The Construction of the Characters in Summer of My German Soldier

Summer time of my German Soldier takes location in Jenkinsville, Arkansas during World War II. The story is told in very first person point of view. The mood for the story is depressing. The major character is Patty Bergen. She is an intelligent, questioning twelve-year-old girl. Patty is often teased about becoming so skinny. Her mother criticizes her brown hair and boyish looks. Patty enjoys consideration and loves to talk. Patty typically lies just to be noticed. Patty’s father, Harry Bergen, is a rough man who does not have a excellent sense of humor. He beats Patty and verbally abuses her. Nevertheless, Mr. Bergen is respected by a lot of of the townspeople.

Ruth Hughs is Patty’s black nanny. Ruth cares about Patty and is kind to everybody. Ruth is the Bergen’s cook, cleaner and child-sitter. She is very religious and one of Patty’s couple of buddies. Charlene Madlee is a journalist that becomes excellent close friends with Patty. Charlene teaches Patty all the basic journalism abilities and also supports Patty when no a single else will. Anton Reiker was a prisoner of war. Following he escapes the POW camp he hides in the space above Patty’s garage. Patty feeds and garments Anton. Anton is type and generous to others, but much more than something he desires to safeguard Patty. He is a single of Patty’s only supporters. Pearl Bergen is Patty’s mom. She is nervous and fast to judge folks, but particularly Patty. She is rude and does not protect Patty from her father when he decides to beat her. FBI agent Pierce is the man who comes to question Patty just before and soon after the death of Anton. He is a hard man and is rude to Patty for the duration of the interrogation.

There are numerous conflicts in the novel. One particular of the major conflicts is amongst Patty and her father (and Patty vs. her society). They are continuously fighting. When her father gets really mad he decides to beat her. He is continuously criticizing her and telling her she is worthless. Patty’s society is not very caring either. The townspeople are not good to Patty. Patty and her mother are often arguing about what to put on and what is suitable of Patty. Patty does not enjoy dressing up and showering usually like her sister does. Her mother is quite fussy about it. Patty has an internal conflict with herself and her love for Anton, she is not confident if he loves her the way she loves him.

The turning point of Summer of My German Soldier starts when Patty’s father and FBI agent Pierce came to query Patty about Anton’s shirt. The FBI agent begins by asking Patty about Anton. He then pulls out a shirt with Patty’s father’s initials on it. Patty says that she has not observed the shirt prior to. She looks more than the shirt noticing a hole with bloodstains about it. Agent Pierce informs Patty that Anton was killed. ” You killed him!” Patty screams. She jumps up and claws his face causing him to bleed.

The falling action begins when Patty is sent to Memphis to reside with her grandparents while she is awaiting her trial. The falling action ends as Patty is attempted. The climax is the ending of the trial. Patty is sentenced to attend a girl’s reformatory in Bolton, Arkansas. Mr. Grimes, Patty’s escort for the trip picked her up in Memphis, and they commence their journey to Bolton. The ending is when Ruth comes to pay a visit to Patty in the reformatory. Ruth leaves Patty with a word of hope, saying, ” You got enjoy to give Honeybabe, ain’t absolutely nothing better’n that” The theme to Summer season of My German Soldier is “….absolutely everyone has the correct to be loved.” Patty is denied that proper.

Individuals can take away fairly a handful of great factors from this story. Through this book men and women can see how considerably it indicates to love. Summer time of My German Soldier demonstrates a lot of significant lessons. Most importantly it shows the significance of love. Simply because several instances individuals are not open minded adequate, they frequently miss some of the greater factors in life. One particular scene that is member capable from this book is when Anton, the German soldier, risks getting captured, discovered, and possibly killed. As Patty’s father is beating her, Anton runs out of his hiding spot, and he would have saved Patty if she had not shouted, “NO!” Patty realizes that this man would threat his life to save her. I very recommend this book.