Talk:I Am David

Yanked non-encyclopedic info

I removed this paragraph

• this story has a very deep cultural meaning behind it "This book has made me realize that different cultures believe different things and if we just leave these beliefs alone the world wouldn’t have any wars and every one would accept people the way they just are no one will go “ oh you’re ……… I’m not going be your friend) all cultures should have the right to be free not confined by another cultures beliefs but people should be judged by who they are not what god they believe in or some thing “don’t judge a book by it’s author” is a something I made up that summarizes this whole idea because if you don’t like the author (culture, beliefs) it doesn’t mean it’s a bad book (person himself) you need to see who the person (book) is and then you can judge."

It seems rambling and to be opinion. Readin (talk) 15:20, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Setting (time)

pre-WW2, or post-WW2? Did they have concentration camps in pre-WW2 Serbia? Yes.

time setting

In the book, an Englishman tells David that his country has a queen, not a king - this would mean the book is set after the end of WW2!?

ChamonixA (talk) 12:12, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, that's quite correct. It's in the 1950s.--Ole.Holm (talk) 22:28, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

i think so far i am david is great book —Preceding unsigned comment added by Candygrl887 (talk • contribs) 16:56, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

There are distinct parallels with Ian Seraillier's book, The Silver Sword. And no doubt other people have said so.Thomas Peardew (talk) 06:48, 12 April 2015 (UTC)

Sophie's last name

I'm curious; where are people getting "Hartmann" from for Sophie Bang's last name? In the original book it's "Bang". --TheSophera (talk) 00:22, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

"And gets rapapated by a woman"

The article states that David is raped by a woman on the boat. I can't find any such incident in my copy of the book (1965 translation published by Puffin Books 1969, reprinted 1979). Is the article incorrect, or am I missing something? Battishill (talk) 14:20, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Title, publication history

These WorldCat library records will be useful.

North to Freedom (1965), linked to other records under that title

I am David (1969), linked to other records under that title

author Anne Holm

--P64 (talk) 02:17, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

The Major Cleanup

The article seemed to consist of a number of different people's summaries of the plot, and had no rational timeline, repeated several pieces of information, and included a great deal that had only been in the movie. Some of the info was a plot summary of the movie with the actors listed. The following is a brief summary of what I have changed:

1) It is never specifically stated that the camp is a Communist one, although there is a section that says that "they" came into power in 1917. I think that's reasonable to make the conclusion without calling it original research. Nor is the country specifically named - only that from there, he must go to Salonica and from there to Italy, and from Italy he must go north.

2) In the book, there is no sealed letter. David gets bread, cheese, a compass, a bottle of water, a knife, and then he asks the guard for soap. All of it is tied in a handkerchief. Later on, he buys scissors and a mirror. (I may have those contents wrong - feel free to fix it if there is no cheese)

3) He does not know that the woman he goes to in Denmark is his mother. He does get some clues from the lady in Switzerland who paints him, but that's not his goal from the beginning.

I have no information on the awards, so if you know them, go for it. The whole article could definitely do with some more tweaking, but here's the start. Enjoy!

Reynardo (talk) 12:02, 26 October 2012 (UTC)