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賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲
Taken by surprise, a small coastal town is overrun by an invading army with little resistance. The town is important because it is a port that serves a large coal mine. Colonel Lanser, the head of the invading battalion, along with his staff establishes his HQ in the house of the democratically elected and popular Mayor Orden.
In The Moon is Down, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations and emotions of the enemy, Steinbeck uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature.
In The Moon is Down, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations and emotions of the enemy, Steinbeck uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature.
188 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1942
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John Steinbeck
950听books24.9k听followersJohn Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters."
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.
During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward F. Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories. He is widely known for the comic novels Tortilla Flat (1935) and Cannery Row (1945), the multi-generation epic East of Eden (1952), and the novellas The Red Pony (1933) and Of Mice and Men (1937). The Pulitzer Prize鈥搘inning The Grapes of Wrath (1939) is considered Steinbeck's masterpiece and part of the American literary canon. By the 75th anniversary of its publishing date, it had sold 14 million copies.
Most of Steinbeck's work is set in central California, particularly in the Salinas Valley and the California Coast Ranges region. His works frequently explored the themes of fate and injustice, especially as applied to downtrodden or everyman protagonists.
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July 20, 2024
鈥�I am a little man and this is a little town, but there must be a spark in little men that can burst into flame.鈥�
John Steinbeck has always championed the spirit of survival in the face of great opposition, with novels about worker鈥檚 strikes, families struggling to survive the Depression, or even the survival of morality in a society increasingly concentrated on profits over people. In his short, 1942 novel, The Moon is Down, written to be adapted to the stage, Steinbeck turns his attention to the battle for democracy in the face of looming totalitarianism. While the countries remain nameless, the brief story concerns the invasion of Norway by the Nazis and the growing resistence of the townspeople in response to the Nazis attempts to control the population. The irony, of course, is the conquerors demands for 鈥渃ivility鈥� in the face of their oppression, tone policing the townsfolk for active resistance in order to self-condone the public executions on the freedom fighters. While brief, this is a powerful book that gives Steinbeck a fresh setting to orchestrate his familiar themes as he examines survival, hierarchy, control and the will of people to rise above and resist in a story that is, ultimately, quite hopeful.
鈥�The people don鈥檛 like to be conquered, and so they will not be. Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.鈥�
Set in a Norwegian coastal town that is of military importance for its shipping port, this small cast of characters consists of the 鈥渃onquerors鈥� who take up residence in the mayor鈥檚 palace, and the 鈥渃onquered鈥� who grow increasingly agitated in an attempt to drive back their invaders. The story was adapted into a stage play for which Steinbeck was awarded the in Norway, and it is easy to see how this was aimed for the theater with the story being dialogue-driven and mostly consisting of people coming and going from the same room with only two major scene changes that would function as an act I act II on stage. This allows Steinbeck to do what he does best: give brief monologues on the human spirit, morality, and instill hope in the hopeless.
鈥�The flies have conquered the flypaper鈥�
The Nazis have tried to establish an impression of cooperation with the town, setting up in Mayor Orden鈥檚 home (note the name calls to mind the idea of 鈥渙rder鈥�) and attempting to use him in order to control the populace. When an act of resistance kills an officer when he jumps in the way of a pick-axe to defend a fellow officer, the Nazi troops decide to execute the townsperson as a show of strength. The townspeople begin to organize together in a 鈥�slow, silent, waiting revenge鈥� that makes the conquerors uneasy, with an underground network spreading information and characters such as the local store keeper who works with the enemy as a spy and was modeled off . 鈥�It disturbs the invaders now, I am told, how news runs through censorships, how the truth of things fights free of control,鈥� says Dr. Winter, and as in almost every Steinbeck book, we can look to the doctor character as a pillar of philosophical morality.
Steinbeck鈥檚 story turns into a tale about sacrifice and the icons we build to drive the spirits of others. With the enemy soldiers, we see them attempt to control and create 鈥渙rder,鈥� something ironic as it is their presence and invasion that disrupted the order. The palace in which they reside is an attempt to create a symbol of dominance and peacekeeping, but as the novel progresses we see the palace deteriorating from their continued presence, a sure sign of them as the rot from inside. On the other hand, we see the resistance as lighting a fire in the hearts of the people even in the face of their own deaths. 鈥�To break man's spirit permanently,鈥� as the enemy is attempting, cannot occur if the people uplift each other. The Nazis order Orden to control his people but he knows he cannot, and he will go to his death to remind them to resist. 鈥�I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir--but I do have a choice of how I do it,鈥� he says, 鈥� I who am not a very brave man will have made them a little braver.鈥� He quotes Socrates saying the debt of his life must be paid, encouraging the resistance to continue larger and braver than ever.
The Moon is Down is a quick little read with a big punch. I would enjoy seeing this as a play and it captures all the classic Steinbeck elements in something that feels so grand scale and epic, showing the power of good over evil represented here as democracy over fascism. He never lets me down.
3.75/5
John Steinbeck has always championed the spirit of survival in the face of great opposition, with novels about worker鈥檚 strikes, families struggling to survive the Depression, or even the survival of morality in a society increasingly concentrated on profits over people. In his short, 1942 novel, The Moon is Down, written to be adapted to the stage, Steinbeck turns his attention to the battle for democracy in the face of looming totalitarianism. While the countries remain nameless, the brief story concerns the invasion of Norway by the Nazis and the growing resistence of the townspeople in response to the Nazis attempts to control the population. The irony, of course, is the conquerors demands for 鈥渃ivility鈥� in the face of their oppression, tone policing the townsfolk for active resistance in order to self-condone the public executions on the freedom fighters. While brief, this is a powerful book that gives Steinbeck a fresh setting to orchestrate his familiar themes as he examines survival, hierarchy, control and the will of people to rise above and resist in a story that is, ultimately, quite hopeful.
鈥�The people don鈥檛 like to be conquered, and so they will not be. Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.鈥�
Set in a Norwegian coastal town that is of military importance for its shipping port, this small cast of characters consists of the 鈥渃onquerors鈥� who take up residence in the mayor鈥檚 palace, and the 鈥渃onquered鈥� who grow increasingly agitated in an attempt to drive back their invaders. The story was adapted into a stage play for which Steinbeck was awarded the in Norway, and it is easy to see how this was aimed for the theater with the story being dialogue-driven and mostly consisting of people coming and going from the same room with only two major scene changes that would function as an act I act II on stage. This allows Steinbeck to do what he does best: give brief monologues on the human spirit, morality, and instill hope in the hopeless.
鈥�The flies have conquered the flypaper鈥�
The Nazis have tried to establish an impression of cooperation with the town, setting up in Mayor Orden鈥檚 home (note the name calls to mind the idea of 鈥渙rder鈥�) and attempting to use him in order to control the populace. When an act of resistance kills an officer when he jumps in the way of a pick-axe to defend a fellow officer, the Nazi troops decide to execute the townsperson as a show of strength. The townspeople begin to organize together in a 鈥�slow, silent, waiting revenge鈥� that makes the conquerors uneasy, with an underground network spreading information and characters such as the local store keeper who works with the enemy as a spy and was modeled off . 鈥�It disturbs the invaders now, I am told, how news runs through censorships, how the truth of things fights free of control,鈥� says Dr. Winter, and as in almost every Steinbeck book, we can look to the doctor character as a pillar of philosophical morality.
Steinbeck鈥檚 story turns into a tale about sacrifice and the icons we build to drive the spirits of others. With the enemy soldiers, we see them attempt to control and create 鈥渙rder,鈥� something ironic as it is their presence and invasion that disrupted the order. The palace in which they reside is an attempt to create a symbol of dominance and peacekeeping, but as the novel progresses we see the palace deteriorating from their continued presence, a sure sign of them as the rot from inside. On the other hand, we see the resistance as lighting a fire in the hearts of the people even in the face of their own deaths. 鈥�To break man's spirit permanently,鈥� as the enemy is attempting, cannot occur if the people uplift each other. The Nazis order Orden to control his people but he knows he cannot, and he will go to his death to remind them to resist. 鈥�I have no choice of living or dying, you see, sir--but I do have a choice of how I do it,鈥� he says, 鈥� I who am not a very brave man will have made them a little braver.鈥� He quotes Socrates saying the debt of his life must be paid, encouraging the resistance to continue larger and braver than ever.
The Moon is Down is a quick little read with a big punch. I would enjoy seeing this as a play and it captures all the classic Steinbeck elements in something that feels so grand scale and epic, showing the power of good over evil represented here as democracy over fascism. He never lets me down.
3.75/5
December 30, 2021
鈥嶵he Moon is down, John Ernst Steinbeck
The Moon Is Down, a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, was published by Viking Press in March 1942.
The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia (much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II).
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 爻倬鬲丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱1968賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
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毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 鬲乇噩賲賴: 倬乇賵蹖夭 丿丕乇蹖賵卮貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕爻丕胤蹖乇貙 爻丕賱1365貙 丿乇162氐貨
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毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 鬲乇噩賲賴: 讴乇蹖賲 丕丨賲丿蹖貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 毓丕乇賮貙 爻丕賱1362貙 丿乇192 氐貙 毓讴爻
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The Moon Is Down, a novel by John Steinbeck fashioned for adaptation for the theatre and for which Steinbeck received the Norwegian King Haakon VII Freedom Cross, was published by Viking Press in March 1942.
The story tells of the military occupation of a small town in Northern Europe by the army of an unnamed nation at war with England and Russia (much like the occupation of Norway by the Germans during World War II).
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 爻倬鬲丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱1968賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 賲鬲乇噩賲: 倬乇賵蹖夭 丿丕乇蹖賵卮貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 爻丕夭賲丕賳 讴鬲丕亘賴丕蹖 噩蹖亘蹖: 賲賵爻爻賴 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賮乇丕賳讴賱蹖賳貙 爻丕賱1341貙 丿乇182氐貙 丕賳丿丕夭賴11丿乇5/16爻.賲.貙 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丕蹖丕賱丕鬲 賲鬲丨丿賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕貙 爻丿賴20賲貙 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲貙 爻丕賱1939賲 鬲丕 爻丕賱1945賲貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 鬲乇噩賲賴: 倬乇賵蹖夭 丿丕乇蹖賵卮貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕爻丕胤蹖乇貙 爻丕賱1365貙 丿乇162氐貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 鬲乇噩賲賴: 倬乇賵蹖夭 丿丕乇蹖賵卮貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賲蹖乇讴亘蹖乇貙 爻丕賱1377貙 丿乇153氐貙 卮丕亘讴9640004626貙 卮丕亘讴9789640004623貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 爻丕賱1389貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 鬲乇噩賲賴: 倬乇賵蹖夭 丿丕乇蹖賵卮貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 毓賱賲蹖 賮乇賴賳诏蹖貙 爻丕賱1384貙 丿乇161氐貙 卮丕亘讴9644456734貨
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毓賳賵丕賳: 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貨 丕孬乇: 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 鬲乇噩賲賴: 丕丨賲丿 丨爻蹖賳蹖貨 賲卮禺氐丕鬲 賳卮乇 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳丕跇貙 爻丕賱1393貙 丿乇205氐貙 卮丕亘讴9786006110172貨
賳蹖乇賵賴丕蹖 賲賴丕噩賲 賵丕乇丿 賯氐亘賴 丕蹖 讴賵趩讴 卮丿賴貙 亘丕 讴賲鬲乇蹖賳 禺賵賳乇蹖夭蹖貙 丌賳噩丕 乇丕 鬲爻禺蹖乇 賲蹖讴賳賳丿貨 賯氐亘賴 蹖丕 噩夭蹖乇賴貙 蹖讴 賲賯丕賲 乇爻賲蹖 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳 卮賴乇丿丕乇 丿丕乇丿貨 賳蹖乇賵賴丕蹖 賲爻賱丨 丌賳噩丕 丿賵丕夭丿賴 鬲賳 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 讴賴 丌賳賴丕 賴賲 氐亘丨 乇賵夭 蹖賵乇卮貙 亘賴 賱胤賮 噩丕爻賵爻 賳賮賵匕蹖貙 丿賳亘丕賱 賳禺賵丿 爻蹖丕賴 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 卮丿賴 丕賳丿貨 賲乇丿賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 爻丕賱賴丕爻鬲 乇賳诏 噩賳诏 亘賴 禺賵丿 賳丿蹖丿賴 丕賳丿貨 賲賯丕賲 乇爻賲蹖 禺賵丿卮 賴賲 賳賲蹖丿丕賳丿 趩賳丿鬲丕 丕爻賱丨賴 丿丕乇丿貙 賵 丕爻賱丨賴 賴丕 讴噩丕 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 賵賱蹖 賲賴丕噩賲蹖賳 賲蹖丿丕賳賳丿貨 賲乇丿賲丕賳 賯氐亘賴貙 丿乇 乇賵夭賴丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲貙 趩賳丕賳 丌乇丕賲 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 亘乇禺蹖 丕夭 賲賴丕噩賲蹖賳貙 賯氐丿 賲丕賳丿诏丕乇蹖 丿丕乇賳丿貙 賵 丕夭 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賵 诏匕乇丕賳 丿賵乇丕賳 亘丕夭賳卮爻鬲诏蹖 禺賵蹖卮 丿乇 丌賳噩丕貙 爻禺賳 賲蹖诏賵蹖賳丿貨 丌賳噩丕 丿丕乇丕蹖 蹖讴 賲毓丿賳 匕睾丕賱 爻賳诏 丕爻鬲貙 賵 賳蹖乇賵蹖 賲賴丕噩賲貙 亘賴 賲丨氐賵賱 丌賳 賲毓丿賳 賳蹖丕夭 丿丕乇丿貨 賳禺爻鬲 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 爻丕丿賴 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖乇爻丿貙 丕賲丕...貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 18/09/199賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 08/10/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
May 16, 2012
Propaganda is a word often spewed in anger or indignation at some form of manipulative or self-serving communication. It鈥檚 generally viewed as objectionable, ugly, and immoral.
