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me cringe. I cannot fathom the pain that the soldiers in these situations must have felt, but I can understand the factors that allowed for their killing. I believe the moral factor most relevant in mercy killing is dignity. As humans, we offer sympathy for our peers that are suffering. In addition, we help them to keep their dignity by trying to ease their pains. In the second scenario, the author describes a scene in which a fallen German soldier screams in pain and calls for his mother throughout

King. Courage was what it took to survive the German occupation in their country. Although the German soldiers that stood at every street corner weren’t there to harm her family, they were there to relocate all Jews. Which soon included Annemarie’s lifelong friend, Ellen. Not only as a danish citizen promising to die for your kings safety, Annemarie also was willing to die for the safety of her friends too. Which is exactly what she did. The German soldier’s went throughout the city to every apartment

In the book, Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene, a young girl named Patty has to face the challenges of living during World War II. Patty is a teenager who lives in Jenkinsville, Arkansas. Patty decides to help a German POW. He also helps her by teaching her that she is a person of value. She has to face the FBI, she is not confident in herself, and she is abused at home. A struggle Patty has is facing the FBI. “The dam that kept my tears back sprang a leak,” (Greene 101). The FBI is questioning

In the book, Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene, the main character undergoes various challenges. This book takes place in Jenkinsville, Arkansas during World War 2. Patty Bergen meets a Nazi while he was at the POW camp recently set up. Patty decides to help him and Anton helps Patty learn that she is a person of value. Patty Bergen faced many challenges which included learning to fit in and accept herself, help Anton, and meet the government officials. The way Patty’s community was caused

German soldiers fought the Führer’s ideological war. Hitler wanted the German race to take over the world. Heinrich Bölls book, And Where Were You, Adam?, describes several soldiers and their lives at the end of World War II. In the chaos of war, they found various reasons to capitulate with the Holocaust and other atrocities, but at the same time, tried to find some normalcy and sanity in an insane situation. Just as other warriors in other wars, they were humans who found themselves in an inhuman

An action, a statement, one instant, has the power to alter your life and for young Patricia Bergen in the young adult fiction novel, The Summer of my German Soldier by Bette Greene, many different conflicts she had to face caused her to think very poorly of herself. Fortunately, with the influence of one German soldier her whole mindset was revised. In the beginning of the novel , Patty Bergen portrays as an insecure, desperate, and a solitary young girl, but at the resolution of the story we

Through the past couple of weeks, I’ve read these two very interesting books; “The Diary of a Young Girl” by Anne Frank and “Summer of My German Soldier” by Bette Greene. These two books are told from the perspectives of two young girls, who struggle through life as Jews. “The Diary of a Young Girl” is told from the perspective of Anne Frank and “Summer of My German Soldier” is told from Patricia Bergen’s perspective. Anne and Patricia have many similarities, but they also contrast in some ways too. My

recognize equality and the importance of being compassionate, fair, and kind to others. Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene, My Ántonia by Willa Cather, and Inside the Walls of Troy by Clemence McLaren all exhibit the Mercy Core Values through the words and actions of the characters and demonstrate how anyone can make a difference with even the smallest acts of kindness. Summer of My German Soldier gives an example

Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene is a poignant book that delivers a powerful message about discovering what makes one happy. In this book, a young girl named Patty Bergen is living in Arkansas during WWII. She lives with a family who makes her feel unloved and she longs for a friend. Patty hides Anton, a German prisoner in her house and she ends up developing a close bond with him. The main theme of Summer of My German Soldier is that one must find the values within themselves in order

Through the soldiers’ experiences, the narrator shows only the dark side of human nature. Discuss. Generals die in Bed by Charles Yale Harrison is a novel where a young Canadian soldier tells of his first hand account of the harsh and inhumane conditions in the trenches on the Western Front during World War 1. Through his observations and experiences the Narrator shows the effects of war on ordinary people and how they manage in extraordinarily horrific situations. Even though the brutal nature