Monday, May 25, 2009

The Boy Who Dared pages 40 to 60

As we continue on this remarkable journey with Hulmeth, we follow him once again with him into his past in the year 1938 and graduated from primary school and started at the Oberbau, the middle school at Barackdamm. As Hulmeth begins his new year in a new school he sees that most of the other boys in the class wear Hitler Youth uniforms. Hulmeth also meets his new teacher, who's name is Herr Vinke. Hulmeth also quickly relies how Hitler is not only aiming to teach his new ways of thinking to adults but also to students, as his teacher introduces a new curriculum "That surpasses anything of its kind in history." Hulmeth also learns fast that in order to get a good grade in school he must unwillingly write about Hitler and how he is a blessing to the fatherland. Because of Hitlers reign he has taken over the school and this troubles Hulmeth. Hulmuth also becomes even more confused as he knows that he is supposed to support his country but somehow the Nazi make him fell dark and make everyone seem inferior to them.

As we continue the journey into Hulmeth past we discover that internally he struggles more and more everyday trying to figure out what is right and what is wrong. His head seems to spin because of the very many bias and different opinion about Hitler, and the inforced ideas that he brings into the school.Then in the spring of 1938, Austria becomes reunited with Germany, and almost immediately following this historic event a Nazi official or an SS officer comes to recruit the rest of the boys in Hulmeths class that are not already in the Hitler Youth. As Hulmeth is questioned about his ancestral tree to assure that he does not have one single drop of Jewish blood in him he learns from the SS officer that his mother boyfriend Hugo is know as a very good Nazi. This causes Hulmeth to dislike him even more.

As Hulmeth drifts back from his brief flashback and into his present state and situation we learn that Hulmuth is infact in a prison. A guard comes knocking on his door to take him out for exercise time,along with a few other prisoners. A Hulmeth does what he is told by the guard he drifts off to his past again .

This time it is the summer of 1938 and the city becomes more discriminatory against Jews, forbidding them to enter certain places and restricting and limiting there ability to go many places. Sign's forbidding Jews to enter are even hung at Hulmeths church as the prieasts and prisoners fear that the Nazi will come to deal with the matter in a brute and violent way as many they usually do. As everyone knows the Nazi watch everything, places people work , churches, and schools. The Hitler Youth meetings that Hulmeth must attend are now taking up most of his time and limits him from seeing his good friend Rudi Wobbe. A new idea forms in Hulmuths head now and he trusts his good friend and shares with him the idea of becoming detectives who solve real crimes. Rudi agrees with this idea as he despises the Nazi and teams on with Hulmeth to accept this challenge.

As the book progresses Hulmuth starts to get the idea that the Nazi are not good people. He beings slowly and steps out of his shell by forming his own opinion about them. In each new even that takes place Hulmeth begins to dislike the Nazi even more. I still think that it will take some more time for Hulmeth to come out openly and rebel against the Nazi, but with his friend Rudi by his side and as he gets older and understands the problems all around him more clearly he will soon realise that what Hitler is doing is wrong.

Many of us face challenging tasks in our every day lives but usually with the help of our trustworthy friends we can stand on our own two feet and they can stand behind us to support us in out beliefs. In times of struggle we should consider ourselves luck to have a friend standing by our side and helping us to do what is right. Hulmeth was very blessed to have a friends like that and that is probably what is helping him take a stand and truly relies what is going on. Friends are a truly great blessing in our lives and apparently in Hulmeths life to.

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