Meet the honorable, dignified exception to that stereotype.
John Steinbeck鈥檚 1942 novel, written to support the Allied effort during WWII, is propaganda as pure as freshly fallen snow, as righteous and moral as love for humanity. It is propaganda in affirmation of freedom, self-determination, and the indomitable will of people to persevere and overcome.
PLOT SUMMARY:
The story begins with a peaceful, democratic village swiftly invaded and occupied by aggressive, fascist army bearing all of the telltales of Nazi Germany. 鈥淏y 10:45 it was all over. The town was occupied, the defenders defeated, and the war was finished.鈥� The brilliant irony of the novel鈥檚 first words is revealed only later as we learn that 鈥渢he war鈥� has barely even begun.
We meet the simple, hardworking people of the village, who seem perplexed, but not, initially, embittered by the invaders. We meet the enemy, Colonel Lanser and his officers, none of whom are presented as 鈥渕ustache-twirling鈥� villains. Just soldiers doing a job. The initial interactions are cordial, almost bizarrely so, and there is a sense that things may not be so bad.
Wrong..it is...and Steinbeck deftly, methodically commences to bleed the air of lightheartedness out of the narrative, and reveals the underlying severity of his message.
This brings me to the first major kudo I wish to bestow on Steinbeck. His manipulation and control over his material is impressive, and he effectively confounds your expectations through the slowly escalating gravity of the story鈥檚 tone. After the initial brutal invasion, including the killing of a group of the town鈥檚 soldiers, is glossed over and depicted in a casual, almost humorous fashion, I was thinking that this may be something akin to a black comedy.
Not the case, and Steinbeck begins to turn the screws.
The invaders need the townspeople to work the coal mine (the town鈥檚 coal resources were the reason it was targeted). The town people do not take kindly to being 鈥渇orced鈥� to work the mines. The invaders insist鈥�
Tension鈥nimosity鈥atred鈥iolence ensue that I will leave for you to discover.
THOUGHTS:
The horror of war, the enduring strength of freedom, and the self-defeating process of using humans to impose 鈥渋nhuman鈥� oppression, these are the messages of Steinbeck's work.
I want to talk a little about this latter aspect first, because it鈥檚 something you don鈥檛 see portrayed enough in stories about occupying forces. Usually, you see the damage that is inflicted on those that have been deprived of their liberty, and Steinbeck certainly does reflect this in the story. However, he also shows the dehumanizing, destructive effect of the occupation on the occupier.
As the townspeople become resentful and openly antagonistic, it begins to take a devastating toll on the enemy soldiers, who simply want to go home to their own families and feel like they have been lied to by their superiors. They find they must constantly be on their guard and can never travel alone, which has a serious effect on their morale. 鈥淔ear crept in on the men in their billets and it made them sad and it crept into their patrols and it made them cruel.鈥� These soldiers, just like their captives, have lost their freedom, and Steinbeck鈥檚 portrayal of their desolation powerfully closes the circle on the 鈥渢here are truly no winners in a war of aggression鈥� theme.
There are only victims.
On the other side of the coin, Steinbeck extols the right of people to live free and inner resolve that comes from the yearning to self-determine.
His message, delivered throughout the second half of the story, is that the very nature of invasion and occupation give rise to the invaders downfall by reorganizing the previously self-interested and peaceful townsfolk into a cohesive band of freedom fighters.
Finally, I will begin my wrap up with one of my favorite quotes from the story, in which Steinbeck sums up his view on the futility of war.
It will stay with you long after you reach the end.
4.5 stars. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!
Meet the honorable, dignified exception to that stereotype.
John Steinbeck鈥檚 1942 novel, written to support the Allied effort during WWII, is propaganda as pure as freshly fallen snow, as righteous and moral as love for humanity. It is propaganda in affirmation of freedom, self-determination, and the indomitable will of people to persevere and overcome.
PLOT SUMMARY:
The story begins with a peaceful, democratic village swiftly invaded and occupied by aggressive, fascist army bearing all of the telltales of Nazi Germany. 鈥淏y 10:45 it was all over. The town was occupied, the defenders defeated, and the war was finished.鈥� The brilliant irony of the novel鈥檚 first words is revealed only later as we learn that 鈥渢he war鈥� has barely even begun.
We meet the simple, hardworking people of the village, who seem perplexed, but not, initially, embittered by the invaders. We meet the enemy, Colonel Lanser and his officers, none of whom are presented as 鈥渕ustache-twirling鈥� villains. Just soldiers doing a job. The initial interactions are cordial, almost bizarrely so, and there is a sense that things may not be so bad.
Wrong..it is...and Steinbeck deftly, methodically commences to bleed the air of lightheartedness out of the narrative, and reveals the underlying severity of his message.
This brings me to the first major kudo I wish to bestow on Steinbeck. His manipulation and control over his material is impressive, and he effectively confounds your expectations through the slowly escalating gravity of the story鈥檚 tone. After the initial brutal invasion, including the killing of a group of the town鈥檚 soldiers, is glossed over and depicted in a casual, almost humorous fashion, I was thinking that this may be something akin to a black comedy.
Not the case, and Steinbeck begins to turn the screws.
The invaders need the townspeople to work the coal mine (the town鈥檚 coal resources were the reason it was targeted). The town people do not take kindly to being 鈥渇orced鈥� to work the mines. The invaders insist鈥�
Tension鈥nimosity鈥atred鈥iolence ensue that I will leave for you to discover.
THOUGHTS:
The horror of war, the enduring strength of freedom, and the self-defeating process of using humans to impose 鈥渋nhuman鈥� oppression, these are the messages of Steinbeck's work.
I want to talk a little about this latter aspect first, because it鈥檚 something you don鈥檛 see portrayed enough in stories about occupying forces. Usually, you see the damage that is inflicted on those that have been deprived of their liberty, and Steinbeck certainly does reflect this in the story. However, he also shows the dehumanizing, destructive effect of the occupation on the occupier.
As the townspeople become resentful and openly antagonistic, it begins to take a devastating toll on the enemy soldiers, who simply want to go home to their own families and feel like they have been lied to by their superiors. They find they must constantly be on their guard and can never travel alone, which has a serious effect on their morale. 鈥淔ear crept in on the men in their billets and it made them sad and it crept into their patrols and it made them cruel.鈥� These soldiers, just like their captives, have lost their freedom, and Steinbeck鈥檚 portrayal of their desolation powerfully closes the circle on the 鈥渢here are truly no winners in a war of aggression鈥� theme.
There are only victims.
On the other side of the coin, Steinbeck extols the right of people to live free and inner resolve that comes from the yearning to self-determine.
His message, delivered throughout the second half of the story, is that the very nature of invasion and occupation give rise to the invaders downfall by reorganizing the previously self-interested and peaceful townsfolk into a cohesive band of freedom fighters.
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.The armies measures to try and maintain control over the populace backfire, as they must, and the extremes to which the oppressed will go to secure that which was taken only becomes more amplified. 鈥淒on't you know you will have to kill all of us or we in time will kill all of you? You destroyed the law when you came in, and a new law took its place."
Finally, I will begin my wrap up with one of my favorite quotes from the story, in which Steinbeck sums up his view on the futility of war.
War is treachery and hatred, the muddling of incompetent generals, the torture and killing and sickness and tiredness, until at last it is over and nothing has changed except for new weariness and new hatreds.Steinbeck鈥檚 novel is a large story told on a very small stage. He doesn鈥檛 mince around with nuances or delicate philosophies. He goes straight at the fundamentals.
It will stay with you long after you reach the end.
4.5 stars. HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION!!
November 4, 2017
John Steinbeck published The Moon is Down in 1942.
While not directly naming either Norway or Germany, the reader understands that the setting is Norway during the Nazi German occupation, which began in 1940. Written for easy adaptation to the theater, Steinbeck evokes Ibsen with his play-like, scene-focused action.
When the novel was published, Nazi German forces occupied much of Europe and North Africa and the Anglo-American and Russian allied forces had yet to check Nazi aggression and expansion. Steinbeck has created a simple, strident and moving declaration of the indomitable will of a people who refuse to give in to tyranny. The character Mayor Orden, a symbol of unassuming yet steadfast resistance and leadership, sums up the theme of the novel when he says:
鈥淥ur people are invaded, but I don鈥檛 think they are conquered鈥�.
While not directly naming either Norway or Germany, the reader understands that the setting is Norway during the Nazi German occupation, which began in 1940. Written for easy adaptation to the theater, Steinbeck evokes Ibsen with his play-like, scene-focused action.
When the novel was published, Nazi German forces occupied much of Europe and North Africa and the Anglo-American and Russian allied forces had yet to check Nazi aggression and expansion. Steinbeck has created a simple, strident and moving declaration of the indomitable will of a people who refuse to give in to tyranny. The character Mayor Orden, a symbol of unassuming yet steadfast resistance and leadership, sums up the theme of the novel when he says:
鈥淥ur people are invaded, but I don鈥檛 think they are conquered鈥�.
April 26, 2024
鈥淭he people don鈥檛 like to be conquered, and so they will not be. Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars." This powerful quote voices Steinbeck's views on freedom and democracy and his severe criticism on the dictatorial "one leader" concept and the Nazi despotism. Although I've heard that Steinbeck was considered a "Communist", there is no mistaking here of his support of democracy.
Steinbeck wrote The Moon is Down to uplift the morale of the allied forces during World War II. Modelled on the Nazi occupation in Norway, it tells the story of a military invasion on an unarmed small town in Northern Europe and the subsequent rise of the conquered against the conqueror. Having published it in 1942, Steinbeck expresses both his wish and belief that the "conquerors" (the Nazi) may not have their own way for long and the "conquered" (the people of the invaded countries), with the assistance of the friendly allies, will rise against the conquerors and defeat them thoroughly.
The story in itself isn't easy to read. The clash between the two sides and the ruthless suppression of the unarmed by the armed is grim and difficult to stomach. And it is a mercy that the story was short. However, the voice is clear and the message conveyed across is powerful. Steinbeck's ordinarily colourful writing is replaced here with an impressive vitality that suited the subject of the story. The story's end mark Socrates's last words to Crito (as was noted in Plato's Phaedo) where Socrates requests his friend to pay his debt and Crito answers "the debt will be paid". These words were pertinent and prophetic. The "debt" was finally paid when the war came to an end in 1945, but at what cost?
This was a moving tragedy. Though the story was a little too much for my sensitive mind, I'm glad to have read it. The story prompted me to write a small tribute, and it will be shared below. I'm no poet so please bear up with me. :)
A Tribute to John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down:
The moon is down
The darkness descends
Embracing in slow degrees
The earth and men.
The creeping blackness darkens
The chilling coldness, freezes
The mind, body, and soul
Confused first, then angered
Biding time,
till a speck of light flashes
Illuminating,
The path to walk.
The speck turns in degrees
Into a beam, bringing radiance
Swallowing with tentative bites
The enclosing darkness,
Until a fire is kindled
Fierce and burning
Ominous and menacing
Vowing to engulf,
The chilling coldness
The maddening darkness
Promised by the invading hand
Choking free life.
They rise,
worse than any earthly force
Burning everything
In its ferocious force
Even as one by one falls
To taste the sweetness
of freedom that will come
When the moon shines bright
once again, on the clear sky.
