Writing Prompt: One SUMMARY; One PARAPHRASE; One QUOTE:
1) Using paragraphing and apt quotations, summarize Part III.
2) Paraphrase a significant passage from Part III and in a brief paragraph explain to your reader why the passage is significant to the text as a whole.
3) Find a significant quote from Part III, and in a brief, well-developed paragraph, explain to your reader why the quote is significant to the text as a whole.
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Peter Cote
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English 1003
12 November 2015
Paraphrase, Summary, and Pertinent Quote In the Garden of Beasts 3
Paraphrase p. 136:
Messersmith proposed a solution to stoping Germany from their constant attacks was to have the United States intervene with Germany. He believed that this would stop Hitler before he has complete control over the people of Germany. Messersmith explains that the people of Germany are not all on board with Hitler, and if the United States waited too long, then all of the people would be on board. He proclaims that it would be very hard to intervene with a fully united Germany. This is important because it shows that Messersmith is concerned with Hitler’s growing power and realizes that Hitler will not get kicked out of power. Unlike many people believe, Messersmith shows that Germany is a nation to be afraid of.
Quote:
As Martha offends Thomsen at one of her parties, Hanfstaengl explains to her about offending the wrong people. He says that “one must be careful not to offend their sensitive souls” (147). He says this to show that New Germany is different than from what Martha believes, not everyone is friendly. This foreshadows the events to come that Martha will offend another Nazi official, but this time she will not go unpunished. Hanfstaengl realizes that Martha can and will be hurt if she accidentally offends German officials and needs to watch what she says.
Summary:
In Erik Larson’s “In the Garden of the Beasts,” Martha is shown creating many problems with her father because of all the affairs she is having, and they both start to recognize the severity of what is happening in Germany. Martha acquires many new lovers, but she has a one night stand with most of them. She causes rumors to be spread about her and other Nazi officials that cause people to lose respect for Dodd. Dodd is also starting to realize along with Martha that Germany has many issues that are wrong. He explains in a telegraph that “In times of great stress men are too apt to abandon too much of their past social devices and venture too far upon uncharted courses. And the consequence has always been reaction, sometimes disaster” (148-149). Dodd inadvertently calls out Germany. He is agreeing with Messersmith about someone not doing something soon. Both of them realize that Germany is a threat to the world, and if no one does anything soon, they will be united. As Messersmith claims Germany to be a threat, he says that “If there were intervention by other powers now, probably half of the population would still look upon it as deliverance. If it is delayed too long, such intervention might meet a practically united Germany” (136). Like Messersmith, Dodd believes that Hitler is becoming too powerful and stopping Hitler as soon as possible is the easiest way to not have Germany be a threat to the whole world. As time goes on, Dodd and Martha begin to realize that Germany is not worth defending because it has turned into a horrible place where no one is safe.
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English 1003
12 November 2015
In the Garden of Beasts: Part III
In Part III of In the Garden of Beasts, Dodd begins to realize the true horrors that are taking place in Hitler’s Germany and is not comfortable with what’s taking place. A Nazi parade takes place and Dodd realizes that he must take action to make changes. However, Dodd’s daughter, Martha, is becoming very well-known among the men of Berlin and even begins a relationship with the head of Gestapo, Boris. Put out by what is going on in Germany, Dodd presents a speech called "Economic Nationalism" at a Nazi function and angers many Nazi officials, so much so that Hitler, himself, withdraws from the League of Nations and schedules a face-to-face meeting with Dodd.
As Nazi oppression continues to get worse, Kaltenborn and his family attempt to leave the country when another raid takes place. Before they boarded for their ship home, the Kaltenborn family was walking around, doing last minute shopping when a group of Storm Troopers begin to approach them. In attempt to avoid having to present the Hitler salute, Kaltenborn and his family pretend to be distracted. Enraged by this, one of the Storm Troopers hits Kaltenborn’s son in the face, all in the presence of Berlin police officers who fail to do anything to intervene, showing the amount of power that the Nazi party has gained.
As times time grew worse in Germany, it was hard to maintain a hope of change. “Though Dodd continued to nurture the hope that the German government would grow more civil, he recognized that Hitler’s two decisions signaled an ominous shift away from moderation.” (153.). Hitler’s power continued to grow in Germany, and despite Dodd’s best attempts to overlook this, the bad rapidly overpowered the good.
