Freedom and Confinement Quotes in The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

Hiding them posed problems, but who better than zookeepers to devise fitting camouflage? (14.1)

Some people might say that zookeepers are great at taking away the freedoms of animals and locking them in cages. Those people would be glad to see the zookeepers using their talents to save human lives for a change.

Quote #5

Some villa Guests hid while others hovered, emerging only after dark to roam the house at liberty. (14.15)

Even inside the villa, Guests aren't necessarily safe. It's a pit stop on their long road to freedom; they still must hide, because any gossip could expose them. There really isn't any safety in this war.

Quote #6

Aided by friends on the Aryan side, tens of thousands of Jews managed to escape from the Ghetto before the war ended, but some famously stayed. (17.9)

A recurring motif in war stories, like this one, is how some people give up their own freedom to help others escape to freedom. Jan and Antonina are two of these people.