Steinbeck wrote The Moon is Down to uplift the morale of the allied forces during World War II. Modelled on the Nazi occupation in Norway, it tells the story of a military invasion on an unarmed small town in Northern Europe and the subsequent rise of the conquered against the conqueror. Having published it in 1942, Steinbeck expresses both his wish and belief that the "conquerors" (the Nazi) may not have their own way for long and the "conquered" (the people of the invaded countries), with the assistance of the friendly allies, will rise against the conquerors and defeat them thoroughly.
The story in itself isn't easy to read. The clash between the two sides and the ruthless suppression of the unarmed by the armed is grim and difficult to stomach. And it is a mercy that the story was short. However, the voice is clear and the message conveyed across is powerful. Steinbeck's ordinarily colourful writing is replaced here with an impressive vitality that suited the subject of the story. The story's end mark Socrates's last words to Crito (as was noted in Plato's Phaedo) where Socrates requests his friend to pay his debt and Crito answers "the debt will be paid". These words were pertinent and prophetic. The "debt" was finally paid when the war came to an end in 1945, but at what cost?
This was a moving tragedy. Though the story was a little too much for my sensitive mind, I'm glad to have read it. The story prompted me to write a small tribute, and it will be shared below. I'm no poet so please bear up with me. :)
A Tribute to John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down:
The moon is down
The darkness descends
Embracing in slow degrees
The earth and men.
The creeping blackness darkens
The chilling coldness, freezes
The mind, body, and soul
Confused first, then angered
Biding time,
till a speck of light flashes
Illuminating,
The path to walk.
The speck turns in degrees
Into a beam, bringing radiance
Swallowing with tentative bites
The enclosing darkness,
Until a fire is kindled
Fierce and burning
Ominous and menacing
Vowing to engulf,
The chilling coldness
The maddening darkness
Promised by the invading hand
Choking free life.
They rise,
worse than any earthly force
Burning everything
In its ferocious force
Even as one by one falls
To taste the sweetness
of freedom that will come
When the moon shines bright
once again, on the clear sky.
April 29, 2024
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丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賲乇丿賲鈥� 蹖讴 卮賴乇 讴賵趩蹖讴 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 爻乇亘丕夭丕賳 賲鬲噩丕賵夭 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賴 讴賴 丿乇 丕丿賵丕乇 賲禺鬲賱賮 賴賲蹖卮賴 丿乇 氐賱丨 亘賵丿賳 賵 丿賵乇 丕夭 噩賳诏.
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丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕蹖 乇丿 賵 亘丿賱 卮丿賴 賲丕 亘蹖賳 爻乇賴賳诏 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 賵 卮賴乇丿丕乇 賯氐亘賴 噩匕丕亘 鬲乇蹖賳 賵 亘賴 蹖丕丿 賲賵賳丿賳蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 亘禺卮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 鬲卮讴蹖賱 賲蹖丿丕丿賳丿.
噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 丕夭 乇賵丨 賵 賯丿丕爻鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴. 丕賵賳賯丿乇 毓賲蹖賯 賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖 讴賴 丌丿賲賵 賵丕丿丕乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 趩賳丿蹖賳 賵 趩賳丿亘丕乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕卮賵 亘禺賵賳賴 賵 賴乇亘丕乇 亘蹖卮 丕夭 倬蹖卮 丕夭卮賵賳 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇賴.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賲乇丿賲鈥� 蹖讴 卮賴乇 讴賵趩蹖讴 丿乇 賲賯丕亘賱 爻乇亘丕夭丕賳 賲鬲噩丕賵夭 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭賴 讴賴 丿乇 丕丿賵丕乇 賲禺鬲賱賮 賴賲蹖卮賴 丿乇 氐賱丨 亘賵丿賳 賵 丿賵乇 丕夭 噩賳诏.
趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 賲鬲賳 鬲賵噩賴 丕賲 乇賵 噩賱亘 讴乇丿 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 鬲賳賮乇 爻乇亘丕夭丕賳 丕夭 賵囟毓蹖鬲卮賵賳 賵 夭賳丿丕賳蹖 卮丿賳 丿乇 蹖賴 卮賴乇 鬲爻禺蹖乇 卮丿賴 丿賯蹖賯丕 亘賴 丕賳丿丕夭賴 鬲賳賮乇 賲乇丿賲 卮賴乇 賯氐亘賴 丕夭 噩賳诏 賵 賲鬲噩丕賵夭丕賳 亘賵丿. 丕賲丕 亘賴 噩丕蹖 鬲賱丕卮 亘乇丕蹖 乇賴丕蹖蹖 丕夭 賵囟毓蹖鬲 倬蹖卮 丕賵賲丿賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丿乇 賲賳噩賱丕亘 賯賵丕賳蹖賳蹖 賮乇賵 鈥屬呟� 乇賮鬲賳丿 讴賴 毓賲賱 亘賴 丕賵賳 賴丕 亘賴 賲孬丕亘賴鈥屰� 倬乇爻鬲卮 蹖讴 亘鬲 (倬蹖卮賵丕) 亘乇丕卮賵賳 丕賴賲蹖鬲 賵 丕乇夭卮 丿丕卮鬲.
丿蹖丕賱賵诏 賴丕蹖 乇丿 賵 亘丿賱 卮丿賴 賲丕 亘蹖賳 爻乇賴賳诏 丌賱賲丕賳蹖 賵 卮賴乇丿丕乇 賯氐亘賴 噩匕丕亘 鬲乇蹖賳 賵 亘賴 蹖丕丿 賲賵賳丿賳蹖 鬲乇蹖賳 亘禺卮 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 鬲卮讴蹖賱 賲蹖丿丕丿賳丿.
噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 丕夭 乇賵丨 賵 賯丿丕爻鬲 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴. 丕賵賳賯丿乇 毓賲蹖賯 賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳蹖 讴賴 丌丿賲賵 賵丕丿丕乇 賲蹖讴賳賴 趩賳丿蹖賳 賵 趩賳丿亘丕乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕卮賵 亘禺賵賳賴 賵 賴乇亘丕乇 亘蹖卮 丕夭 倬蹖卮 丕夭卮賵賳 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇賴.
January 15, 2025
A small town is forced to decide to what extent it will cooperate with a tyrannical invader. Powerful and haunting - evil has rarely been exposed in truer banality. So many of the lessons in this book apply to situations we are seeing all over the world today. Recommended for those going into the military.
July 13, 2014
Short and bitter sweet, The Moon is Down shows what becomes of docile countryfolk when they are invaded and subjugated.
Not sure what to expect from this lesser known work by Steinbeck, my first impression after a few pages was that I was in for a light comedy, a sort of Catch-22 anti-war declaration, apparently with silly citizens and gullible army officers acting out a daffy pre-"Hogan's Heroes" farce.
But then it turned serious and dark, and actually hopeful. There are small heroes, tiny victories. The struggle is not valiant. There are no action-packed depictions. It is furtive. Victory over their oppressors is implied. But the main point is that those supposedly conquered should struggle against their oppressors. Most will and most will never give up the fight.
Aspects of The Moon is Down had a deja vu familiarity about them and then one particular scene jarred my memory and sent me back 30 years or more to a TV version of All Quiet on the Western Front. In it actor Richard Thomas (aka "John Boy") plays a German. I think in the early 80s he was trying to get away from his good-guy Waltons persona. Playing a soldier from an antagonistic army pushing himself on a woman from the conquered country would do it. Well anyway, the scene in question is not, to my recollection, from All Quiet..., but rather from this book. I hope Steinbeck got some credit.
Not sure what to expect from this lesser known work by Steinbeck, my first impression after a few pages was that I was in for a light comedy, a sort of Catch-22 anti-war declaration, apparently with silly citizens and gullible army officers acting out a daffy pre-"Hogan's Heroes" farce.
But then it turned serious and dark, and actually hopeful. There are small heroes, tiny victories. The struggle is not valiant. There are no action-packed depictions. It is furtive. Victory over their oppressors is implied. But the main point is that those supposedly conquered should struggle against their oppressors. Most will and most will never give up the fight.
Aspects of The Moon is Down had a deja vu familiarity about them and then one particular scene jarred my memory and sent me back 30 years or more to a TV version of All Quiet on the Western Front. In it actor Richard Thomas (aka "John Boy") plays a German. I think in the early 80s he was trying to get away from his good-guy Waltons persona. Playing a soldier from an antagonistic army pushing himself on a woman from the conquered country would do it. Well anyway, the scene in question is not, to my recollection, from All Quiet..., but rather from this book. I hope Steinbeck got some credit.
August 18, 2022
This was brilliant!
February 7, 2022
*亘丿賵賳 禺胤乇 賱賵 乇賮鬲賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳
讴賲 讴賲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賳诏乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 讴賴 賳讴賳賴 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫з� 毓賵囟 卮丿賴! 蹖丕 趩賵賳 爻賳鈥屫з� 乇賮鬲賴 亘丕賱丕貙 丿蹖诏賴 賴蹖趩 讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘賴 丿賱賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫篡屬嗁囏� 賵 丿丕卮鬲賲 賲蹖鈥屫必驰屫� 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲丿鬲鈥屬囏ж� 丕夭 丌禺乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴 讴丕賲賱 亘賴卮 丿丕丿賲 賲蹖鈥屭柏辟�!
賴賲卮 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 讴賱賳噩丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 讴賴 趩乇丕 丕賳賯丿乇 毓賳賯 卮丿賲! 趩乇丕 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕讴孬乇 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 丿蹖丿 禺賵亘蹖 賳丿丕乇賲...
鬲丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲 乇賵 卮乇賵毓 讴乇丿賲! 賵 鬲丕夭賴 丕賵賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖丕丿賲 丕賵賲丿 賲賳 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屬矩必池�!
丕賵賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖丕丿賲 丕賵賲丿 賲賳 毓丕卮賯 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 囟丿 噩賳诏 賵 亘禺氐賵氐 噩賳诏鈥屬囏й� 噩賴丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲賲.
丕賵賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫з� 鬲睾蹖蹖乇蹖 賳讴乇丿賴 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲乇卮鈥屫辟堐屰� 胤賵賱丕賳蹖貙 賮賯胤 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賲丿鬲 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵亘蹖 丿爻鬲賲 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲!
賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貙 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賵賱蹖 亘丕 丕乇夭卮賴! 丕孬乇蹖賴 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 丿乇 賳诏丕賴 丕賵賱 丨爻 禺賵亘蹖 丿乇 賲禺丕胤亘 丕蹖噩丕丿 賳讴賳賴貙 丕賲丕 賴賲賵賳 趩賳丿 氐賮丨賴 丕賵賱卮 讴丕賮蹖賴 鬲丕 賴乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴鈥屫й� 亘丿賵賳賴 讴賴 丿丕乇賴 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 賮丕禺乇 囟丿 噩賳诏 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁�!
丿乇 賳賯丿賴丕蹖 賯亘賱蹖鈥屫з� 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲賵卮鈥屬囏� 賵 丌丿賲鈥屬囏ж� 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 亘乇丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵卮賴鈥屬囏й� 禺卮賲 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲貙 賯蹖丿 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 禺丿丕蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮 讴乇丿賳賴! 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲貙 讴丕賲賱丕 賲蹖卮賴 丨爻 讴乇丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 賮賯胤 丕夭 賯賱賲 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 亘乇賲蹖丕丿!
氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 亘乇賮蹖 賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖 爻乇丿 賵 蹖禺 夭丿賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 乇卮鬲賴鈥屰� 鬲丨乇蹖乇 丿乇丕賵賲丿賴貙 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丿蹖丿賳 趩賳丿蹖賳 毓讴爻 賵 賮蹖賱賲 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丕賵賳 賮囟丕賴丕 乇賵 丿乇 匕賴賳 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲乇爻蹖賲 讴賳賳!
夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 诏蹖乇丕蹖蹖 賯賱賲 賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 賳爻亘鬲丕 禺賵亘貙 賴賲賴 賵 賴賲賴 亘丕毓孬 卮丿賳 讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 夭蹖丕丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇賲 賵 丕賵賳 乇賵 亘毓賳賵丕賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴鈥屰� 爻丕賱 2022 孬亘鬲 讴賳賲.
亘蹖卮 亘丕丿!
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 賯蹖賲鬲 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 丨噩賲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賳丿丕乇賴貙 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘禺賵賳蹖丿卮.