Devante Wrenn
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English 1003
12 November 2015
Part 3
In part three of “in the garden of beast” Dodd and his family have moved in a new place and they start to experience new things that are going on in Germany. Dodd heard some information about an American getting beaten by a Nazi because he didn’t salute to the Nazi anthem. Then later on a woman who wasn’t a Jew but was engaged with a Jew got dragged in the street and mistreated by Nazis. The kaltenborn family was having a good time at Germany and nothing was going on until one day. What happened that day was while they were walking past a parade of Nazis they didn’t salute because they said they were Americans, and they didn’t have to do that. So a nazi guy came up to the child and began to beat him in the head. The officers saw everything but didn’t do anything about it. Kaltenborn was very upset about this and instead of saying there isn’t anything going on in germane he decided to say that there is something going on. On Dodd side he sees everything going half and half. On the other hand Martha is becoming a popular young lady who is getting attention from men. She has been with a few men and continues to make her way down. As Dodd sees no terrible wrong doing of Germanys he decides he is going to leave soon. He doesn’t want to tell anyone and he wants to keep everything a secret. He also has a few conflicts with Germany’s ambassador but his main thing was meeting Hitler. While Dodd his worrying about that he doesn’t know that his daughter will soon become Hitler’s new “girl”.
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In chapter thirteen on page 115 the butler criticizes Dodd’s house hold. He says “that was not a house, but a house of ill repute”. He talks bout how dud isn’t playing his role as a father and just letting Martha do whatever she wants in the house. The butler sees what she does, but Dodd doesn’t. Martha tends to be a sneaky and attractive girl that gets the attention of guys. She is always with a guy and sneaks out with guys at night. The butler can’t believe that nothing is being done and that he seems like he is the only one that sees this. He describes the house hold as not a stable house but a house with no concern about what is going on.
Paraphrase
In chapter 16 on page 137 Dodd tells the secretary hull that he is leaving. The letter is only for the hull. It is a letter saying when and why he is leaving. He also says when he is coming back. I believe that the request is more important because he seems like he is sneaking out of Germany. There is more than leaving to Dodd’s plan and he doesn’t want anyone to know about it. I don’t think Dodd wants to spook Germany and having them think that there is something going and they are about to get caught. Even though he says that he is going to spend time on his farm and do some teaching in Chicago; I believe that Dodd has more of a reason for living than that. He is keeping it a secret for no one to know so it must be something important behind his leaving plan.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn Erik Larson’s, “In the Garden of Beasts,” the Dodd family is realizing how bad Germany really is. Dodd explains how Germany is becoming very powerful with Hitler, and it needs to be stopped soon. Many Nazi’s became very angry when Dodd spoke out, and Hitler decided that he wanted to speak with him. Also, Martha began sleeping around with multiple men, like Thomas Wolfe, Armand Berard, Max Delbruck, Boris etc. This started causing a bad reputation for her family.
Quote:
Martha started having affairs, and having one night stands. “Martha’s parents gave her full independence, with no restrictions on her comings and goings.” (115). Dodd and his wife gave her the opportunity to mess up the family’s reputation and her self image.
Paraphrase:
(Page 115)
Martha felt something she had never felt before, with Rudolph Diels. Diels had pride, confidence, and held himself with such intimidation. When he walked into the part of Martha’s, it was like the whole world stopped. The room was filled with such tension and uncertainty about who he
Carter Groomes
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English 1003
12 November 2015
Summary : In Part III of In the Garden of the Beasts, the notoriety of Germany is steadily increasing at a signifigant rate. Dodd realizes in this part of the book that Germany is not a safe place for his family. He watches Hitler as he slowly rises to power and tells Messersmith that if nobody does anything soon it will get out of hand. Martha is becoming very fond of having the attention of many men attracted to her. She tramps around with many guys, one of which by the name of Boris, a signifigant figure. Once Martha realizes Germany is becoming corrupt she and her father start to talk about wanting to leave the country.
Paraphrase: In the middle of September the Dodd's were noticing the noise coming from the upper floors of their house on Tiergartenstrasse, which only was supposed to be occupied by only Panofsky and his mom. Without telling Dodd, some carpenders arrived and, at seven every morning they started banging and hammering and doing all kinds of work for two weeks straight.
Quote: As the days and nights grew longer for Dodd, his family began to see the terrible things Germany was doing against everyone. Anyone who was not how the German's thought of as "normal", the German's wished to kill every single one of them. An example of this that Larson says is "In the world outside Dodd's windows, however, the shadows steadily deepened. Another attack occured against an American, a representative of the Woolworth dime-store named Roland Velz" (135). This shows the chaos that was brewing up in the streets of Germany. Nobody wanted to reveal who they were because they did not want to face the consequences of the Germans.
