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How To Write A Summary Of The Trenches Chapter 2 Dialectical Journal

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Chapter 2 Protagonist/s: Marie-Laure LeBlanc/ Werner Pfennig Antagonists: Germans Time: 8th August 1944 Setting: Saint-Malo, France Summary: Werner is in the cellar of the Hotel of Bee where they are struck by a bomb. He is temporarily knocked out, and temporarily deafened by the noise. The cellar had collapsed and the three men are trapped. Marie-Laure is in Etienne’s house, there is broken glass everywhere but the house hasn’t been bombed yet. Marie-Laure climbs down from the sixth floor to the cellar underneath the kitchen. Theme: Main theme of this chapter is disorientation and mess. Both Marie-Laure and Werner are not only physically hurt but also mentally. Marie-Laure says that she felt detached from her body, unable to speak, and Werner’s senses are all in chaos, he is unable to see because of the darkness, hear from the loud sound the bomb created, or even stand up because the ceiling had been lowered during the bombing. Both protagonists are stuck in some way. Marie-Laure is uncertain about where she should be, given …show more content…

Unlike all the other boys, he performed a perfect jump, followed by shouting “Hail Hitler”, which gets him accepted. He gets a letter soon and everyone is overjoyed except his sister Jutta, who refuses to speak to him. Werner prepares to leave for his school in Schulpforta. He finally talks to Jutta on his last day. She worries that the school will make him brutal like the other Nazi youths. She tells him that the foreign radio reports that Germans are devils, that they are bombing other countries. Werner leaves to Schulpforta. Life is harsh there; his classmates are cruel and mean. He shares are bunk with Frederick. Frederick loves birds and is often picked on. He becomes Werner’s only friend. Reinhold von Rumpel is introduced in this chapter. He is a Nazi sergeant major. He is introduced as an overseer of the Nazi confiscation of precious gems. He is searching for the legendary “Sea of Flames”

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