讴賲 讴賲 丿丕卮鬲賲 賳诏乇丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 讴賴 賳讴賳賴 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫з� 毓賵囟 卮丿賴! 蹖丕 趩賵賳 爻賳鈥屫з� 乇賮鬲賴 亘丕賱丕貙 丿蹖诏賴 賴蹖趩 讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘賴 丿賱賲 賳賲蹖鈥屫篡屬嗁囏� 賵 丿丕卮鬲賲 賲蹖鈥屫必驰屫� 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲丿鬲鈥屬囏ж� 丕夭 丌禺乇蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖 讴賴 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴 讴丕賲賱 亘賴卮 丿丕丿賲 賲蹖鈥屭柏辟�!
賴賲卮 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 讴賱賳噩丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 讴賴 趩乇丕 丕賳賯丿乇 毓賳賯 卮丿賲! 趩乇丕 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕讴孬乇 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 丿蹖丿 禺賵亘蹖 賳丿丕乇賲...
鬲丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲 乇賵 卮乇賵毓 讴乇丿賲! 賵 鬲丕夭賴 丕賵賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖丕丿賲 丕賵賲丿 賲賳 噩丕賳 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屬矩必池�!
丕賵賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 蹖丕丿賲 丕賵賲丿 賲賳 毓丕卮賯 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 囟丿 噩賳诏 賵 亘禺氐賵氐 噩賳诏鈥屬囏й� 噩賴丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲賲.
丕賵賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 賮賴賲蹖丿賲 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 爻賱蹖賯賴鈥屫з� 鬲睾蹖蹖乇蹖 賳讴乇丿賴 賵 丕蹖賳 鬲乇卮鈥屫辟堐屰� 胤賵賱丕賳蹖貙 賮賯胤 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 賲丿鬲 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵亘蹖 丿爻鬲賲 賳诏乇賮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲!
賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲貙 蹖讴 乇賲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 賵賱蹖 亘丕 丕乇夭卮賴! 丕孬乇蹖賴 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 丿乇 賳诏丕賴 丕賵賱 丨爻 禺賵亘蹖 丿乇 賲禺丕胤亘 丕蹖噩丕丿 賳讴賳賴貙 丕賲丕 賴賲賵賳 趩賳丿 氐賮丨賴 丕賵賱卮 讴丕賮蹖賴 鬲丕 賴乇 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴鈥屫й� 亘丿賵賳賴 讴賴 丿丕乇賴 蹖讴 讴鬲丕亘 賮丕禺乇 囟丿 噩賳诏 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁�!
丿乇 賳賯丿賴丕蹖 賯亘賱蹖鈥屫з� 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲賵卮鈥屬囏� 賵 丌丿賲鈥屬囏ж� 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 亘乇丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵卮賴鈥屬囏й� 禺卮賲 賳賵卮鬲賴 亘賵丿賲貙 賯蹖丿 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲 讴賴 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 禺丿丕蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮 讴乇丿賳賴! 丿乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲貙 讴丕賲賱丕 賲蹖卮賴 丨爻 讴乇丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 賮賯胤 丕夭 賯賱賲 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 亘乇賲蹖丕丿!
氐丨賳賴鈥屬囏й� 亘乇賮蹖 賵 丿賳蹖丕蹖 爻乇丿 賵 蹖禺 夭丿賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 亘毓囟蹖 丕夭 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 乇卮鬲賴鈥屰� 鬲丨乇蹖乇 丿乇丕賵賲丿賴貙 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丿蹖丿賳 趩賳丿蹖賳 毓讴爻 賵 賮蹖賱賲 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丕賵賳 賮囟丕賴丕 乇賵 丿乇 匕賴賳 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 鬲乇爻蹖賲 讴賳賳!
夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 诏蹖乇丕蹖蹖 賯賱賲 賵 鬲乇噩賲賴 賳爻亘鬲丕 禺賵亘貙 賴賲賴 賵 賴賲賴 亘丕毓孬 卮丿賳 讴賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 夭蹖丕丿 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賱匕鬲 亘亘乇賲 賵 丕賵賳 乇賵 亘毓賳賵丕賳 丕賵賱蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 倬賳噩 爻鬲丕乇賴鈥屰� 爻丕賱 2022 孬亘鬲 讴賳賲.
亘蹖卮 亘丕丿!
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 賯蹖賲鬲 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 丨噩賲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 賳丿丕乇賴貙 倬蹖卮賳賴丕丿 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 亘禺賵賳蹖丿卮.
May 16, 2023
This story, published in 1942, was a contribution by Steinbeck to the effort to mentally shore up the countries under invasion by Germany at that time. In a town, in a country that is almost without doubt meant to mirror Norway, a conquering invasion force is subjected to the unfaltering resistance of a free people.
The plot is fairly predictable, because we know how the Nazi鈥檚 operated during the war when met with resistance. The characters are more stereotypes than individuals, although Steinbeck does manage to make the invaders mostly humans rather than monsters. They are, in fact, soldiers following orders in a situation that they neither understand nor control.
At one point, one of the soldiers laughs hysterically and says 鈥渢he flies have conquered the flypaper,鈥� and this would pretty much sum up the purpose of the story. You may win the battle with sheer force, but the minds and hearts of free people will continue to fight until they have won the war.
Lucky for us all, Steinbeck was right.
The plot is fairly predictable, because we know how the Nazi鈥檚 operated during the war when met with resistance. The characters are more stereotypes than individuals, although Steinbeck does manage to make the invaders mostly humans rather than monsters. They are, in fact, soldiers following orders in a situation that they neither understand nor control.
At one point, one of the soldiers laughs hysterically and says 鈥渢he flies have conquered the flypaper,鈥� and this would pretty much sum up the purpose of the story. You may win the battle with sheer force, but the minds and hearts of free people will continue to fight until they have won the war.
Lucky for us all, Steinbeck was right.
March 3, 2021
賮賷 賲睾賷亘 丕賱賯賲乇 乇賵丕賷丞 賰鬲亘賴丕 噩賵賳 卮鬲丕賷賳亘賰 賵賳卮乇鬲 毓丕賲 1942 兀孬賳丕亍 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞
亘賱丿丞 氐睾賷乇丞 賷丿禺賱賴丕 噩賷卮 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賱丕爻鬲睾賱丕賱 賲賳丕噩賲 丕賱賮丨賲 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 賮賷賴丕, 賷丨賰賷 卮鬲丕賷賳亘賰 毓賳 毓賲丿丞 丕賱亘賱丿丞 賵兀賴賱賴丕 丕賱亘爻胤丕亍 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 賵賲賯丕賵賲丞 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱
賵賷氐賮 丨丕賱 噩賳賵丿 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賵賲丕 賷丿賵乇 賮賷 賳賮賵爻賴賲 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱賯賵丞 賵丕賱睾乇賵乇, 賵亘賷賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞 賵丕賱睾乇亘丞 賵乇睾亘鬲賴賲 丕賱卮丿賷丿丞 亘賲乇賵乇 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賱毓賵丿丞 賱亘賱丕丿賴賲 賵兀賴賱賴賲
丕賱兀賰賷丿 丕賳賴 賲丕 賮賷 卮毓亘 賲爻丕賱賲 廿匕丕 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓亘 賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 兀乇囟賴 賵賮賯丿 丨乇賷鬲賴
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞 賰丕賳 賱賴丕 兀孬乇 賲卮噩毓 賵賲爻丕賳丿 賱爻賰丕賳 丕賱丿賵賱 丕賱鬲賷 丕丨鬲賱鬲賴丕 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 賮賷 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞
亘賱丿丞 氐睾賷乇丞 賷丿禺賱賴丕 噩賷卮 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賱丕爻鬲睾賱丕賱 賲賳丕噩賲 丕賱賮丨賲 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 賮賷賴丕, 賷丨賰賷 卮鬲丕賷賳亘賰 毓賳 毓賲丿丞 丕賱亘賱丿丞 賵兀賴賱賴丕 丕賱亘爻胤丕亍 賮賷 賲賵丕噩賴丞 賵賲賯丕賵賲丞 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱
賵賷氐賮 丨丕賱 噩賳賵丿 丕賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 賵賲丕 賷丿賵乇 賮賷 賳賮賵爻賴賲 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱卮毓賵乇 亘丕賱賯賵丞 賵丕賱睾乇賵乇, 賵亘賷賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞 賵丕賱睾乇亘丞 賵乇睾亘鬲賴賲 丕賱卮丿賷丿丞 亘賲乇賵乇 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賱毓賵丿丞 賱亘賱丕丿賴賲 賵兀賴賱賴賲
丕賱兀賰賷丿 丕賳賴 賲丕 賮賷 卮毓亘 賲爻丕賱賲 廿匕丕 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟 賴匕丕 丕賱卮毓亘 賱丕丨鬲賱丕賱 兀乇囟賴 賵賮賯丿 丨乇賷鬲賴
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞 賰丕賳 賱賴丕 兀孬乇 賲卮噩毓 賵賲爻丕賳丿 賱爻賰丕賳 丕賱丿賵賱 丕賱鬲賷 丕丨鬲賱鬲賴丕 兀賱賲丕賳賷丕 賮賷 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞
December 22, 2024
You鈥檙e a citizen in a small Scandinavian village that鈥檚 been occupied by Nazis. Morale is low. Tensions are high. Food is scarce. Resistance is close to futile. The long, lonely winter sets in. You see the effects that winter has on your occupiers.
You鈥檙e a Nazi soldier who has occupied a small Scandinavian mining village. You squashed the small initial resistance with a volley of machine-gun fire. You鈥檝e asserted your presence and authority in the town. You鈥檙e in control. The winter is long and lonely in this small town though, and your mind starts to slip a little.
You鈥檙e the mayor of the occupied village. Your allegiance is to the people. You lead the resistance. Every death of a villager weighs heavily on your heart. Something must be done!
You鈥檙e the commanding officer of the Nazi occupiers. These people are the enemy. You鈥檒l use all the necessary force you need to get the job done that you鈥檝e been sent here to do. If only your men could hold it together.
Who else besides the great John Ernst Steinbeck could write such beautiful propaganda?
You鈥檙e a Nazi soldier who has occupied a small Scandinavian mining village. You squashed the small initial resistance with a volley of machine-gun fire. You鈥檝e asserted your presence and authority in the town. You鈥檙e in control. The winter is long and lonely in this small town though, and your mind starts to slip a little.
You鈥檙e the mayor of the occupied village. Your allegiance is to the people. You lead the resistance. Every death of a villager weighs heavily on your heart. Something must be done!
You鈥檙e the commanding officer of the Nazi occupiers. These people are the enemy. You鈥檒l use all the necessary force you need to get the job done that you鈥檝e been sent here to do. If only your men could hold it together.
Who else besides the great John Ernst Steinbeck could write such beautiful propaganda?
May 21, 2023
A complex and powerful interplay of various emotions of anger, revenge, remorse, and loneliness, associated with the conquerors, the conquered, the traitors and the rebels, in case of an invasion. The backdrop of snow just added to the sombreness of the situation.
"The people don't like to be conquered, sir, and so they will not be. Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars. You will find that is so, sir."
I loved this intricately crafted story and the mesmerising prose. The author makes as setting an anonymous peace-loving country which is invaded unprovoked and suddenly by a powerful neighbour. In the initial days of the invasion the population of the town are confused and dazed, and they are in a dreamlike state. But then they start to understand the consequences of being conquered.
It not only highlights the psychology of those who have been conquered but those who are the soldiers carrying out the invasion. Because in many cases, these soldiers are pawns in the hands of the people in power, who call all the shots, not to say they are completely absolved of their doings in such situations. But like I said it is very complex, nuanced, and multi-faceted.
Thus it came about that the conquerors grew afraid of the conquered and their nerves wore thin and they shot at shadows in the night. The cold, sullen silence was with them always.
And the officers were a reflection of their men, more restrained because their training was more complete, more resourceful because they had more responsibility, but the same fears were a little deeper buried in them, the same longings were more tightly locked in their hearts. And they were under a double strain, for the conguered people watched them for mistakes and their own men watched them for weakness, so that their spirits were taut to the breaking-point. The conquerors were under a terrible spiritual siege and everyone knew, conquered and conquerors, what would happen when the first crack appeared.
Steinbeck adds humanity to the invaders. They are depicted as soldiers on duty obeying orders, who miss their country, their home, their family, but have a misguided view that may have been propagated by the people in power, that the invaded victims should accept them. That their dissent is unjustified. But among them is seasoned Colonel Lanser, who has seen wars and who knows the true picture. He is portrayed as a very practical man yet a man who requires our understanding.
Lanser had been in Belgium and France twenty years before and he tried not to think what he knew--that war is treachery and hatred, the muddling of incompetent generals, the torture and killing and sickness and tiredness, until at last it is over and nothing has changed except for new weariness and new hatreds. Lanser told himself he was a soldier, given orders to carry out. He was not expected to question or to think, but only to carry out orders; and he tried to put aside the sick memories of the other war and the certainty that this would be the same. This one will be different, he said to himself fifty times a day; this one will be very different.
