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==== Tropes used by the novel: ====
* [[Adult Fear]]
* [[Anvils That Needed to Be Dropped]]: The point of the book and the movie, to introduce young teenagers to the the Holocaust.
* [[As the Good Book Says...]]
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Hannah when telling the men about the failed escape attempt.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Subverted with Hannah knowing the outcome about the escape attempt.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Commandant Breuer.
* [[Composite Character]]: In the film, Rivka becomes Hannah's cousin and replaces the relatives she meets when she first journeys to the past.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Twice. First when the women are ordered to strip to their underwear when they enter the camp. Secondly when
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Gitl does this several times to Chaya.
* [[Grandfather Clause]]
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* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: While Hannah's hair is being cut off, she realizes she can't remember her old life at all, and eventually just believes Hannah never existed.
* [[Infant Immortality]]:
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Not explicitly stated but left in with a bit of [[Fridge Brilliance]]. When Hannah is speaking to her Aunt Eva she remarks "the way you speak, I will never get over it
** Also about the photo "someday I will make you a copy
* [[Meaningful Name]]: As the quotes says above, Chaya means 'life
* [[Shot At Dawn]]
* [[Tear Jerker]]
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