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Post by brocktownsend on May 7, 2010 21:58:59 GMT -5
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Post by avordvet on May 8, 2010 6:15:33 GMT -5
The confrontation of Inspector Escherich and Quangel is unforgettable. Escherich, having got his prey, is contemptuous of this “gnat” fighting an “elephant:”: “What did you expect anyway, Quangel? You, an ordinary worker, taking on the Führer, who is backed by the Party, the Wehrmacht, the SS, the SA?”
Quangel tries to explain: “If one man sees he has no option but to fight, then he will fight, whether he has others on his side or not.”
Escherich, whose Gestapo boss likes to humiliate him, seems unmoved — until he sees the Obergruppenführer and other officers torturing Quangel by smashing their schnapps glasses on his head and something snaps. He puts a pistol to his head with the parting words: “I’m your only disciple, Otto Quangel.”
...bookmarked for further research and reading
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