I would highly recommend this impactful story by a fantastic author.
"The people don't like to be conquered, sir, and so they will not be. Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars. You will find that is so, sir."
I loved this intricately crafted story and the mesmerising prose. The author makes as setting an anonymous peace-loving country which is invaded unprovoked and suddenly by a powerful neighbour. In the initial days of the invasion the population of the town are confused and dazed, and they are in a dreamlike state. But then they start to understand the consequences of being conquered.
It not only highlights the psychology of those who have been conquered but those who are the soldiers carrying out the invasion. Because in many cases, these soldiers are pawns in the hands of the people in power, who call all the shots, not to say they are completely absolved of their doings in such situations. But like I said it is very complex, nuanced, and multi-faceted.
Thus it came about that the conquerors grew afraid of the conquered and their nerves wore thin and they shot at shadows in the night. The cold, sullen silence was with them always.
And the officers were a reflection of their men, more restrained because their training was more complete, more resourceful because they had more responsibility, but the same fears were a little deeper buried in them, the same longings were more tightly locked in their hearts. And they were under a double strain, for the conguered people watched them for mistakes and their own men watched them for weakness, so that their spirits were taut to the breaking-point. The conquerors were under a terrible spiritual siege and everyone knew, conquered and conquerors, what would happen when the first crack appeared.
Steinbeck adds humanity to the invaders. They are depicted as soldiers on duty obeying orders, who miss their country, their home, their family, but have a misguided view that may have been propagated by the people in power, that the invaded victims should accept them. That their dissent is unjustified. But among them is seasoned Colonel Lanser, who has seen wars and who knows the true picture. He is portrayed as a very practical man yet a man who requires our understanding.
Lanser had been in Belgium and France twenty years before and he tried not to think what he knew--that war is treachery and hatred, the muddling of incompetent generals, the torture and killing and sickness and tiredness, until at last it is over and nothing has changed except for new weariness and new hatreds. Lanser told himself he was a soldier, given orders to carry out. He was not expected to question or to think, but only to carry out orders; and he tried to put aside the sick memories of the other war and the certainty that this would be the same. This one will be different, he said to himself fifty times a day; this one will be very different.
I would highly recommend this impactful story by a fantastic author.
March 25, 2018
螆谓伪 蟿维纬渭伪 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠅蟿蠋谓 魏伪蟿伪位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏. 螒谓蟿委蟽蟿伪蟽畏 未蔚谓 蟺蟻慰尾维位位蔚蟿伪喂. 螣 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻喂慰未蠈蟿畏蟼 蟿蠅谓 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏蟿蠋谓 鈥� 蔚蠀畏蟺蠈位畏蟺蟿慰蟼 未畏渭蠈蟿畏蟼 - 蔚委蠂蔚 蠁蟻慰谓蟿委蟽蔚喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰渭伪魏蟻蠉谓蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚位维蠂喂蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 未喂伪胃苇蟽喂渭慰蠀蟼 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠋蟿蔚蟼. 螚 蟺蠈位喂蟼 蔚维位蠅, 位慰喂蟺蠈谓. 螒蟺位维, 萎蟽蠀蠂伪, 渭蔚 位喂纬慰蟽蟿慰蠉蟼 谓蔚魏蟻慰蠉蟼鈭� 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蠈蟺慰喂伪 未喂伪胃苇蟽喂渭伪 蠈蟺位伪 蟺伪蟻伪未委未慰谓蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏蟿苇蟼.
螤蟻喂谓 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏 蔚委蠂蔚 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏胃蔚委 畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟺蟻喂谓 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 畏 渭喂蟽萎 蠀蠁萎位喂慰蟼. 螣 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏蟿萎蟼 未蔚委蠂谓蔚喂 伪谓委魏畏蟿慰蟼, 伪位位维 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂. 螣喂 蠁伪谓蟿维蟻慰喂 蟽魏苇蠁蟿慰谓蟿伪喂 伪未喂维魏慰蟺伪 蟿慰 蟽蟺委蟿喂 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蟽喂蠂伪委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿慰谓 蟿蠈蟺慰 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿苇魏蟿畏蟽伪谓. 螝喂 慰 位伪蠈蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏 蟽蔚喂蟻维 蟿慰蠀 蟽喂蠂伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠁伪谓蟿维蟻慰蠀蟼. 螝伪喂 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 渭委蟽慰蟼 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿慰蠉蟼. 螆谓伪 渭委蟽慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 未蠀谓伪渭蠋谓蔚喂, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 尾伪胃喂维 蟽蟿伪 渭维蟿喂伪 蟿慰蠀 位伪慰蠉, 蟺慰蠀 蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 蠁蠈尾慰 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 魏伪喂 魏维谓蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏蟿苇蟼 谓伪 蠁慰尾慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼. 芦螝伪喂 蠈位慰喂 萎尉蔚蟻伪谓, 魏伪蟿伪蠂蟿畏渭苇谓慰喂 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿伪蠂蟿畏蟿苇蟼, 蟿喂 胃伪 蟽蠀渭尾蔚委 蠈蟿伪谓 胃伪 蔚渭蠁伪谓喂味蠈蟿伪谓蔚 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟻维纬喂蟽渭伪禄.
螆谓伪 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻维蠁畏渭伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 危蟿维喂谓渭蟺蔚魏, 渭喂伪 蟺蔚蟻喂未委谓畏蟽畏 蟽蟿伪 蟿蟻委蟽尾伪胃伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰蠀 蠄蠀蠂喂蟽渭慰蠉. 螆谓伪蟼 蠉渭谓慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂维 魏喂 苇谓伪 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠉未喂 蔚位蟺委未伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚谓 苇蟿蔚喂 1942 (蠈蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰) 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠀蟺慰蟽蟿畏蟻委尉蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟺蔚蟻委蟽蟽蔚蠀伪谓 蟽蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰.
韦苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪 慰位蠈位伪渭蟺蟻伪 伪蟽蟿苇蟻喂伪 蟽蟿慰 蟽蟿蔚蟻苇蠅渭伪 蟿慰蠀 慰蠀蟻伪谓慰蠉, 蟺位维喂 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蠁蔚纬纬维蟻喂 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 萎未畏 蟺苇蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 未喂魏伪喂蠅渭苇谓畏 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蠈蟿喂 慰 危蟿维喂谓渭蟺蔚魏 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蔚 伪蟺慰纬慰畏蟿蔚蠉蟽蔚喂 蟺慰蟿苇.
螤蟻喂谓 蟿畏谓 蟺蠈位畏 蔚委蠂蔚 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏胃蔚委 畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 魏伪喂 蟺蟻喂谓 蟿畏 蠂蠋蟻伪 畏 渭喂蟽萎 蠀蠁萎位喂慰蟼. 螣 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏蟿萎蟼 未蔚委蠂谓蔚喂 伪谓委魏畏蟿慰蟼, 伪位位维 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂. 螣喂 蠁伪谓蟿维蟻慰喂 蟽魏苇蠁蟿慰谓蟿伪喂 伪未喂维魏慰蟺伪 蟿慰 蟽蟺委蟿喂 蟿慰蠀蟼, 蟽喂蠂伪委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 蟿慰谓 蟿蠈蟺慰 蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿苇魏蟿畏蟽伪谓. 螝喂 慰 位伪蠈蟼 渭蔚 蟿畏 蟽蔚喂蟻维 蟿慰蠀 蟽喂蠂伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 蠁伪谓蟿维蟻慰蠀蟼. 螝伪喂 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 渭委蟽慰蟼 纬喂鈥� 伪蠀蟿慰蠉蟼. 螆谓伪 渭委蟽慰蟼 蟺慰蠀 未蠀谓伪渭蠋谓蔚喂, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 尾伪胃喂维 蟽蟿伪 渭维蟿喂伪 蟿慰蠀 位伪慰蠉, 蟺慰蠀 蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 蠁蠈尾慰 蟽蟿畏谓 魏伪蟻未喂维 魏伪喂 魏维谓蔚喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏蟿苇蟼 谓伪 蠁慰尾慰蠉谓蟿伪喂 蟿慰蠀蟼 魏伪蟿伪魏蟿畏渭苇谓慰蠀蟼. 芦螝伪喂 蠈位慰喂 萎尉蔚蟻伪谓, 魏伪蟿伪蠂蟿畏渭苇谓慰喂 魏伪喂 魏伪蟿伪蠂蟿畏蟿苇蟼, 蟿喂 胃伪 蟽蠀渭尾蔚委 蠈蟿伪谓 胃伪 蔚渭蠁伪谓喂味蠈蟿伪谓蔚 蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蟻维纬喂蟽渭伪禄.
螆谓伪 蠄蠀蠂慰纬蟻维蠁畏渭伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀 危蟿维喂谓渭蟺蔚魏, 渭喂伪 蟺蔚蟻喂未委谓畏蟽畏 蟽蟿伪 蟿蟻委蟽尾伪胃伪 蟿慰蠀 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓慰蠀 蠄蠀蠂喂蟽渭慰蠉. 螆谓伪蟼 蠉渭谓慰蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 伪谓胃蟻蠅蟺喂维 魏喂 苇谓伪 蟿蟻伪纬慰蠉未喂 蔚位蟺委未伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蔚谓 苇蟿蔚喂 1942 (蠈蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 蟺蟻蠅蟿慰未畏渭慰蟽喂蔚蠉蟿畏魏蔚 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰) 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 谓伪 蠀蟺慰蟽蟿畏蟻委尉蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼 蠈蟿喂 蟺蔚蟻委蟽蟽蔚蠀伪谓 蟽蟿慰谓 魏蠈蟽渭慰.
韦苇蟽蟽蔚蟻伪 慰位蠈位伪渭蟺蟻伪 伪蟽蟿苇蟻喂伪 蟽蟿慰 蟽蟿蔚蟻苇蠅渭伪 蟿慰蠀 慰蠀蟻伪谓慰蠉, 蟺位维喂 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蠁蔚纬纬维蟻喂 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 萎未畏 蟺苇蟽蔚喂 魏伪喂 渭喂伪 未喂魏伪喂蠅渭苇谓畏 伪委蟽胃畏蟽畏 蠈蟿喂 慰 危蟿维喂谓渭蟺蔚魏 未蔚谓 胃伪 渭蔚 伪蟺慰纬慰畏蟿蔚蠉蟽蔚喂 蟺慰蟿苇.
January 25, 2023
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丕蹖賳 亘丕乇 賲賳 乇賵 亘賴 丿賱 蹖賴 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 丕卮睾丕賱蹖 亘乇丿. 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 鬲丕 賯亘賱 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丕鬲賮丕賯 卮賵賲貙 賲乇丿賲卮 丌夭丕丿 亘賵丿賳 賵 賴蹖趩 鬲氐賵乇蹖 丕夭 噩賳诏 賵 禺賵賳乇蹖夭蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賳. 賵 丌乇賵賲 丌乇賵賲 亘賴鬲 賳卮賵賳 賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 丕賵賳 爻乇夭賲蹖賳貙 丕賵賳 賲乇丿賲 賲賴乇亘賵賳 賵 爻丕丿賴貙 丕賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 丿乇 噩乇蹖丕賳 亘賵丿 鬲丨鬲 鬲兀孬蹖乇 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇丕 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭屫辟�. 丿卮賲賳丕賳蹖 讴賴 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賳 馗賱賲卮賵賳 倬丕亘乇噩丕 賲蹖鈥屬呝堎嗁� 賵 賯丿乇鬲蹖 讴賴 丿丕乇賳 鬲賵丕賳 爻乇讴賵亘 賵 丕賲乇 賵 賳賴蹖 乇賵 賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賴. 氐丿丕賱亘鬲賴 讴賴 丿丕乇賴! 丕賲丕 賳賴 賴賲蹖卮賴.
賵 禺亘 胤亘賯 賲毓賲賵賱 賴賲蹖卮賴貙 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賴賲 亘乇丕賲 丿賵乇 丕夭 匕賴賳 賳亘賵丿. 鬲丕乇蹖禺蹖 讴賴 鬲讴乇丕乇 賲蹖卮賴 賵 賴乇 亘丕乇 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬� 丕蹖賳 丿賮毓賴 亘丕 丿賮毓丕鬲 賯亘賱 賮乇賯 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 诏乇趩賴 丕夭 賳馗乇賲 賴蹖趩 鬲賮丕賵鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇賳. 賮賯胤 丕爻丕賲蹖 毓賵囟 賲蹖卮賳.
