Corrie Ten Boom

The book The Hiding Place is a memoir written by Corrie Ten Boom. Her memoir brings that reader through meaningful touchstone moments in her life: from her childhood, in Haarlem Netherlands, her life leading up to WWII, how she helped Jews and others being persecuted during WWII, and her time spent imprisoned. In these touchstone moments, she shows her reader both the joyful and sorrowful moments that build up who she is. When reflecting on her touchstone moments in all stages of her life, especially those she had through her father, Ten Boom uses imagery, foreshadowing, and metaphors to create different impacts on the reader to convey what these moments meant to her and enable the reader to better resonate with her writing. Many people have …show more content…
This moment demonstrates what was learned growing up, the desire to help people, with no discrimination. This moment can make the reader reflect on what she mentioned about her father’s hospitality earlier in the book. While it is not necessarily foreshadowed, it demonstrates a moment where she reflects on morals shared with her father. While her focus stays the same, she shares the impactful moments in her life. She also spent the majority of her time in this period of her life because she felt she had the most impactful moments in her life. Even though this was the toughest period in her life, she uses these experiences to bring the touchstone moments full circle and shows that the experiences truly stuck with her but also worked together to build who she was. Growing up, her father had strong religious beliefs, ones that were passed down to her sister and her. Ten Boom also reflects on the teachings that were ingrained in her since