Writing Prompt: One SUMMARY; One PARAPHRASE; One QUOTE:
1) Using paragraphing and apt quotations, summarize Part II.
2) Paraphrase a significant passage from Part II 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 II, 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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Summary:
ReplyDelete• In part two of “In the Garden of Beasts,” Larson puts the story of the ‘clueless’ Americans into a whole new direction. Finally, for the first time, the Dodd’s get a glimpse of a different Germany. It is explained how Germany is changing very quickly. All of the German society was beginning to be spun around the new National Socialism. The change happened rather quickly, but there for a late reaction by the media, for the press had not really kept up with reality. It is even discussed that Americans who visit could not be not true sources of the madness going on because it was a sort of portrayed as a fake, propagandized persona Germany. Martha meets a very important press chief of the National Socialist Party. Dodd starts to have Jewish ‘friends’ ask for help. Although he is not able to help any of them, I think he does start to realize what is going on. The Dodds move into a house at Tiergartenstrasse 27a and live with a Jewish family. The only problem is that Nazis seem to be closer and closer.
Paraphrase:
• The Dodd family moves into a house at Tiergartenstrasse 27a. They have the first three floors of the mansion and Alfred Panofsky lives with his family on the top floor. He is a Jewish banker. Later, however, Dodd infers that the reason he was asked to live there was because Alfred wanted a security blanket from the Nazis. The house actually became somewhat of a meeting place because it was deemed as a safe location. This is significant because to me it is foreshadowing a very scary end for the Dodd family. I do not think Hitler would like the idea of anyone trying to mask Jews in any way.
Quote:
• “The Dodds soon learned they had a prominent and much-feared neighbor farther along Tiergartenstrasse, on a side street called Standartenstrasse: Captain Rohm himself, commander of the Storm Trooper” (88).
o This quote is important because it foreshadows the imamate danger that the Dodds will encounter. This sentence shows just how dangerous not only Nazis are, but where they reside in Germany, also.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn the second part of "In the Garden of Beasts", Martha has become more noticed by all of the people who write and work for different newspapers. She is still naive about the conditions in Germany. Germany is quietly gaining power and now has banners of the swastika everywhere around town. Martha and her mother try to find a house to buy that is not a mansion in order to please William Dodd and they are successful. They buy a house that is close to where the commander of the Storm Troppers lives and also near Hilter's personal chancellery.
Paraphrase:
Martha has finally "inserted herself readily into the social fabric of Berlin" (70). She is a good looking woman who gets noticed by a lot of people. At one of the parties she meets her first senior Nazi. Ernest Hanfstaengl is a "supremely awkward-looking--an enormous puppet on slack strings" (71). He started to like her and had an idea that didn't sound good from reading the last line of chapter 8.
Quote:
The people who live in Germany and also people visiting are blind to the cruelty that is happening is Berlin. The reason for this blindness is "The Americans coming to Germany will find themselves surrounded by influences of the Goverment and their time so taken up by pleasant entertainment, that they will have little opportunity to learn what the real situation is." One of recurring issues in this book is people don't see the real events happening in Berlin so they live their lives thinking that everything is normal and happy. The importance of this clueless persona is that the Nazi regime is going to end up slowly and quietly taking over Germany and the people are not even going to see it happen until thousands are killed.
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ReplyDeleteSummary:
ReplyDeleteIn part two of “In the Garden of Beasts”, Larson shows his readers how the Dodd family is seeing Germany in a whole new way. Germany is starting to turn into a society that is similar to the new National Socialism. During this time, Martha is starting to get noticed by writers for the newspapers. Martha also meets the press chief of the National Socialist Party. William Dodd is starting to realize the bad things that are going on in Germany because of how many Jewish friends are asking him for help. The Dodd family move into a house that Martha and her mom found that was just the right size. The family lives with a Jewish family in Tiergartenstrasse 27a.
Paraphrase:
Germany was starting to turn into a society that was similar to the New National Socialism. Hitler is starting to put up swastika’s everywhere and is gaining power quickly. Jews are starting to frantically ask for help from William Dodd but he knows he cannot help them. William Dodd starts to realize how much Germany is changing and how it is not safe anymore for Jews. This is significant because at first the family thought everything about Germany was just over exaggerated but now the family is starting to see that there might be a bigger issue that no one realized.