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 讴賲蹖 賲賳 乇賵 蹖丕丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賵鬲丕賴 乇賵蹖丕蹖 丌丿賲 賲囟丨讴 丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕蹖賮爻讴蹖 丕賳丿丕禺鬲. 賵 鬲丕 丨丿賵丿蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 噩亘賴賴 睾乇亘 禺亘乇蹖 賳蹖爻鬲. 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺丕胤乇 讴賴 鬲賵 賴乇 丿賵蹖 丕蹖賳鈥屬囏� 卮丕賴丿 賴爻鬲蹖賲 讴賴 趩胤賵乇 丿賳蹖丕蹖 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇賴丕 賵 賲乇丿賲 丕爻蹖乇 亘賴 賴賲 卮亘丕賴鬲 丿丕乇賳:)
丿賯蹖賯丕 賲孬賱 讴鬲丕亘 賯亘賱蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 丕夭卮 禺賵賳丿賲 丨噩賲 丿丕卮鬲 賵 賲蹖卮賴 爻乇蹖毓 禺賵賳丿卮. 亘賴 賳馗乇賲 丕诏乇 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿賵乇丕賳 禺賵賳丿賴 亘卮賴貙 鬲賱禺蹖卮 禺蹖賱蹖 禺蹖賱蹖 讴賲鬲乇 丕夭 丕賵賳趩賴 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屭┴篡屬� 賴爻鬲 賵 亘毓囟蹖 亘禺卮 賴丕卮 丨鬲蹖 亘乇丕賲 卮賵禺蹖 賲丨爻賵亘 賲蹖鈥屫簇�!
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賲賵乇丿 丿蹖诏賴鈥屫й� 亘賴 趩卮賲賲 賳禺賵乇丿.
賮賯胤 丕蹖賳讴賴 禺蹖賱蹖 爻乇 賲賵賯毓 禺賵賳丿賳卮 丿賱賲 禺賵丕爻鬲 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賵夭賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 丿乇卮 丿爻鬲 賵 倬賳噩賴 賳乇賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗃屬� 亘賳賵蹖爻賴. 胤賵乇蹖 讴賴 禺丕乇噩蹖丕 亘丕 禺賵賳丿賳卮 夭蹖乇 賱亘 亘诏賳: 丕蹖賳 趩胤賵乇 賲蹖鬲賵賳賴 乇卅丕賱 亘丕卮賴責 賲丕賴丕 丕蹖賳丕 乇賵 鬲賵 丿爻鬲賴鈥屰� 毓賱賲蹖_鬲禺蹖賱蹖 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫屬�!
August 23, 2012
Well before the United States entered World War II, John Steinbeck became involved in several government intelligence and information agencies because he wanted to fight fascism. By September 1941 Steinbeck decided that he would write a work of fiction using what he had learned from European refugees about the psychological effects of occupation on people living in countries which had come under Nazi control. This novella is the result. Set in a village in an unnamed country, it focuses on the experiences of the locals as they deal with occupation by the armed forces of another unnamed country. The text makes it clear that the occupier is meant to be Germany, and while the occupied land could be a number of European countries, it is very much like Norway. The narrative describes the arrival of the enemy soldiers, the reaction of the villagers to occupation and of the soldiers to the act of occupying, the involvement of a local collaborator and the population's growing determination to resist the enemy and fight for freedom.
Even though the work was specifically designed to be a piece of anti-Nazi propaganda, Steinbeck avoided stereotyping the invading soldiers. Instead, he showed them as human beings with differing attitudes to their role, missing home and their families and trying to justify their position to the locals. He was criticised for this. While many critics praised the work, some influential critics accused Steinbeck of being soft on the Nazis and suggested that the novella would demoralise victims of Nazi aggression in occupied Europe. Those particular critics were wrong. After the war, the King of Norway gave Steinbeck a medal in honour of the influence of the work in Norway and it later came to light that although the Nazis banned the book, it was translated, illegally printed and distributed throughout occupied western Europe. And not only in Europe: the book was also circulated in parts of China under Japanese occupation. If anything, by portraying the occupying soldiers as human beings and not as monsters, Steinbeck showed that they could be defeated.
The work has the feeling of a parable, almost of a fairy tale. It is heavy on dialogue and relatively light on description. In common with many short works, the characters are lightly sketched in rather than well-developed. As befits a work of propaganda, it is somewhat didactic in tone. Overall, it's fair to say that in terms of literary merit, this is far from Steinbeck's best work. However, the simplicity of the writing had a purpose. As I was reading, it struck me that the work would have been relatively straightforward to translate. To translate a work of literature generally requires background-speaker level fluency in the original language and the language into which the work is to be translated. However, the language in this work is relatively simple and the complexities of metaphor and idiom are avoided. Anyone reasonably competent in English could have translated the work with the assistance of a good dictionary. That Steinbeck could adapt his writing style to such an extent, while still producing elegant prose, is a testament to his skill.
Even though this is not Steinbeck's best work, it's still a thought-provoking read. It gets four stars for being a satisfying literary work and an additional star for being an interesting historical artifact.
April 22, 2024
By 10:45 it was all over. The town was occupied, the defenders defeated, and the war was finished.
Not quite. In Steinbeck's 1942 story of a small unnamed town invaded by an unnamed enemy, the war was far from finished.
The book begins with an almost farcical tone - the mayor needs to have his ear hairs trimmed before his meeting with the conquering colonel, the ratfink mole who's been informing on the townsfolk seems surprised that he should not continue to live amongst them, and one of the soldiers is bitten by the mayor's feisty cook. Because of the ease the invading army had in taking the town, the officers assume that the local citizens will fall into line and accept them as their new rulers. The mayor predicts that things will not be that easy. "The people are confused now. They have lived at peace so long that they do not quite believe in war. They will learn and then they will not be confused anymore."
Things turn ugly after an incident at the local mine, and the mayor's prediction comes true as the oppressed people begin to exact their revenge.
Steinbeck presents a unique look at life during wartime, and humankind's desire to be free.
Not quite. In Steinbeck's 1942 story of a small unnamed town invaded by an unnamed enemy, the war was far from finished.
The book begins with an almost farcical tone - the mayor needs to have his ear hairs trimmed before his meeting with the conquering colonel, the ratfink mole who's been informing on the townsfolk seems surprised that he should not continue to live amongst them, and one of the soldiers is bitten by the mayor's feisty cook. Because of the ease the invading army had in taking the town, the officers assume that the local citizens will fall into line and accept them as their new rulers. The mayor predicts that things will not be that easy. "The people are confused now. They have lived at peace so long that they do not quite believe in war. They will learn and then they will not be confused anymore."
Things turn ugly after an incident at the local mine, and the mayor's prediction comes true as the oppressed people begin to exact their revenge.
Steinbeck presents a unique look at life during wartime, and humankind's desire to be free.
July 7, 2018
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丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 丿乇 賲賵乇丿賽 賲乇丿賲賽 卮賴乇賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 賵 賲亘丕乇夭踿 丌賳賴丕 亘丕 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇丕賳賽 丌賱賲丕賳蹖爻鬲... 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 丿賴讴丿踿 讴賵趩讴蹖 丿乇 芦 賳乇賵跇禄 丕爻鬲... 賲乇丿賲丕賳卮 亘爻蹖丕乇 丌乇丕賲 賵 氐賱丨 噩賵 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 鬲賳賴丕 12 賳賮乇 賳蹖乇賵蹖賽 賲爻賱丨 賵 賯賵丕蹖賽 賲丨賱蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賱丨馗丕鬲賽 丕賵賱蹖踿 丨賲賱踿 丌賱賲丕賳 賴丕 鬲丕乇 賵 賲丕乇 卮丿賳丿
毓夭蹖夭丕賳賲貙 亘乇禺賱丕賮賽 賲乇丿賲賽 賲蹖賴賳 倬乇爻鬲 賵 卮噩丕毓賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄貙 賳禺爻鬲 賵夭蹖乇賽 倬爻鬲 賵 賲蹖賴賳 賮乇賵卮賽 芦 賳乇賵跇禄 讴卮賵乇卮 乇丕 丿賵 丿爻鬲蹖 鬲賯丿蹖賲 亘賴 丌賱賲丕賳 賴丕 賵 賴蹖鬲賱乇 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 丕賲丕 賲乇丿賲賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 夭蹖乇賽 亘丕乇賽 丕蹖賳 禺賮鬲 賳乇賮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 乇賴亘乇蹖賽 卮賴乇丿丕乇賽 倬蹖乇 賵 賮賱爻賮賴 丿賵爻鬲賽 卮賴乇卮丕賳 芦 丕賵乇丿賳禄貙 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲賽 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 丿丕丿賴 賵 亘丕 乇丕賴賳賲丕蹖蹖 賴丕蹖賽 芦 丕賵乇丿賳禄 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇賽 丌賱賲丕賳賴丕 賲賯丕賵鬲 讴乇丿賳丿 賵 噩賳诏蹖丿賳丿
