Character Relationship Map: Joanna

Characters

• Joanna Kurska (played by Urszula Grabowska) — protagonist
• Róza (played by Sara Knothe) — supporting
• Joanna's mother (played by Halina Łabonarska) — supporting
• Joanna's father (played by Leszek Piskorz) — supporting

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Joanna's father → Joanna Kurska (father)
• Joanna's mother → Joanna Kurska (mother)

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Joanna Kurska → Róza (Alliance Protector And Ward) — Joanna shelters and cares for Róza while trying to locate the girl's mother; Róza longs to be returned to her mother.

  Joanna finds Róza alone after the girl is separated from her mother, brings her home, hides her, and promises to search for her family.

Story Analysis

During the occupation, Joanna shelters a separated child while trying to find her family and sustain her own household.

Plot Progression

1. A Child Lost in the Raid — A raid interrupts Joanna's outing with a young girl, who becomes separated from her mother. Joanna finds Róza and takes her home, promising to search for her family.
2. A Hidden Child — Joanna shelters Róza and teaches her how to stay concealed in the apartment. She searches for the girl's mother but cannot locate her.
3. Work and Small Consolations — Joanna takes a precarious cleaning job after losing her museum work, despite her mother's concerns. At home, she tries to comfort Róza with books, lessons, and stories about the future.
4. An Uncertain Way Forward — Joanna keeps balancing work, family obligations, and the danger of hiding Róza when visitors arrive. With no news of the girl's mother and her job threatened, the excerpt ends without certainty about...