Share a favorite quote from the book and explain why it stands out. Please write in paragraph form and include the quote in the paragraph. Some guidelines to consider: A direct quotation should not be the first sentence in an expository paragraph. Include the page number after your quote. Do not use the same quote that someone else has already posted. Use specifics from your selection in your explanation. This post is due Thursday, January 17 by midnight.
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Quang L
1/15/2019 06:10:20 am
While reading the book, I came across a quote that definitely describes Jennifer and many others. The quote says: "Many descendants of Nazi criminals are haunted their whole lives by images of their fathers" (pg 141). This quote stands out because Jennifer herself had her life entirely changed and was affected by what her grandfather had done. Her mother was affected even more, she was torn apart by her parents. Many other descendants even chose to have no children to stop the horror that would be passed down to the to-be younger generations.
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Matthew Koenemann
1/15/2019 07:19:12 am
The quote that I found sums up the book and the struggles that Jennifer went through. The quote reads: "The first time I came to Krakow, I brought my own flowers with me and laid them down in private. This time, it is better. This time, I am not alone" (Pg 215). I like this quote because it shows Jennifer's journey throughout the book. At the start, she is trying to figure out who she really was and dig deeper, while trying to remember those who were lost. But now she can openly speak about her troubles with her friends, who she cut contact with for the brief period of self-exploration. Jennifer realizes by the end that she is not alone, and she can always count on those close to her.
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Ty Smith
1/15/2019 03:23:57 pm
When reading the book I found a quote that sums up the whole book. When Teege is talking about her grandfather she says “He in his black uniform with its death-heads, me the black grandchild. What would he have said to a dark-skinned granddaughter, who speaks Hebrew on top of that? I would have been a disgrace, a bastard who brought dishonor to the family. I am sure my grandfather would have shot me.” (Teege 41). This is my favorite quote because it shows us how Teege thinks her grandfather would have seen her and it basically sums the whole book up. This quote shows us that Teege is concerned about her grandfather and that if he would have seen her today he would have shot her. The whole book Teege is worried about her grandfathers past and what he would have done if he would have seen her today which goes right along with the quote.
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John J
1/17/2019 07:48:22 pm
One of my favorite quotes from the book My Grandfather Would Have Shot me is "Holding on to the past does nothing to help the victims, nor does it aid in our analysis of-or coming to terms with-our Nazi past" (Teege 141). I believe that this quote embodies what Teege's mission was, to understand and come to terms with her past. Feeling sorry for yourself and living in the past will not make you feel any better, so Teege takes action and studies her past, analyzes her current and former relationships with friends and family, and explores her feelings.
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Kyle S.
1/17/2019 08:01:44 pm
As I read the book, one of the girls in the school trip to Poland had seen the empathy in Jennifer Teege and also felt empathy towards her despite the genocidal backgrounds. The young girl had said, "When Jennifer told us her story, I understood that she and her family are also scarred, in their own way. That she also suffered from trauma." (Teege 213). The girl is Jewish and has ancestors that suffered from the cruelness of the Nazi's power. With the high schooler saying this it shows that that even though she has strong opinions against the Nazis, she realizes the trauma that Jennifer has went through. They both have a something in common, but on different sides of the conflict. Jennifer worries throughout the whole book that no Jew will ever forgive her because of her Nazi ancestry, but at the end realizes that the Jews notice that she's human too. Once the teens had gotten to know her just a little they realized not all Germans were the same.
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