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賳讴丕鬲賽 噩丕賱亘 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘乇丕蹖賲 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 芦 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴禄 爻丕毓鬲 賴丕蹖賽 丿賯蹖賯賽 賵賯賵毓賽 丨賵丕丿孬 賵 乇賵蹖丿丕丿 賴丕 乇丕 丕毓賱丕賲 賲蹖讴乇丿... 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳賽 賲孬丕賱: 爻丕毓鬲賽 丿賴 賵 爻蹖 賵 賴卮鬲 丿賯蹖賯賴貙 6 爻乇亘丕夭賽 讴卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘賴 禺丕讴 爻倬乇丿賴 卮丿賳丿
丿賵爻鬲丕賳賽 禺乇丿诏乇丕貙 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 夭蹖亘丕貙 賲賳 乇丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿賽 禺蹖丕賳鬲賽 芦 爻賱賲丕賳 賮丕乇爻蹖禄 丨乇丕賲 夭丕丿賴貙 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 芦 乇賵夭亘賴禄 賲蹖賴賳 賮乇賵卮 丕賳丿丕禺鬲 讴賴 亘丕 丕毓乇丕亘賽 讴孬蹖賮 賵 睾丕乇鬲诏乇 賴賲丿爻鬲 亘賵丿 賵 亘乇毓賱蹖賴賽 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賽 倬丕讴賲丕賳 丕賯丿丕賲 讴乇丿... 賵 賲賯丕賵賲鬲賽 賲乇丿賲賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 亘乇丕蹖賲 乇卮丕丿鬲 賴丕 賵 丿賱丕賵乇蹖 賴丕蹖賽 夭賳丕賳 賵 賲乇丿丕賳賽 賲馗賱賵賲 賵 亘蹖 丌夭丕乇賽 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賽 毓夭蹖夭賲 芦 丕蹖乇丕賳禄 乇丕 蹖丕丿丌賵乇蹖 賳賲賵丿
卮賴乇丿丕乇賽 賯氐亘賴貙 芦 丕賵乇丿賳禄 诏賮鬲: 鬲賳賴丕 讴丕乇賽 睾蹖乇賽 賲賲讴賳 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕貙 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賳賽 乇賵丨賽 丕賳爻丕賳 亘賴 賳丨賵賽 丿丕卅賲蹖 丕爻鬲
蹖丕丿賽 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丕賳爻丕賳賴丕蹖賽 丌夭丕丿賴 賵 賲蹖賴賳 倬乇爻鬲賽 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賲丕賳 芦 丕蹖乇丕賳禄 賴賲蹖卮賴 诏乇丕賲蹖 亘丕丿
倬蹖乇賵夭 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖
丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 丿乇 賲賵乇丿賽 賲乇丿賲賽 卮賴乇賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 賵 賲亘丕乇夭踿 丌賳賴丕 亘丕 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇丕賳賽 丌賱賲丕賳蹖爻鬲... 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 丿賴讴丿踿 讴賵趩讴蹖 丿乇 芦 賳乇賵跇禄 丕爻鬲... 賲乇丿賲丕賳卮 亘爻蹖丕乇 丌乇丕賲 賵 氐賱丨 噩賵 賴爻鬲賳丿 賵 鬲賳賴丕 12 賳賮乇 賳蹖乇賵蹖賽 賲爻賱丨 賵 賯賵丕蹖賽 賲丨賱蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 讴賴 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 賱丨馗丕鬲賽 丕賵賱蹖踿 丨賲賱踿 丌賱賲丕賳 賴丕 鬲丕乇 賵 賲丕乇 卮丿賳丿
毓夭蹖夭丕賳賲貙 亘乇禺賱丕賮賽 賲乇丿賲賽 賲蹖賴賳 倬乇爻鬲 賵 卮噩丕毓賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄貙 賳禺爻鬲 賵夭蹖乇賽 倬爻鬲 賵 賲蹖賴賳 賮乇賵卮賽 芦 賳乇賵跇禄 讴卮賵乇卮 乇丕 丿賵 丿爻鬲蹖 鬲賯丿蹖賲 亘賴 丌賱賲丕賳 賴丕 賵 賴蹖鬲賱乇 賲蹖讴賳丿貙 丕賲丕 賲乇丿賲賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 夭蹖乇賽 亘丕乇賽 丕蹖賳 禺賮鬲 賳乇賮鬲賴 賵 亘賴 乇賴亘乇蹖賽 卮賴乇丿丕乇賽 倬蹖乇 賵 賮賱爻賮賴 丿賵爻鬲賽 卮賴乇卮丕賳 芦 丕賵乇丿賳禄貙 丿爻鬲 亘賴 丿爻鬲賽 蹖讴丿蹖诏乇 丿丕丿賴 賵 亘丕 乇丕賴賳賲丕蹖蹖 賴丕蹖賽 芦 丕賵乇丿賳禄 丿乇 亘乇丕亘乇賽 丌賱賲丕賳賴丕 賲賯丕賵鬲 讴乇丿賳丿 賵 噩賳诏蹖丿賳丿
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賳讴丕鬲賽 噩丕賱亘 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘乇丕蹖賲 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 芦 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴禄 爻丕毓鬲 賴丕蹖賽 丿賯蹖賯賽 賵賯賵毓賽 丨賵丕丿孬 賵 乇賵蹖丿丕丿 賴丕 乇丕 丕毓賱丕賲 賲蹖讴乇丿... 亘賴 毓賳賵丕賳賽 賲孬丕賱: 爻丕毓鬲賽 丿賴 賵 爻蹖 賵 賴卮鬲 丿賯蹖賯賴貙 6 爻乇亘丕夭賽 讴卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 亘賴 禺丕讴 爻倬乇丿賴 卮丿賳丿
丿賵爻鬲丕賳賽 禺乇丿诏乇丕貙 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賽 夭蹖亘丕貙 賲賳 乇丕 亘賴 蹖丕丿賽 禺蹖丕賳鬲賽 芦 爻賱賲丕賳 賮丕乇爻蹖禄 丨乇丕賲 夭丕丿賴貙 蹖丕 賴賲丕賳 芦 乇賵夭亘賴禄 賲蹖賴賳 賮乇賵卮 丕賳丿丕禺鬲 讴賴 亘丕 丕毓乇丕亘賽 讴孬蹖賮 賵 睾丕乇鬲诏乇 賴賲丿爻鬲 亘賵丿 賵 亘乇毓賱蹖賴賽 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賽 倬丕讴賲丕賳 丕賯丿丕賲 讴乇丿... 賵 賲賯丕賵賲鬲賽 賲乇丿賲賽 芦 賯氐亘賴禄 亘乇丕蹖賲 乇卮丕丿鬲 賴丕 賵 丿賱丕賵乇蹖 賴丕蹖賽 夭賳丕賳 賵 賲乇丿丕賳賽 賲馗賱賵賲 賵 亘蹖 丌夭丕乇賽 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賽 毓夭蹖夭賲 芦 丕蹖乇丕賳禄 乇丕 蹖丕丿丌賵乇蹖 賳賲賵丿
卮賴乇丿丕乇賽 賯氐亘賴貙 芦 丕賵乇丿賳禄 诏賮鬲: 鬲賳賴丕 讴丕乇賽 睾蹖乇賽 賲賲讴賳 丿乇 丿賳蹖丕貙 丿乇 賴賲 卮讴爻鬲賳賽 乇賵丨賽 丕賳爻丕賳 亘賴 賳丨賵賽 丿丕卅賲蹖 丕爻鬲
蹖丕丿賽 鬲賲丕賲蹖 丕賳爻丕賳賴丕蹖賽 丌夭丕丿賴 賵 賲蹖賴賳 倬乇爻鬲賽 爻乇夭賲蹖賳賲丕賳 芦 丕蹖乇丕賳禄 賴賲蹖卮賴 诏乇丕賲蹖 亘丕丿
倬蹖乇賵夭 亘丕卮蹖丿 賵 丕蹖乇丕賳蹖
April 3, 2025
5 stars for this classic story of resistance to fascists, which I added after hearing Tom Morello from "Rage Against the Machine" talking about it on the his radio show. For a novella, Steinbeck really packs quite a punch and this one should be more widely read. The villagers show amazing courage and resilience, and the ending was 馃懇馃徎鈥嶐煃仇煉�. This was a good day to read this!
June 12, 2020
讴鬲丕亘 賲丕賴 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲 乇丕 卮丕蹖丿 亘鬲賵丕賳 丕孬乇蹖 丿乇 爻鬲丕蹖卮 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 丿丕賳爻鬲 貙 賲賯丕賵賲鬲 賵 噩賳亘卮 賴丕蹖 賲賯丕賵賲鬲蹖 讴賴 丿乇 丿賵乇丕賳 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 丿乇 丕乇賵倬丕 卮讴賱 诏乇賮鬲賳丿 貙 丕夭 賴乇 诏乇賵賴 賵 胤亘賯賴 噩丕賲毓賴 貙 讴丕乇诏乇 貙 賲毓賱賲 貙 倬夭卮讴 賵 倬乇爻鬲丕乇 亘丕 丿蹖丿诏丕賴 賴丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 亘賴 賴賲 倬蹖賵爻鬲賳丿 賵 亘乇 囟丿 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇丕賳 亘丕 賴賲 賲鬲丨丿 卮丿賳丿 賵 卮乇賵毓 亘賴 禺乇丕亘讴丕乇蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 丿乇 乇丕賴 丌賴賳 賴丕 貙 賲禺丕亘乇丕鬲 貙 亘賳丕丿乇 貙 噩丕丿賴 賴丕 賵 賲毓丕丿賳 賵 賴乇 噩丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 讴賴 賲賲讴賳 亘賵丿 .
讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 卮讴賱 禺賱丕氐賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賳 賲乇丿賲蹖 丌乇丕賲 賵 氐賱丨 胤賱亘 亘賴 倬丕乇鬲蹖夭丕賳 賵 趩乇蹖讴 賵 禺乇丕亘讴丕乇 乇丕 卮乇丨 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 丕夭 胤乇賮 丿蹖诏乇 賴賲 乇賵丨蹖賴 賲鬲夭賱夭賱 爻乇亘丕夭丕賳 賵 丕賮爻乇丕賳 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿賵 胤乇賮 噩賳诏 趩诏賵賳賴 亘賴 鬲丿乇蹖噩 丕夭 賴賲 賲鬲賳賮乇 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 讴卮鬲賳 賵 讴卮鬲賴 卮丿賳 鬲亘丿蹖賱 亘賴 丕賲乇蹖 毓丕丿蹖 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
賳讴鬲賴 丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 讴賴 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賳亘賵丿 乇賴亘乇蹖 賵丕丨丿 丿乇 噩賵丕賲毓 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴 丕爻鬲 貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 丿賵乇 蹖讴 賳賮乇 賲丕賳賳丿 倬蹖卮賵丕 蹖丕 丿賵趩賴 噩賲毓 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 丕诏乇 丕賵 賳亘丕卮丿 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 讴卮賵乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賵丿 貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴 賮乇丿 卮丕禺氐蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 倬蹖卮賵丕蹖蹖 賴賲 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕蹖賳 賲胤賱亘 乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丕夭 胤乇賮 卮賴乇丿丕乇 卮賴乇 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 :
賲丕 賲乇丿賲蹖 丌夭丕丿蹖賲 , 亘賴 鬲毓丿丕丿 噩賲毓蹖鬲 賲丕賳 倬蹖卮賵丕 賵 爻乇 丿丕乇蹖賲 賵 丿乇 賲賵丕賯毓 丕丨鬲蹖丕噩 乇賴亘乇丕賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 賯丕乇趩 賲蹖丕賳賲丕賳 賲蹖 乇賵蹖賳丿.
讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 卮讴賱 禺賱丕氐賴 鬲亘丿蹖賱 卮丿賳 賲乇丿賲蹖 丌乇丕賲 賵 氐賱丨 胤賱亘 亘賴 倬丕乇鬲蹖夭丕賳 賵 趩乇蹖讴 賵 禺乇丕亘讴丕乇 乇丕 卮乇丨 賲蹖 丿賴丿 賵 丕夭 胤乇賮 丿蹖诏乇 賴賲 乇賵丨蹖賴 賲鬲夭賱夭賱 爻乇亘丕夭丕賳 賵 丕賮爻乇丕賳 丕卮睾丕賱诏乇 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕蹖賳 讴賴 丿賵 胤乇賮 噩賳诏 趩诏賵賳賴 亘賴 鬲丿乇蹖噩 丕夭 賴賲 賲鬲賳賮乇 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 讴卮鬲賳 賵 讴卮鬲賴 卮丿賳 鬲亘丿蹖賱 亘賴 丕賲乇蹖 毓丕丿蹖 賲蹖 卮賵丿 .
賳讴鬲賴 丕蹖 丿蹖诏乇 讴賴 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賳亘賵丿 乇賴亘乇蹖 賵丕丨丿 丿乇 噩賵丕賲毓 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴 丕爻鬲 貙 丿乇 丨丕賱蹖 讴賴 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 鬲賵鬲丕賱蹖鬲乇 丿賵乇 蹖讴 賳賮乇 賲丕賳賳丿 倬蹖卮賵丕 蹖丕 丿賵趩賴 噩賲毓 賲蹖 卮賵賳丿 賵 丕诏乇 丕賵 賳亘丕卮丿 爻乇賳賵卮鬲 讴卮賵乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 亘賵丿 貙 丕賲丕 丿乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丿賲賵讴乇丕鬲蹖讴 賮乇丿 卮丕禺氐蹖 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 倬蹖卮賵丕蹖蹖 賴賲 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕蹖賳 賲胤賱亘 乇丕 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘賴 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丕夭 胤乇賮 卮賴乇丿丕乇 卮賴乇 賲蹖 诏賵蹖丿 :
賲丕 賲乇丿賲蹖 丌夭丕丿蹖賲 , 亘賴 鬲毓丿丕丿 噩賲毓蹖鬲 賲丕賳 倬蹖卮賵丕 賵 爻乇 丿丕乇蹖賲 賵 丿乇 賲賵丕賯毓 丕丨鬲蹖丕噩 乇賴亘乇丕賳 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 賯丕乇趩 賲蹖丕賳賲丕賳 賲蹖 乇賵蹖賳丿.
February 14, 2021
亘毓丿 丕夭 "賲賵卮鈥屬囏� 賵 丌丿賲鈥屬囏�" 丕蹖賳 丿賵賲蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘蹖賴 讴賴 丕夭 噩丕賳 丕爻鬲丕蹖賳(丕卮鬲丕蹖賳貙 丨丕賱丕 賴乇趩蹖)亘讴 禺賵賳丿賲 賵 賮讴乇 賲蹖讴賳賲 丿蹖诏賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴鈥屬囏й� 賲丨亘賵亘賲 卮丿. 丕爻鬲丕蹖賳 亘讴貙 禺丿丕蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳鈥屫ㄙ嗀屬�. 噩賵乇蹖 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 賲蹖乇爻蹖 亘賴 氐賮丨賴鈥屰� 丌禺乇 亘丕 禺賵丿鬲 賲蹖诏蹖: 倬卮賲丕賲! 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳賲 賲诏賴 賲蹖卮丿 鬲賲賵賲卮 讴乇丿責
April 9, 2019
毓丕賱蹖 亘賵丿. 鬲乇噩賲賴 賴賲 禺賵亘 亘賵丿. 賵賱蹖 賮讴乇 賲蹖 讴賳賲 蹖賴 鬲乇噩賲賴 丕賲乇賵夭蹖 丕夭卮 亘讴賳賳丿 賴賲 禺賵亘 亘丕卮賴. 賳賲蹖丿賵賳賲 亘丕夭 鬲乇噩賲賴 卮丿賴 蹖丕 賳賴.
June 25, 2023
倬乇賵倬丕诏丕賳丿丕 蹖讴 卮蹖賵賴 丕乇鬲亘丕胤蹖 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘乇丕蹖 丿爻鬲讴丕乇蹖 蹖丕 鬲兀孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇蹖 亘乇 毓賯丕蹖丿 诏乇賵賴鈥屬囏� 賵 蹖丕 亘乇丕蹖 倬卮鬲蹖亘丕賳蹖 丕夭 蹖讴 毓賱鬲 蹖丕 毓賯蹖丿賴 禺丕氐 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�.
