It is significant that Tara didn't know the word "holocaust" because it shows how little she knows outside of her home. I consider the holocaust as common knowledge, something that everyone knows. We learn about it at school as well as from our parents or on television. We talk about it to remind us of the atrocities humans can commit and how to prevent us from doing it again. Her not knowing about it shows how self-centered her education was. It was all about surviving and serving her needs. Her parents never told her about the world outside her village. She doesn't know about American…