Breanna Roper
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English 1003
12 November 2015
Summary
In part III of Erik Larson's "In the Garden of Beasts", Dodd begins to realize, along with others, that Hitler is no longer doing good for society, if he ever was to begin with. Dodd realizes that Hitler is abusing his power, and is very dangerous. He is not "okay" with what is happening around him; he is horrified, even repulsed. He of course wishes to find a way to turn things around, but that is unlikely, more so impossible. He does, however, present a speech that somewhat expresses his views on what is happening, but it does not work in a successful manner. It angers many nazis, so much that Hitler decides he would like to meet with Dodd. On a less significant note (but still important), Martha has still been up to her flirtatious ways and has become very prominent with the men in Germany. She is very well known; even some of the Nazis now know of her, causing Dodd to not seem as respectable as he once did. He would not be happy if he knew how Martha is living.
Paraphrase
A woman was being dragged, but also slightly supported through a "parade" designed to humiliate her. Her hair had been completely cut off, and her face and head were plastered with white powder. She was laughed at, insulted, and ultimately tortured, but not for a sufficient reason; she had relations with someone who was Jewish. This passage reveals the astonishing amounts of hate, racism, and judgement in Germany during that time. The nazis go out of their way to turn innocent lives into a living hell, but for no specific reason; just for being Jewish. It shows how severe things actually were.
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Being a member of the Nazi Germany required dedication and loyalty, even if it were not genuine. Even the Nazis themselves were not all willing to do the things that they did, they felt a sense of obligation. If they did not follow through or commit to their duties, they would endure severe punishments; such as beatings or public humiliation. Martha describes about Diel, a Nazi, "There began to appear before my romantic eyes . . . a vast and complicated network of espionage, terror, sadism and hate, from which no one, official or private, could escape" (119). This reveals an insight to what the people involved in Germany must face; whether they are willing or not.
Logan Radwanski
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English 1003
12 November 2015
In the Garden of Beast Sum/Para/Quote
Part III of In the Garden Beast, the truth starts to finally get out and people’s eyes are finally beginning to open towards the violence towards Americans and Jews. Bill and Martha witness violence against an Aryan woman who wants to marry a Jew and an American radio host’s son is attacked when him and his family is visiting the country. Bringing the attention to the US government and popping up in German newspapers. Adding to the things that Dodd has to deal with as he has been officially recognized as an ambassador his duties have increased. Martha isn’t helping as she gets involved with many men such as high-ranking Nazis and a Soviet man only is “adding fuel to the quietly growing campaign against Dodd.” As things start heating up in the government with Hitler’s declaration to leave the League of Nations and Dodd’s Columbus Day presentation that used allusions to present what was happening/going to happen to Germany in the direction Hitler is taking the country.
In chapter twelve where an American commentator, Kaltenborn’s son is attack while him and family were visiting Germany. On page one hundred four and five, the last and beginning paragraphs where Messersmith expresses the relief he feels as Kalthenborn’s eyes have been opened by the attack upon his on by the SA on the treatment of Americans in Germany. As before “if it hadn’t been for the incident, Kaltenborn would have gone back and told his radio audience how fine everything was in Germany and how badly the American officials were reporting to our government and how incorrectly the correspondents in Berlin were picturing developments in the country.” An important point as America and the rest of the world slowly grow aware of what is happening in Germany and was is soon to come.
As Martha continues to embrace Germany and only think highly of it. Chapter 11 Martha says "I felt like a child, ebullient and careless, the intoxication of the new regime working like wine in me." Displays the great influence of the government had on people with making them see everything was fine and getting better. This going along how the people of Germany quickly supported and followed Hitler also went along with what he said and did. Not questioning if it was good or not but doing it for everyone else was doing and wanted to get out of the Depression had been experiencing for many years.
Gabrielle Tallman
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ENG 1003
12 November 2015
Part 3
Summary:
In Part three, "Lucifer int he Garden", Martha obliviously heils to the persecuters. After addressing his credentials to the president, Dodd thought he was honest and straightforward enough and tried to keep on the down-low. After all, if he were attacked, the police wouldn't do anything about it! William Dodd continues, however, to host political parties at his home and Martha Dodd decides that she is now somewhat interested in politics.. possibly just because of the handsome men and fancy parties. William decided that he did not like these gatherings, but they were a part of his job, so he had to attend. Martha continues to look for a man and actually winds up with two- Diels, the young chief of the Gestapo, and Boris, with the Soviet embassy. Dodd confronts Neurath, a Foreign Minister, with a formal protest against, "...attacks on Americans and the regime's apparent unwillingness to bring the perpetrators to justice."(128) Another important thing that happened in this section was that the rest of the Panofsky family (his wife and children) moved back in. Dodd felt this was only because they knew they were safe with him in the house. They also had construction workers there, creating an awkwardness between families.