Quote:
• “Persecution of Jews continued in ever more subtle and wide-ranging form as the process of Gleichschaltung advanced” (135).
• This quote is important because it shows how discrimination of Jews is starting to get worse. The persecution of Jews just gets worse so this quote shows the beginning of Hitler’s reign and hatred of Jews. It also shows how what every American choose not to believe was coming true.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteThe second part of “In the Garden of Beasts” begins with a woman named Sigrid Schultz expressing her new found information on the treatment of Jews to Martha. Martha, however, “grew annoyed at Schlutz’s effort to tarnish her rosy view” of Germany. Her father, much like Martha, shows the same disbelief and ignorance towards reports of violence and even mocks what German officials considered a very important salute as Larson accounts what Messersmith thought at the time, stating, “He did not think it funny when now and then Ambassador Dodd threw him a mock salute” (59). Unfortunately, the Dodds were not the only ones to be so ignorant; most outsiders had no idea what kind of country they were travelling to due to a German campaign that allowed Germany “to influence Americans in forming a favorable opinion concerning happenings in the country” (68). Even with more cases of Jewish prejudice showing up at Dodd’s doorstep, he still believes that Germany is on its path to becoming more moderate, however, a trip to Austria may soon break down their defense.
Paraphrase:
A Rabbi named Wise contacts Dodd to help him understand what is actually occurring within the borders of Germany. Dodd still can’t grasp the fact that violence towards Jews is a growing problem, but he does refuse to allow the Rabbi to come fearing that there might be some altercation due to Wise’s arrival. The very reason Rabbi Wise wants to come to Germany is to explain the danger, yet, while not believing him, Dodd won’t allow him to come because it’s too dangerous for a well-known Jew to be in Germany. The significance of this is that Dodd is a complete moron when it comes to what is actually happening, which could possibly explain why America did not react quickly enough.
Quote:
As Quoted by Larson, Neurath had believed that “one fine day he would wake up and find the Nazis gone” (66). This quote shows exactly how most anti-Nazi people reacted to the situation in Germany. No one wanted to be the leader of any party against the Nazis, yet they believed without doing anything the Nazis would just dissipate on their own. Without a force against them, the Nazis overwhelmed the world and it was too late for millions of people when people started fighting.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn part two of “In the Garden of Beasts,” the Dodd family began to sense a rapid change in the atmosphere of the German society. The German Chancellor was gaining control over its population while the media was uninformed, and the “Swastika” was often visible in the streets now. Martha begins to interact with some of the influential and important individuals in Germany. Martha and her mother also managed to find a house that they can live in and one that William would agree to live in.
Paraphrase:
Dodd sent out a letter to the American Jewish Congress, addressing the current position and treatment of the Jews in Germany. Although, his first-handed experiences suggested a different conclusion, Dodd was determined that the Nazi atrocities on the Jewish community would be short-lived and the government would, soon, ease their ways. The report was also read to Rabbi Wise who accompanied the Dodd family to Germany (79).
The paraphrase holds importance because it answer Larson’s question by expressing that people ‘thought’ that Hitler’s unjust policies would gradually come to an end and giving some time would save other nations from the threshold of another World War.
Quote:
“Martha countered that Germany was in the midst of a historic rebirth” (53).
The quote signifies the strongly held hope that things would eventually work out and everything would be solved peacefully.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn part two of “In the Garden of Beasts,” The Dodd family has begun to see what Germany has become. Martha has become more comfortable with herself, as she speaks to many men, still. Dodd becomes skeptical and realizes how Germany actually is, and it is not good. National Socialism is playing a big role in what is going wrong with Germany. Martha and her mother search for a house for themselves to move into and the eventually find one that is perfect for them.
Paraphrase:
German changed so fast. People who were away on trips came back to a place that was almost unknown to them. The Germans willingly placed themselves all under Nazi ruling. People who used to have friends, customers, and workers were all different people now. It shook many of the people. (56-57)
Quote:
“Hitler himself acknowledged, in a remark to his minister justice, “we are living at present in a sea of denunciations and human meanness.’”
