards* Writing The Final Letters Home