The fascinating book I will introduce today is, Flowers in the Gutter, by K.D. Gaddy. This book takes place from end of the World War I in 1932 to current, 2019. It is showing a different perspective of Edelweiss Pirates, who have usually seen as a aggressive, violent, and brutal teenagers, misunderstood as a group of gangs. This book shows how they beaten in EL-DE prison and how it changed their life, and their perspectives by quoting interview or biology of themselves. Fritz Theilen (27 September 1927 – 18 April 2012), Gertrud Koch (1 June 1924 – 21 June 2016), and Jean Jülich (18 April 1929-19 October 2011)
My first notebook page is about social issues presented throughout the book; war, low-employment, lack of freedom, discrimination towards Jews and Communists.
Fig 1. Social Issues; War, Discrimination, Low-employment, Lack of freedom
My second notebook page is about an central idea: Nazis are violent to people who does not support them. I derived this idea from social issue, Discrimination towards Jews/Communists.
Fig 2. Central Idea 1: Nazis are violent to people who does not support them
My third notebook page is about my first theme I found from part 1 to part 4 that, War has negative effect for innocent citizens. I evoked this idea from central idea 1, because it ties to the social issue of war, and emphasizes damadge of warfare, but unprofitable for innocent citizens.
Fig 3. Theme 1: War has negative effect for innocent citizens.
My fourth notebook page is about my second thime I found from part 5 to part 7 (end) that, A monarched society even let teenagers to fell duty for making society better.
Fig 4. Theme 2: A corrupted society even let teenager to feel duty for making the society better.
My fifth note book page is a combination of post-its I attached while I’m reading this book, I found some clues for writing previous notebook pages.
Fig 5. Post-its
Fig 6. Post-its
Fig 7. Post-its
Fig 8. Post-its
In Future Freedom of Foundation once stated that “the enemy of our enemy; it is not our friend.” K.D. Gaddy might just want to tell us that Edelweiss Pirates are not brutal gangsters, they were the righteousness resistance soldiers against Nazi-Germany. In addition, she might also tackle sometimes the hidden heroes are treating so poor that they might fade away from the history, til we give them a little attention.
Fritz Theilen (27 September 1927 – 18 April 2012), Gertrud Koch (1 June 1924 – 21 June 2016), and Jean Jülich (18 April 1929-19 October 2011)
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JJ
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