Tonya Said:

Paper writing help- how do you interepret this passage?

We Answered:

The Jewish newborns (kittens) have inherited poverty and despair. Inside their mother's womb, the babes were warm but now have been thrust into a cold (winter) cruel world (snow fort). They are innocent (blind) of their circumstances but soon will realize (see) them.

The kittens are symbolic of the Jewish babies. Both have inherited poverty unknowingly.

Winter symbolizes the cold and harshness of the Jewish babe's circumstance.

Snow fort symbolizes the Jewish babe's world or home.

Blindness symbolizes the Jewish babe's innocence or unknowing. The author states that the kittens "were still blind". This possibly suggests they won't stay blind in the future. The (kittens/infants) will see and realize their circumstance in time.