HUMAN 1CS Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Present Tense, Hitler Youth
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Having distasteful view towards kluger"s mother and aunt. Holds grudges against them they did not let her do: stopping her from reciting poetry. Kluger writing about things she remembers about and how she remembers them. To show immediate memory, try to connect to history. People criticize about how she talks about mother and aunt. Says mother is not a very good mother; but dedicates book to mother. What makes good/bad parent: different perspective towards ideal relationship between parents and children, kluger"s take on this relationship makes it more real to the audience, mistakes are inevitable; kluger points out these mistakes. She feels like she"s cut off from culture: food, entertainment, architecture. 1940s: people talk as if there is no association between vienna and the jewish. Rob people of their culture: practicing religion, creating art, making music, etc. Nazis dehumanize jews: drive them in cattle cars to exterminate them. Kluger resists attempt to make holocaust something sacred.
