Make a list of the critical moments for Josef in the book Refugee and write one quote from the text that shows the change in the character so far (with citations)! Also, explain how that shows a critical moment/change in your character.

“You can live as a ghost, waiting for death to come, or you can dance.”

Explanation:

“All my life, I kept waiting for things to get better. For the bright promise of mañana. But a funny thing happened while I was waiting for the world to change, Chabele: It didn't. Because I didn't change it.”

“If no one saw them, no one could help them. And maybe the world needed to see what was really happening here.”

His father, Aaron, is taken away by the Nazis on Kristallnacht and is sent to the Dachau concentration camp. When Aaron is released six months later, Josef, his mother Racheal, his sister Ruthie, and Aaron all board the St. Louis, which is set to take them to Cuba.