Writing Prompt: One PARAPHRASE; One QUOTE:
1) Paraphrase a single, significant passage from Part V and explain to your reader why the passage is significant to the text as a whole—why it is significant to Larson’s research question.
2) Find a significant quote from Part V, and in a single, well-developed paragraph, FRAME THE QUOTE (“quotation sandwich”), and explain to your reader why the quote is significant to the text as a whole.
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Devante Wrenn
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English 1003
19 November 2015
Part 5
Paraphrase
In part five chapter thirty one the Dodd family starts to become suspicious about the people they hang out with and they sense that some people are listening to their conversations. One person that they are starting not to like is their butler, Fritz. He walks around quietly without making a sound and he tends to ease drop on conversations but make it seem like he is just going by. He also becomes weird and conspicuous whenever he is in the room while the family is talking. The Dodds family starts to believe that people like him are trying to get information from them. Whenever they go out they have to make codes to talk about certain things. An example would be the word “rain” means he would be placed in a concentration camp. This would be talking about Nazis putting Jews in camps for little reasons (225, 226).
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On page 211 Theodor Eicke, the SS officer of Dachau, said “tolerance means weakness” (211). In his way of saying this he goes on to explain that if a person can tolerate a beating or any kind of punishment then that means it’s not good enough. A punishment is a cruel thing and it is a punishment for a reason. Someone did a minor offense they got beaten badly. Anything major is basically death. There are no warning shots either. They are forbidden on principle. This shows how strict and cruel Nazis were to the Jews. With these type of rules Jews had very little room to mess up.
Carter Groomes
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English 1003
19 November 2015
Paraphrase: Hitler continue to spread his the word that all he wanted was peace with Germany. Anyone who was not from the city knew that this was a blatant lie. Raymond Geist, one of Hitler's helpers, often made trips to the countryside to try to spread the word. He noticed on the outsides of the cities there was training camp,airports,barracks,new roads, anti-aircraft stations, and more. (213)
Quote: In the beginning of Part V, the reoccurring theme of Germany trying to hide the killing of the Jews keeps coming up. Even though they do a solid job of it, word sneaks out, and many Jews do whatever they can to not get caught. Larson shows us that Jews were just experiencing the beginning of hell: "At first glance, persecution of Jews seemed also to have eased. "Outwardly Berlin presented during my recent stay there a normal appearance"(212). America still did not realize the horrors that were taking place in Europe, and so did most other countries who were not in Europe.
Breanna Roper
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English 1003
19 November 2015
Paraphrase
Eventually, it seemed like the killing of Jewish people had decreased; it seemed at least mildly normal. Some of the Jews who had left were now returning, around ten thousand of them. Everyone's guard had been let down, and comfort was felt going back into Germany. Some thought it seemed as if nothing had disturbed the world at all. (212-213). This passage reveals how Germany was fooling people into thinking the worst was over so that they may carry out the rest of their plans. If people (Jews, specifically) thought their original homes were unsafe, they would not return; which means less Jews for Hitler to torture and slaughter. In making things seem mellow, he lures them back into their impending doom.
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As Nazi Germany begun to grow more powerful, they were obsessed with the idea of all of its occupants being fully loyal to it. Of course, without Hitler controlling things, it would not have been as strict or severe to live there in that time. The government went as far as listening to private phone calls to ensure that no disagreements with it were being made. If one was not completely in support of what was happening, punishments were delivered. "'Here was an entire nation . . . infested with the contagion of an ever-present fear. It was a kind of creeping paralysis which twisted and blighted all human relations", wrote Thomas Wolfe (223). Wolfe had been experiencing life in Nazi Germany, so he knew first hand about how intense the government was, and how people could not live their lives without constantly being afraid of what will happen if they are to say anything in a disapproving manner.
Peter Cote
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English 1003
19 November 2015
Paraphrase and Quote In the Garden of Beasts 5
Paraphrase p. 229:
Hitler explains to his colleagues saying that Germany needs more room for the people. He states that everyone needs more room and space because of the amount the population has grown. He says that Germany must be willing to take the land for their people if they need to. Other countries will not just let Germany take land from them, so they will probably have to fight. If the countries resist Germany, Hitler explains that they will have no choice but to invade them. This shows that Hitler does not need this space for the people of Germany but for Hitler’s growing army. He is basically making plans for war because he knows the countries will fight back. This answers Larson’s question because he is saying that the space is needed for the people of Germany when it is really for his troops.
