Antagonist

I am currently reading the book The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman. The story focuses on the beginnings of world war two and about the hostilities shown towards jews during this time period. It's obviously a different take then what i would expect on a book about the time area  that this book takes place in, because of the fact that it literally takes place in a zoo which makes the book seem like it's a book on the biology of animals instead of the important events of the time period that it takes place in. the  book is starting to unravel itself as the book goes on.

As we can recall the antagonist doesn't necessarily have to be a physical living charecter in the story. The antagonist can be a force in the story and I would say that the antagonist in the story is the theme of war and Hitler. The antagonist in the story is war because of the fact that it messes up the flow of the protagonists life. War messes up the ability of Jan and Antonia too continue the productiveness of their zoo and to continue their research.This is what makes an antgonist an antagonist because it gets in the way of the protagonists want, because of the own wants of the antagonist. War causes Antonia to run away from her home with her son. It can also be considered Hitler because he's the cause of the problems that Antonia has to face. This is the humanistic version of the anttagonistt in the story

These two things you can tell is the antagonists of the story because Antonia even worries about her son. She says that how could a boy experience things like this, because Antonia has also been a victim of war losing two parents in the process of it. This shows that its a real big problem for her because she has too face the terrible parts of it and she doesn't want her son to experience it. showing the same emotions as it would normally be to an antagonist.

In conclusion, war and Hitler are the antagonists inthe book because they cause great problems of paranoia, transforming the charecters usual life.