This quote is significant because Hitler who was beyond awful is speaking about “human meanness” which baffles me.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn part two of Erik Lawson’s “In the Garden of Beasts” the main character, Dodd, is beginning to sense a change in Germany. Jews began approaching Dodd and asking for help to escape Germany before they were forced into concentration camps. Larson states, “Harber warned Dodd to be careful about talking of his case to others, ‘as the consequences might be bad’” (78). Martha is flourishing in Germany as she is meeting new people and making many friends, but she does not want to believe the stories of how the Jews are being treated by the Nazi’s. The Dodd family has moved out of the Esplanade and into the Tiergartenstrasse 27a and realize there are Jew’s living there too, which may create problems with the Nazi’s and Dodd.
Paraphrase:
Martha receives a visit from Sigrid Schultz, an American woman, who begins speaking of the violence of the Nazi’s. Schultz was always invited to the parties; therefore, she was around many Nazi leaders. She told Martha stories of their violence toward anyone they felt hindered their revolution, and sometimes it was even American citizens. Martha still did not want to believe the stories she heard because the view she had for Germany was great.
Quote:
“’The best thing about Dodd,’ Hanfstaengl wrote, ‘was his attractive blond daughter, Martha, whom I got to know very well.’ Hanfstaengl found her charming, vibrant, and clearly a woman of sexual appetite. Which gave him an idea.” (73).
This quote is significant to the text as a whole because it shows foreshadowing into what might happen to Dodd and Martha. Although it does not come out and tell us I believe Hanfstaegl may end up hurting Dodd to get to Martha. This shows the true gruesomeness of the Nazi officials. They are pigs and do not care who or what they hurt.
Summary:
ReplyDelete* In the second part of "In The Garden Of Beasts", Martha is becoming noticed by newspaper reporters and writers. She meets a woman by the name of Sigrid Schultz, she tries to tell Martha about the treatment of Jews by the Germans. Martha, however, “grew annoyed at Schlutz’s effort to tarnish her rosy view” of Germany. Her father, much like Martha, shows the same disbelief and ignorance towards reports of violence and even mocks what German officials considered a very important salute as Larson accounts what Messersmith thought at the time, stating, “He did not think it funny when now and then Ambassador Dodd threw him a mock salute” (59). No matter how much Jewish prejudice shows up at Dodds door he still believes that Germany is on a path to becoming more moderate.
Paraphrase:
* Germany was starting to turn into a society that was similar to the New National Socialism. Hitler is starting to gain power quickly. Jews are starting to ask for help from William Dodd but he knows he cannot help them. William Dodd begins to see how much Germany is changing and how it is not safe anymore for Jews, but he still can't do anything about it. This is significant because at first the family thought everything about Germany was just over exaggerated but now the family is starting to see that there might be a bigger issue behind Hitler and his regime.
Quote:
* "He had learned that a draft existed of a new law that would effectively deprive Jews of their citizenship and all civil rights." (81)
This quote is significant because it shows how Dodd knows there is a list but he is still living in ignorance and he can't fix what is happening. He still believes that there is hope and that Hitler and his regime are going to be "short-lived".
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn Part II of "In the Garden of Beasts", the Dodd family starts getting settled into Berlin. They are mostly naive to the reality of the horrible treatment of the Jews. Martha is convinced that "Those incidents that did occur surely were only inadvertent expressions of the wild enthusiasm that had gripped the country" (53). Martha soon becomes a very popular guest at many important social events, including reporters such as H.R. Knickerbocker, Sigrid Schultz, and Ernst Franz Sedgwick Hanfstaengl. She only sees the glamorous, happy side of Berlin, so she doesn't really acknowledge the brutality committed against so many Jews, even some Americans. William Dodd continues to be judged for the way he chooses to act, especially by his counselor of embassy, George Gordon. Gordon believed that Dodd "degraded" him and didn't act as proper as he should have (62). While Dodd doesn't particularly want to get involved with German affairs, he is starting to see the Nazi regime for what it is. However, he isn't fully convinced of the extent of how evil Hitler is, no matter how hard Messersmith and Mowrer try to convince him. Germany is undergoing a government campaign called Gleichschaltung, which means coordination. The goal of coordination is "... To bring citizens, government ministries, universities, and cultural and social institutions in line with National Socialist beliefs and attitudes" (56). This happened extremely fast, Germans willingly followed this campaign, which became know as Selbstgleichschaltung, or "self-coordination". The German government made sure that Americans visiting Germany only saw good and happy things, so they could give a good report when they went back to America. Because of this, the majority of Americans had no idea how bad things really were in Germany. Larson even says that only people living in Germany could really sense the changes, changes that would later turn into something horrible.