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As Larson shows of Hitler’s beliefs, he shows that Hitler wants Germany to become a super power to be afraid of. Larson explains that Hitler is giving all these speeches of peace when Hitler is wanting to gain that peace by war. Larson states through Hitler saying that “Germany wants peace and will do everything in her power to keep the peace; but Germany demands and will have equality of rights in the matter of armaments” (236). Hitler is basically saying that he will do anything to establish what he believes as equality among everyone else with Europe. Hitler is trying to start a war, which he believes is necessary, to gain equality. Larson explains that many people believed in Hitler’s statements of peace when Hitler planned being the most powerful nation in the world. Dodd tries to talk Hitler out of this, but Hitler does not care what Dodd has to say. Hitler only wants to conquer the world and kill as many Jews as he can. He wants to have two wars, one with the Jews and one for his belief of equality.
Logan Radwanski
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English 1003
19 November 2015
Part V
Paraphrase
On page 225 in Chapter 31, the second paragraph describes the slow but occurring change that was happening to the people of Berlin and the new Germany. As Hitler and the Nazi party gain more control and power in the government, their influence on people’s lives growing immensely “The change came about slowly, arriving like a pale mist that slipped into every crevice.” The Dodd family and people of Germany felt this change as a sense of anxiety filled everyone because you were being watched and constantly listened to. Because the Gestapo was watching people and arrested people based up whom they were hanging out or eat with and the place you went to. Listening onto conversations on the phone lines and having agents listening on conversations. One had to be careful where they ate, what they said, and who they saw on the streets causing the “the German glance’” because people were double checking to see if anyone has followed them from one street corner to the next. You never knew who was following you.
Quote In Chapter 28 of In the Garden of the Beast gives an answer to Larson’s question upon why the Jews didn’t immediately leave Germany when Hitler came to power. “Accepting the status of the inevitable, adjusting themselves to move in their own restricted circles and hoping that just as things have change from March 1933 to March 1934 they will continue to improve in a favorable manner.” The Jews thought things would just change just as stated in the quote. They didn’t except Hitler to be serious about his hatred against Jews because many thought it was political strategy and once he had achieved what he wanted then he would drop it. But no, the restrictions against Jews grew worse as the years went on to concentration camps and gas chambers.
PARAPHRASE
ReplyDeleteAnger grew within Hitler’s administration when he humiliated Rohm, leader of the SA, and rejected his desires to combine all of Germany’s armed forces. After a banquet the next day for SA leaders, the men lingered and discussed their anger and frustration toward Hitler and his decision. One senior officer was disturbed and reported it to one of Hitler’s closest aides, and then to Hitler upon the aid’s request. Hitler simply replied “We’ll have to let the thing ripen.”
-- Discontent was growing in the government just as it was around the world. The tumultuous interior of the country made for a dangerously volatile structure, which made it ever more dangerous an entity and ever more difficult for other countries to intervene.
QUOTE
Upon a visit to America, Dodd expresses awareness of the tensions of Europe but also compounds his naivete about the subject of politics. When two reporters receive the ambassador coming off the boat, he says that his visit is to be “‘a short leave… in order to get some much needed rest from the tense European atmosphere.’ He added, ‘Contrary to the predictions of many students of international problems, I feel fairly certain that we shall not have war in the near future.’” Messersmith had before expressed a belief that Dodd had too much optimism about Germany’s state, and I agree with him. Despite rising tensions and evident anger within Hitler’s administration, he still seems to believe that everything will be alright. This is also yet another reason why nothing was done about Hitler’s rise; people had a natural desire to believe that everything would calm down eventually, and with the ambassador leading the notion it is easy to understand how it was perpetuated.
