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Summary Of Jennifer A Nilsen's A Night Divided

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I believe, Jennifer A Nilsen, the author, chose East Germany as the setting of, “A Night Divided” because, East Germany was the heart of the Berlin Wall. The East suffered much more than the West. The West had it much more sunshine and happy cakes. Poverty was low, life expectancy was higher, there was freedom, and education. People from the East wanted to escape into the West. It wouldn’t make sense to tell the story of the Berlin Wall in Brooklyn, New York. The Grenzers, which are the guards who watch over East Germany, makes the story more mysterious and frightening. The Grenzers keep many secrets from Germany, they don’t want anyone to find out, and especially what’s a person file. The file is used to keep all the reasons why they would
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