Paraphrase:
In chapter sixteen, "A Secret Request", Erik Larson continues to tell history through the eyes and ears of the Dodd family. As Dodd was afraid, persecution still existed. In fact, it was worsening. Policemen wouldn't even help the innocently accused and it seemed as though all good were turning evil and all safety was turning into danger. Dictators rose in power and soon seemed to become obsessed with it. Hitler, Goring, and Goebbels were firm and stern and were not stepping down until they got what they wanted, even f it meant disturbing the peace for many years to come.
Quote:
As Martha Dodd proceeds to form her guest list, she has to be very cautious on who she invites. There are multiple prominent Nazi officials who attend and one of them is actually so close to the family that they have a nickname for him: "Tommy". Although, at this particular social gathering, Tommy, or Hans Thomsen did not approve of Martha playing a Nazi hymn. He shut it off and scolded her for playing the record of the the anthem. Later that evening, one of Martha's friends took her aside and comforted her, "There are some people like that among us. People who have blind spots and are humorless- one must be careful not to offend their sensitive souls." This is important to the whole book because there are lots of different types of characters int his book and I think the author is trying to tell us that some people are particularly sensitive and you do not want to set them off. Maybe he wasn't just talking about Thomsen here, but also big rulers, like Hitler, for example.
Kaylee Young
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English 1003
12 November 2015
Part 3
Summary:
Part 3 opens up with a parade in honor of Hitler. One American bystander did not do a salute to Hitler and a marshal knocked him in the side of his head. This was just one of numerous violent attacks among Germany. Martha witnessed a random Jew being led out by storm troopers who was said to be offered up. Here lied the evidence that the brutality against Jews was true. Martha goes on to beg a reporter not to write a story about this mistreatment, in fear that Germany would get a bad reputation, I presume. Later on, Reynolds tells Hansfstaengl about the episode he witnessed, but he does not want to believe it. Martha continues to block out all the bad events so she can continue to enjoy life in Germany. Martha continued her love life, by going after all the highly ranked citizens, from Hansfstaengel to Rudolf Diels.
Paraphrase:
Everyone among Germany had heard tales that Jews were being targeted by the Nazis, but no one listened. Everyone thought it was exaggerations because the officials covered up these schemes so carefully, where no evidence was shown. However, on page 98, it shows how Martha, Reynolds, and Bill, witnessed firsthand, “anti-Jewish brutality.” Reynolds comes to say, “The Nazis had all along been denying the atrocities that were occasionally reported abroad, but here was concrete evidence.” This is passage is significant because it is the first time a correspondent and Martha had witnessed this violence. Now that there is proof, they know all these tales must essentially be true.
Quotation:
Martha has developed a new lust after, Rudolf Diel, a young chief of Gestapo. This man was intimidating to most people because he was somewhat ruthless. Dood liked Diel, he thought he was helpful to society and with latest events. However, his true self was kept secret, he also allowed thousands to die or be tortured on his watch. It says, “In Diels’s view, violence and terror were valuable tools for the preservation of political power.” This quote reflects how Germany is being run, by all the wrong reasons. This statement proves that Diel is not a nice person, and foreshadows more and more violence to come.
Austin Bennett
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English 1003
12 November 2015
Part 3
Summary-
In part 3 of “In the Garden of Beasts”, the Dodd family move to a new part of Germany and get a new feel for what is happening there. They witness a parade of sorts which turns out to be a group of people punishing a girl for associating with a male jew. Attacks on Americans are becoming more common due to Americans not saluting. The soldiers are told to not expect them to salute. Dodd is realizing how dangerous Germany is becoming under Hitler’s reign, and Dodd gives a speech. The speech angers Hitler greatly, so he withdraws from the league of nations to talk with Dodd personally.
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“Goebbels smiled. It utterly transformed his face, though the result was neither pleasant nor engaging, Many in the room had encountered this effect before, There was something freakish about the extent to which the muscles of the bottom half of his face became engaged in the production of his smile and how abruptly his expressions could shift.”(99)
This shows the strange dissonance that a lot of Nazis had during this time. When confronted about the beating of a woman who wanted to marry a jew, Goebbels simply smiles and tries to justify the scenario, as if he was prepared for this kind of thing.
Paraphrase-
During a propaganda display, Mulvihill was attacked by a German SA soldier. The soldier came out of formation and struck him on the head without obvious provocation. Mulvihill was later informed that is was probably because e failed to offer the Hitler salute.(97)
This scene captures the growing violence in Germany, especially towards Americans.