Gabrielle Tallman
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ENG 1003
19 November 2015
Part V
Paraphrase
In chapter 33, "Memorandum of a Conversation with Hitler," Erik Larson provides some answers to the frequent question of, "Why did it take so long to recognize the real danger posed by Hitler and his regime?" (xvii) The State Department and President Roosevelt weren't open on how they felt about Hitler after he raged over a simple matter. The result of them standing up to him could've had a huge impact of the regime and possibly even slowed them. Even though the trial found Hitler guilty, Germany was not done with the subject. This shows perseverance and is a theme shown throughout the book. Shortly after Hitler still claims that Germany wants peace, Dodd realizes this is a lie and has been ever since he's been saying it. To add to the fact that Germany is intimidating and led by liars, Hull also claims that Germany is isolated because nobody agrees with them.
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As the regulations were getting more intense, everyone was more afraid than ever before. People finally began to realize what was actually happening and feared for within the next hour someone could lose everything they once had and knew. The rules were getting so ridiculous, especially when Rudolf Diels convinced Martha that Nazi agents had placed spying devices in peoples' homes and word quickly spread. Soon everybody was watching what they were saying and even took precautions of where they talked to people. They now knew that one couldn't just speak freely because there was a good chance if you said one word wrong, Nazi's would arrive at your door less than an hour later. Martha, the one who brushes the dust off her shoulder and doesn't let anything get in her way of having fun, is described on page 228 as, "Never had she been more afraid."
Anna Newton
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English 1003
November 17 2015
Part V: In The Garden of Beasts
Paraphrase: Page 217 p2
William Dodd decided to write another letter to President Roosevelt, and this time he made it much more personal. He wrote it in longhand, and made sure that the letter would be hand delivered to him. In this letter, he argues that Phillips should be replaced as undersecretary, and be put in a different position. Dodd suggests that Phillips would do well as an ambassador in Paris.
Quote:
After Boris and Martha’s date night, they drove back to his house. In his room, he had to sections; one section was all about Lenin and the other was about Martha. “Next to Lenin, he told her, I love you most.” Martha was very infatuated with him and had to understand that as a communist the country must come before her.
Austin Bennett
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English 1003
November 19 2015
Paraphrase
Hitler tried to justify war by telling his people that Germany needed more land for "the people". He said they would have to take some of this land, which would not be easy for them, so they would take it by force. He is lying, and truly needs it for his army. Not for "the people"
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Hitler's Germany was becoming decreasingly friendly in general. Hitler's paranoia also seemed to be growing. For example, "One man telephones another and in the course of their conversation happens to ask, "How is Uncle Adolf?" Soon afterward the secret police appear at his door and insist that he prove that he really does have an Uncle Adolf..."(223) The people of Germany are being listened to. If Hitler truly wanted peace, this would not be the strategy to use.
Kaylee Young
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English 1003
19 November 2015
Part V
Paraphrase:
On page 209, the bottom paragraph expresses the improvement among Germany. Germany showed great signs of stableness, which upset many foreign diplomats because they were hoping Germany would collapse under economic pressures. Also, Hitler seemed like a man who only wanted peace, maybe even a nonaggressional pact with France and Britain. Whether Hitler was putting up a great front or not, he has people believing in his pureness among peace. Martha even came to say he was improving definitely.
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During this time, camps seemed to only be permitted with people who had committed political offenses. It says, “Only twenty-five were Jews, and these, the official insisted, were held for political offenses, not because of their religion.” Officials made it seem like no Jews were getting brutal treatment due to their religion, but for committing crimes just like those of gentiles. This is important to the text because people began to believe that the Jews were safe again. Therefore, many Jews returned to Germany thinking their worst fears were over.
Hunter Hebert
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English 1003
19 November 2015
In the Garden of Beasts: Part V
Paraphrase:
The first paragraph on page 223 describes how people in Germany began to feel constrained and always on alert, even in their own households. This demonstrates how powerful Hitlers oppression and intimidation was in Germany. People feared punishment for simple statements and the SA regime was always on alert, ready to confront anyone or anything that may stand in the way of Hitler’s rule over Germany.
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Oppression and fear began to take over Germany. Hitler and his regime began to terrorize people, even in the comfort of their own home. “‘Here was an entire nation… infested with the contagion of an ever-present fear. It was a kind of creeping paralysis which twisted and blighted all human relations. ‘” (223). People were constantly on the edge. A constant fear and uneasiness consumed the country and there was no end of it in sight.