From the German side a soldier named Dieter Hedrick couldn’t wait to sign up but he didn’t want his father to know. He needed his father to sign the papers so he could go and do his part in the war. Dieter has known his father to be brave in some situations but in war his father was known as a cowardly savage. Dieter didn’t want to be a coward like his father.
He will probably never set foot again. But mom would never understand that. For Joey, our house may as well be covered with canvas and bound by ropes, because it’s filled with poison.” (Bloor 145) Erik’s choice has obviously made some impact on Paul’s friendship with
But Paul had a reason to think that Erik might try to kill him. At the end of the novel though Paul stood up to Erik and told the truth to his parent’s the police and everyone else that Erik killed Luis
In some cases he accepts a few cigarettes in exchange for his services and other times he gets nothing. Also in the novel, Hans tries to give a piece of bread to a dying Jew. By doing this he is putting himself in a very vulnerable position just to help a person who he does not know.
Fisher chose, which was to not care for Paul in a fatherly manner. Mr, Fisher has been involved with Erik’s life for years and never took the time to get to know Paul. This father felt that there was more to his older son’s life than to his younger son’s. This was because he believed there was more value and potential for a successful career with Erik’s future than with Paul. This results in a negative aspect towards Paul meaning he never got the chance to fully connect with his father.
For example, he mumbles to himself: “We one group of men tied to a race of women with small minds” (Hansberry 35)! As a response to Ruth while he
He then chose to go back to the horrible, slipshod POW camp rather than degrade and betray his country. These men exemplify people standing up in the face of adversity and the embodiment of a noble
A smile. A hug. A gift. The smallest things can brighten a person’s day or put a smile on someone’s face. Humility is a virtue that not all people possess.
This quote from the text is clarifying how Paul told Sergeant Rojas everything he saw and heard from Erik and Arthur. He told Sergeant Rojas about the incident that involved Erik and Arthur killing Luis with a spine-chilling blackjack. Sergeant Rojas brought Arthur to jail, and told Erik to stay in the house so if he was to come back, Erik will be in the house. Revealing Erik and Arthur’s secrets with Sergeant Rojas lifts a weight off of Paul’s shoulders, and finally puts an end to the Erik Fisher Football Dream. To conclude, The decisions Paul had to make not only affected him, but it also affected his friends, family, and enemies.
Erik is very rude, disrespectful, dissolute, sneaky, and egocentric, versus his brother being very kind and caring to others. Erik’s actions of evil traits are ongoing, but definitely more pronounced by his actions after Mike Costello’s death. “I carried my bags of groceries on into the kitchen and set them down. Then I heard a strange sound. It was the sound of voices in the backyard.
Once there he was forced to leave everything behind, including his chemistry book. However, by then he had memorized the whole book, leading to better job conditions. Since he had the book known cover to cover it helped his chance of survival because he was able to use is knowledge about chemistry. He was able to get a job thanks to is chemistry knowledge, this meant working indoors, and not having to do the labor intensive jobs. Even though he had a better job he was still in Auschwitz, meaning there was nothing easy about it.
In William Shakespeare’s Henry V, the character of King Henry delivers some powerful verbiage, known as St. Crispin’s Day Speech, to his troops in order to rally the men for battle. In this speech, King Henry chooses to invoke themes such as glory, religion, and comradery to make the battle they are about to fight immortal in the soldiers’ minds and to motivate them to fight together. These themes draw similar emotions in all men, no matter their background; all men have the need for honour, the urge to please the deity they believe in, and the need to trust in their fellow men. Every man wants his story to be remembered.
Francis was deported to Neuengamme, it was a concentration camp located in the outskirts of Hamburg, Germany. The allied forces advanced, Francis and other prisoners were transported from Neuengamme. They were all placed on a cargo ship which was sailed into Lubeck Bay. Francis was rescued and came ashore in the German town of Neustadt, where British troops forced the inhabitants to provide survivors with food and clothes. Francis, a musician, then worked in the British officers’ mess.
Erik choosing to make this choice of stealing and getting caught and being a killer will and can kill his future of doing anything in his life. College football is already out of the picture, know football team wants a guy who has know character and a criminal. On pg 234 Mr. Fisher says “Well that’s not enough. You have to have good grades. You have to show good character.”
Furthermore, it is also axiomatic that Erik has a rather violent temperament. For instance, he attempts to injure Paul Fisher on a multitude of occasions. Correspondingly, he is fractionally culpable for the aforementioned cessation of the life of Luis Cruz. Erik could further be portrayed as easily irascible and negatively impulsive. As it is described by Tangerine