Paraphrase: (pages 59-60)
In Martha's second week in Berlin, she realized that her past didn't go away as she planned it to. Her husband Bassett came to Berlin to try and win her back. They met up a few times, but Martha didn't react how he expected her to. She acted as if she didn't care if he was there or not. At the end of his visit, he got a cold that kept him in bed for a few days. Martha visited him once in his room and brought her brother Bill. She acted cold and distant, which she knew would signal to Bassett she was done with him. He did get the message, and sent her flowers showing her that he knew she was done. He wrote later that he knew she wouldn't have been happy with the life he could provide with her anyways.
Quote:
"Dodd assumed that Hitler must have other officials of the same caliber. In a letter to a friend he wrote, 'Hitler Will fall into line with these wiser man and ease up on a tense situation'" (66).
This quote is significant because it really reflects the opinion of many people on the outside of Hitler's Berlin. They acknowledged that he was a little harsh, but just assumed that it would all blow over. He would calm down. This really shows how it was possible for Hitler to become dictator, everyone underestimated him. They didn't realize his full potential until it was too late.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn part two of Erik Lawson’s “In the Garden of Beasts”, Dodd and the rest of his family are beginning to notice a change in German society as a whole. Many Jews were fleeing Germany, the swastika was being depicted all over the country, and everyone was beginning to “Heil” one another. Most Jews stayed in Germany, obvious now that they couldn’t grasp the gravity of coming events. Martha and William both were very naïve to the treatment of Jews across the country. The Jews were beginning to be rounded up and sent to “KZ” camps or “Konzentrationslager”, where they were beaten and killed. As Martha and William continue to live in Berlin they are unaware of the German propaganda that makes the nation seem so amazing and naïve. Germany is on the war path and most people cannot see it including the Dodd’s.
Paraphrase: pg 58
Some of the Jews living in Germany were able to foresee the treatment they would receive when Hitler rose to Chancellor and so they left. The majority stayed. This would ultimately cost them their lives. Although Hitler is seen as one of the most immoral people in history, most people didn’t see his plan until it was already set into place. His plan was swift, abrupt, and disguised. The reason people like the Dodd’s didn’t really notice the attacks on the Jews because they were so sporadic. Nobody knew what happened until it was over. And so this continued, until Hitler became chancellor.
Quote:
“A central element of Coordination was the insertion into Germany’s civil service law of the “Aryan clause,” which effectively banned Jews from government jobs. Additional regulations and local animosities severely restricted Jews from practicing medicine and becoming lawyers.”
This quote is very important to the story because it not only outlines how Jews were treated in Berlin during this time period, but it also depicts the government and how it felt about Jews in Berlin. Not allowing Jews to run for a government position basically tells the Jews that this situation is inescapable.
Summary:
ReplyDeleteIn part two of Erik Larson’s “In The Garden of Beasts” The state and integrity of the German Government is changing rapidly and the German society is upon a diverging time in the nations history due to the fact. At this point in time the “Swastika” is beginning to emerge greatly in the public scene of Germany. With the emergence of the “Swastika it show how much of a representation the Nazi party has in Germany and shows their influences to the people. Dodd’s family continues to find a more comfortable and secure place to live in Germany with this change in society occurring.
Paraphrase:
At this point in time Germany was evolving in to something entirely different as to what it once was. As the Nazis came to power the people succumbed to there rules and tried to continue to live life like nothing changed, but little did they know this would change the course of history entirely. The characterization of the Germans is seen through a letter from Martha “she wrote, the Germans “weren’t thieves, they weren’t selfish, they weren’t impatient or cold and hard.”(55) This supports how the German public is remaining the same but the influence the Nazis effects there views on the rest of the world and can be manipulated so they can gain better control over the people of Germany.
Quote:
“Hardly anyone thought that the threats against the Jews were meant seriously”(58)
This quote is important as to how the Public of Germany neglected the fact that the Nazis could actually hold true to their threats to the Jewish population of Germany and eventually target the Jewish population of the world.