*** THE CONTRADICTORY POLITICS OF ALEX STEINER ***
Point One: He was a member of the Nazi Party but he did not hate the Jews, or anyone else for that matter.
Point Two: Secretly, though, he couldn't help feeling a percentage of relief {or worse – gladness!} when Jewish shop owners were put out of business – propaganda informed him that it was only a matter of time before a plague of Jewish tailors showed up and stole his customers.
Point Three: But did that mean they should be driven out completely?
Point Four: His family. Surely, he had to do whatever he could to support them. If that meant being in the Party, it meant being in the Party.
Point Five: Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.
Point One: He was a member of the Nazi Party but he did not hate the Jews, or anyone else for that matter.
Point Two: Secretly, though, he couldn't help feeling a percentage of relief {or worse – gladness!} when Jewish shop owners were put out of business – propaganda informed him that it was only a matter of time before a plague of Jewish tailors showed up and stole his customers.
Point Three: But did that mean they should be driven out completely?
Point Four: His family. Surely, he had to do whatever he could to support them. If that meant being in the Party, it meant being in the Party.
Point Five: Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.
( Markus Zusak )
[ The Book Thief ]
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