The Characterization of Felix Salinger as the Main Character in Morris Gleitzman’s Once

The present study aimed to elaborate on the characterization of Felix Salinger, main character in Morris Gleitzman’s Holocaust novel entitled Once. Through textual analysis, revealed that portrays Salinger as an eight-year-old Jewish boy who was religious, brave, caring, and creative. Salinger's religious involved strong tolerance toward Christianity high respect for higher powers their various names. His bravery shown when he had accomplish many challenging tasks at risk his own life. caring characterizations were supported by observant, attentive, selfless characters. creativity relied imagination create solutions challenges faced, including creating stories entertain others part survival. These findings imply children can be very resilient situations.