Excerpt from Pearl Harbor as Seen through Adam's Eyes
Tracy Wilson
Numerous documentaries, memoirs, and photographs have been published attempting to illustrate the unexpectedness and
viciousness of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor as seen through the eyes of the adults who witnessed it. Mazer uses Adam's
innocence and naivete to examine the attack as seen by an adolescent boy. Knowing that Adam's father is on the Arizona builds
suspense as the reader waits anxiously to find out the fate of Lt. Pelko.
What does the reviewer feel Mazer has done differently from other artists who have tried to capture the tragic event?
He does not use graphic art.
B)
He was there himself and saw the event.
He created a children's picture book.
He tells the story through a teenage narrator.
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