In the thrilling story Daniel's Story, by Carol Matas, Daniel is a leader. Daniel is a leader because during all the hardships he encounters, he is an amazing role model, and contains many positive traits. In Daniel's Story, smart is one of the best traits that could be given to Daniel. Daniel is smart, because when he was confronted by an S.S officer after hiding in the floorboards of the barracks, he thought up a believable story there on the spot. A second reason is, When Daniel had a 50% chance of dying, he smacked his cheeks and bit his lips, so when the officer was choosing which jews would die ,daniel would look as if he were healthy enough to work. Courageous is a second trait Daniel contains. Daniel is courageous because of these reasons. First of all, he still has hope that the allies will come soon. He believes they will take over, and all jews will be free again, and also believes no jew should have to live by …show more content…
Daniel is willing because he would do anything to make sure his dream of being free comes true. During the book, Daniel joins a resistance group. One of the other group members has a risky request.The request consists of Daniel sneaking a camera into camp, and Taking illegal photos of the creamotorias, the gas chambers, and the germans abusive behavior. Even though this event could get daniel killed , daniel is up for the job. Another reason why Daniel is willing is; when Daniel spots Erika in the concentration camp band, He needs to message her. he can tell she is unhealthy, and no longer has hope. While working at his unit, Daniel askes a kapo officer if he can use more oil to oil down the machine he was assigned to. When given the oil, Daniel rips his cleaning cloth into a small sheet, and writes “ D&F ALIVE” , Daniel and father alive, in oil on the surface of the cloth. When walking past the band at roll call, daniel flicks the cloth at Erika, hitting her square in the