Salt to the Sea
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1. Joana 2. Florian 3. Emilia 4. Alfred 5. Florian 6. Emilia 7. Joana 8. Florian 9. Emilia 10. Alfred 11. Joana 12. Florian 13. Emilia 14. Joana 15. Florian 16. Emilia 17. Alfred 18. Joana 19. Florian 20. Emilia 21. Joana 22. Alfred 23. Florian 24. Joana 25. Emilia 26. Joana 27. Florian 28. Alfred 29. Emilia 30. Florian 31. Joana 32. Florian 33. Emilia 34. Joana 35. Florian 36. Joana 37. Emilia 38. Alfred 39. Florian 40. Joana 41. Emilia 42. Florian 43. Alfred 44. Joana 45. Emilia 46. Florian 47. Joana 48. Alfred 49. Emilia 50. Florian 51. Joana 52. Alfred 53. Florian 54. Emilia 55. Joana 56. Florian 57. Alfred 58. Emilia 59. Joana 60. Florian 61. Alfred 62. Emilia 63. Florian 64. Alfred 65. Joana 66. Emilia 67. Florian 68. Alfred 69. Joana 70. Alfred 71. Florian 72. Alfred 73. Joana 74. Florian 75. Alfred 76. Joana 77. Emilia 78. Florian 79. Alfred 80. Joana 81. Emilia 82. Florian 83. Emilia 84. Alfred 85. Joana 86. Emilia 87. Florian 88. Alfred 89. Joana 90. Florian 91. Alfred 92. Joana 93. Emilia 94. Florian 95. Alfred 96. Joana 97. Florian 98. Joana 99. Alfred 100. Emilia 101. Joana 102. Florian 103. Emilia 104. Florian 105. Joana 106. Emilia 107. Florian 108. Joana 109. Florian 110. Alfred 111. Joana 112. Emilia 113. Florian 114. Joana 115. Alfred 116. Emilia 117. Florian 118. Joana 119. Emilia 120. Alfred 121. Florian 122. Joana 123. Florian 124. Joana 125. Emilia 126. Florian 127. Alfred 128. Joana 129. Florian 130. Alfred 131. Emilia 132. Florian 133. Alfred 134. Joana 135. Florian 136. Emilia 137. Alfred 138. Florian 139. Joana 140. Emilia 141. Alfred 142. Florian 143. Joana 144. Emilia 145. Alfred 146. Florian 147. Joana 148. Alfred 149. Emilia 150. Florian 151. Joana 152. Alfred 153. Florian 154. Joana 155. Alfred 156.  Emilia 157. Joana 158. Florian 159. Emilia 160. Alfred 161. Florian 162. Joana 163. Emilia 164. Alfred 165. Florian 166. Joana 167. Alfred 168. Emilia 169. Joana 170. Florian 171. Joana 172. Florian 173. Emilia 174. Florian
Themes
All Themes Agency, Willpower, and Fate Storytelling and Fantasy Memory and Survival Family and Community vs. Selfishness
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Characters
All Characters Joana Vilkas Florian Beck Emilia Stozek Alfred Frick Hannelore Jäger Eva Ingrid Heinz, “The Shoe Poet” Gauleiter Erich Koch Anni Beck Dr. Lange Mrs. Frick, or “Mutter” Erna Kleist Else Kleist Mr. Stozek Mr. Beck
Terms
All Terms Amber Room Hitler Youth Gotenhafen Kriegsmarine Mein Kampf East Prussia Baltic Sea Deserter Lwów Nemmersdorf Heidelberg Repatriate Königsberg Wilhelm Gustloff Axis Powers Allied Powers Pillau Tilsit Kiel Aryan
Symbols
All Symbols Emilia’s Wreath Storks and Birds Shoes The Amber Swan
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Salt to the Sea

by

Ruta Sepetys

Salt to the Sea: 137. Alfred Summary & Analysis

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Still seasick, Alfred collapses in the music room. When a little girl laughs at him, he tears the button eye off her stuffed bear. 
Alfred has no empathy for the suffering of the refugees around him.
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