September 18, 1939.
I awoke this morning to a bird chirping loudly outside my window. This act is simply unacceptable, and orders will be made to neutralize the creature. My sleep is extremely valuable and cannot be interrupted. At 10 am, I attended breakfast with my wife and the children, where they were discussing the latest assignment from school, which was to build a tower out of straws. It annoys me to no end that children spend all their time, building such useless nonsense, where their time and efforts could be used for much greater things.
In other news, the invasion of Poland is going very well and as planned. Great Britain and France have decided to intervene, but with our allies Italy, Japan and Russia, only the U.S can stop us. Hopefully, America will not intervene unless directly attacked, which we will be careful not to do. Also, Grand-fuhrer Adolf will be joining us for dinner tomorrow, to further discuss the placement of captured Jews. If all goes well, the great Motherland will be restored of its glory that was much deserved. Our humiliating defeat 25 years ago will not be repeated.
For dinner we had sausages, ham, and pan-seared halibut with asparagus. Our cook is obviously lacking variety, as he serves the same things repeatedly. I will be sure to relive him of his job in the near future.
Reflection:
For the journal of Bruno's dad, Ralph. I slightly exaggerated what I thought a strict Nazi general might think.In many cases, people like Bruno's father are largely egotistic, so I added references to him thinking he was superior to most things, such as birds. I chose Ralph because I thought he would be a very interesting character, being a Nazi commander and whatnot.
Another reason I chose to write a journal about Bruno's dad was that I wanted to write about what was going behind Bruno's back during the story. For example, Bruno had no idea what was going on in the concentration camp, or who Adolf Hitler was and why he came to dinner. This journal entry explains everything that was going on in the story that Bruno didn't understand.
William
ReplyDeleteHey Will, it’s me, G-Man.
This Journal entry is actually really accurate. The humour in it (the strictness of the commandant) is rather refreshing. The historical references are alright. The reference to WWI really does fit in with the rest of the text, as well as the countries that were fighting against Germany. I noticed that you said that Germany was allied with Russia (U.S.S.R). While yes, Russia and Germany both invaded Poland (albeit from different sides) and they did agree not to fight, I’m not sure whether Russia was actually ALLIED with Germany. But it’s your text, so who am I to say anything?
Overall, I think the Post is great. You really detailed (maybe even exaggerated) the thoughts of a German SS officer, near the beginning of WWII. Believing that they would win the war, and be all powerful. And the only true major flaw is that you didn’t include a reflection. (Oops).
Best Regards,
G. Randjelović