鬲毓乇蹖賮 讴賱賲賴鈥屰� 倬乇賵倬丕诏丕賳丿丕 亘賴 丌丿賲 丕蹖賳 丨爻 乇賵 賲蹖丿賴 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 賲孬亘鬲 亘丕卮賴. 丕賲丕 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳鈥屫ㄚ� 賳馗乇 丿蹖诏乇蹖 丿丕卮鬲賴. 亘毓丿 丕夭 丕卮睾丕賱 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 丕乇賵倬丕 鬲賵爻胤 丌賱賲丕賳 賳丕夭蹖 丿乇 噩賳诏鈥� 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲貙 丕賵 丕毓鬲賯丕丿 丿丕卮鬲 讴賴 賴賲丕賳胤賵乇 讴賴 賴蹖鬲賱乇 亘丕 丕爻鬲賮丕丿賴 丕夭 倬乇賵倬丕诏丕賳丿丕 丕賴丿丕賮 爻蹖丕爻蹖 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 倬蹖卮 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘ辟囏� 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丕卮睾丕賱鈥屫簇� 賵 丿乇 噩賳诏 賴賲 亘丕蹖丿 倬乇賵倬丕诏丕賳丿丕蹖 禺賵丿卮賵賳 乇賵 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賳丿.
趩賴 倬乇賵倬丕诏丕賳丿丕蹖蹖責 丕賲蹖丿.
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘丕 丨賲賱賴 賵 丕卮睾丕賱 蹖讴 卮賴乇 鬲賵爻胤 賳蹖乇賵賴丕蹖 丿卮賲賳 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖卮賴. 讴丿賵賲 讴卮賵乇責 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬�. 讴丿賵賲 丿卮賲賳責 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗃屬�. 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘乇丕蹖 蹖讴 賲賱鬲 賵 蹖讴 噩賳诏 賳賵卮鬲賴 賳卮丿賴. 賲賴賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲乇丿賲 卮賴乇 亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 乇丕丨鬲蹖 丿乇 馗丕賴乇 賲噩亘賵乇 亘賴 鬲爻賱蹖賲 賲蹖鈥屫促嗀� 丿乇 亘丕胤賳 乇賵丨蹖賴鈥屰� 丌夭丕丿诏蹖 禺賵丿卮賵賳 乇賵 丨賮馗 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀�.
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賳讴丕鬲 噩丕賱亘 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 丕賮爻乇丕賳 丿卮賲賳 乇賵 賴賲 禺蹖賱蹖 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴促� 賵 丕夭 丕賳丿賵賴 丿乇賵賳蹖卮賵賳 賲蹖诏賴. 丕蹖賳 賲爻卅賱賴 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 賵賯鬲蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 亘丨亘賵丨賴鈥屰� 噩賳诏鈥屫囏з嗃� 賲賳鬲卮乇 賲蹖卮賴貙 丕賳鬲賯丕丿丕鬲 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘賴 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳鈥屫ㄚ� 賵丕乇丿 亘卮賴. 丕賲丕 倬爻 丕夭 噩賳诏 賲卮禺氐 賲蹖卮賴 讴賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 賲丨亘賵亘鈥屫臂屬� 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏й� 賲賲賳賵毓賴 賵 賯丕趩丕賯蹖 丿乇 讴卮賵乇賴丕蹖 丕卮睾丕賱鈥屫簇� 亘賵丿賴 賵 丨丿丕賯賱 賲乇丿賲 丿乇诏蹖乇 噩賳诏 丕蹖賳 賳诏丕賴 賵丕賯毓鈥屭必й屫з嗁� 乇賵 丿賵爻鬲 丿丕卮鬲賳丿.
丕賲丕 賲賳. 亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 賴蹖趩賵賯鬲 丕夭 鬲賵氐蹖賮丕鬲 賵 賯賱賲 丕卮鬲丕蹖賳鈥屫ㄚ� 爻蹖乇 賳賲蹖鈥屫促� 賵 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賴賲 讴賲 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲貙 亘丕 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰� 亘丕 倬蹖丕賲鈥屬囏й� 賵丕囟丨 賵 讴賱蹖 讴賲鬲乇 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 亘乇賯乇丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁�. 倬乇賵倬丕诏丕賳丿丕貙 丕蹖賳賵乇蹖 蹖丕 丕賵賳賵乇蹖貙 丕賵賱 賵 丌禺乇 賴賲 蹖讴鈥屭嗃屫操�. 賮卮丕乇 丿丕丿賳 蹖讴 胤乇夭 賮讴乇. 丨鬲蹖 丕诏乇 丕蹖賳 賮讴乇 丌夭丕丿诏蹖 丕賳爻丕賳 亘丕卮賴.
讴丕賳丕賱 鬲賱诏乇丕賲 乇蹖賵蹖賵賴丕 賵 丿丕賳賱賵丿 讴鬲丕亘鈥屬囏� 賵 氐賵鬲蹖卮賵賳
郾鄞郯鄄/鄞/鄢
March 26, 2018
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
Such a thing is war where a haze creeps over our minds, a foggy mist of confusion that dilutes the outline of real versus unreal. Then some words are put together on makeshift pieces of paper to form a book that gets circulated stealthily and the strength is delivered. A strength which is unquantifiable and unfathomable as it is a strength of the heart. What can the enemy do to tackle it really? What torture, treachery or massacre could break this resolve? None, because those words in some surreptitious way have provided a freedom to the foggy minds. A freedom which paves an unassailable path towards a single objective of defeating the enemy.
I have a very good habit of not reading the reviews before picking up a book and a very bad habit of forgetting the ones that I've read long back. So luckily for me, I didn't know the background of this novel until I read the brilliant Afterword by Donald V. Coers. Imagine my countenance when I came to know that this work by an author who I utterly adore has been labeled as "Propaganda" and it turned out to be successfully so.
To put it simply: Through an anonymous pseudo plot, Steinbeck has written a simple yet powerful work on the Nazi occupied Norway during the WW-II. Over the period of 1940-1942, Steinbeck had actively volunteered for various government information and intelligence agencies, which brought him in contact with various displaced refugees from recently occupied countries like Norway and Denmark among others. This brought to his notice various underground resistance activities going on in their native lands, thus subsequently leading him to write this piece of fiction which was first published in USA in 1942 after making a few changes and borrowing the title from the beginning of Act 2 of Macbeth. It was released at the time of the attack on Peal Harbor, making it one of the biggest literary controversies of that time. The critics even went on to label Steinbeck as na茂vet茅. But by this time, the book had found its way to western Europe as a stealth dagger to give it's people the much needed fuel to carry on the resistance.
But, how does a man living thousands of miles away write something so simple yet powerful that most of a continent and even China for that matter, amidst the most cruel war of all time, recognize it as one of the indispensable contributors towards their independence? To which Steinbeck responded: "I put myself in your place, and thought what I would do." OK sir, if you say so.
All of that said, this book was different from his other works, the strong muscled , or the earthly wise , or the life encompassing . It was a war book alright, but the enemy was so human, the native's emotions so palpable, the atmosphere so dense, and the revenge so deep rooted that it breaks the shackles that binds a propaganda book to the war time, and transcends to the glorious eternity. There were to be found the elements of Wodehousian humor and Dostoevskian tragic psyche too. What more could I ask for? Maybe just my epitaph by his words that would forever refuse to die against the coldest of steel.
June 27, 2019
趩賯丿乇 倬卮蹖賲賵賳賲 丕夭 丕蹖賳讴賴 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘禺賵賳賴 蹖 賲丿乇爻賴 倬爻 丿丕丿賲卮
(噩夭 賲毓丿賵丿 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕賲丕賳鬲 诏乇賮鬲賲 賵賱蹖 倬爻 丿丕丿賲)
(噩夭 賲毓丿賵丿 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕賲丕賳鬲 诏乇賮鬲賲 賵賱蹖 倬爻 丿丕丿賲)
February 6, 2025
袦懈褋谢械褏 褋懈, 褔械 小褌邪泄薪斜械泻 械 邪胁褌芯褉 懈蟹泻谢褞褔懈褌械谢薪芯 胁谐谢褗斜械薪 胁 褋胁芯褟褌邪 袗屑械褉懈泻邪, 薪芯 褌芯胁邪 褋械 芯泻邪蟹邪 薪械胁褟褉薪芯!
袙 "袥褍薪邪褌邪 蟹邪谢械蟹械", 褌芯泄 芯斜褉褗褖邪 锌芯谐谢械写 泻褗屑 褌械泻褍褖懈褌械 褌芯谐邪胁邪 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 胁 袝胁褉芯锌邪, 泻褗屑 褔械褉薪懈褌械 胁褉械屑械薪邪 褌褉械胁芯卸械褖懈 胁褋械泻懈 薪芯褉屑邪谢械薪 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪懈泻 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 褍卸邪褋械薪 泻芯薪褎谢懈泻褌, 薪邪褉械褔械薪 袙小袙.
袥械褋薪芯 褋械 褉邪蟹锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪褌 斜械蟹懈屑械薪薪邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪邪 懈 褏芯褉邪褌邪 褲, 邪 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉褋褌胁芯褌芯 薪邪 锌懈褋邪褌械谢褟 蟹邪胁褗褉褕胁邪 械写薪邪 锌褉邪胁写懈胁邪 褎褉械褋泻邪, 斜械蟹 写邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋泻邪 懈谢懈 写邪 褍泻褉邪褋褟胁邪 薪械薪褍卸薪芯 褉械邪谢薪芯褋褌懈褌械 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪.
效褍写械褋械薪 懈 泻褉邪褌褗泻 邪薪褌懈胁芯械薪械薪 褉芯屑邪薪 懈 褋懈 褋褌褉褍胁邪 写邪 屑褍 褋械 芯褌写械谢懈 胁褉械屑械!
笑懈褌邪褌:
"啸芯褉邪褌邪 褋褗褋 褋褌邪写薪芯 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯 锌械褔械谢褟褌 斜懈褌泻懈褌械, 邪 褋胁芯斜芯写薪懈褌械 褏芯褉邪 锌械褔械谢褟褌 胁芯泄薪懈褌械."
P.S. 袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 懈蟹胁械写薪褗卸 褋褌邪薪邪 屑薪芯谐芯 蟹谢芯斜芯写薪械胁薪邪, 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褎邪褕懈褋褌泻邪 邪谐褉械褋懈褟 褉邪蟹褟卸写邪 褋胁械褌邪 薪懈! 袧邪写褟胁邪屑 褋械, 校泻褉邪泄薪邪 写邪 褍褋锌械械 写邪 褍薪懈褖芯卸懈 写芯 泻褉邪泻 褉褍褋泻懈褌械 薪邪褕械褋褌胁械薪懈褑懈!
袙 "袥褍薪邪褌邪 蟹邪谢械蟹械", 褌芯泄 芯斜褉褗褖邪 锌芯谐谢械写 泻褗屑 褌械泻褍褖懈褌械 褌芯谐邪胁邪 褋褗斜懈褌懈褟 胁 袝胁褉芯锌邪, 泻褗屑 褔械褉薪懈褌械 胁褉械屑械薪邪 褌褉械胁芯卸械褖懈 胁褋械泻懈 薪芯褉屑邪谢械薪 褋褗胁褉械屑械薪薪懈泻 薪邪 褌芯蟹懈 褍卸邪褋械薪 泻芯薪褎谢懈泻褌, 薪邪褉械褔械薪 袙小袙.
袥械褋薪芯 褋械 褉邪蟹锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪褌 斜械蟹懈屑械薪薪邪褌邪 褋褌褉邪薪邪 懈 褏芯褉邪褌邪 褲, 邪 屑邪泄褋褌芯褉褋褌胁芯褌芯 薪邪 锌懈褋邪褌械谢褟 蟹邪胁褗褉褕胁邪 械写薪邪 锌褉邪胁写懈胁邪 褎褉械褋泻邪, 斜械蟹 写邪 锌褉芯锌褍褋泻邪 懈谢懈 写邪 褍泻褉邪褋褟胁邪 薪械薪褍卸薪芯 褉械邪谢薪芯褋褌懈褌械 薪邪 胁芯泄薪邪褌邪.
效褍写械褋械薪 懈 泻褉邪褌褗泻 邪薪褌懈胁芯械薪械薪 褉芯屑邪薪 懈 褋懈 褋褌褉褍胁邪 写邪 屑褍 褋械 芯褌写械谢懈 胁褉械屑械!
笑懈褌邪褌:
"啸芯褉邪褌邪 褋褗褋 褋褌邪写薪芯 褔褍胁褋褌胁芯 锌械褔械谢褟褌 斜懈褌泻懈褌械, 邪 褋胁芯斜芯写薪懈褌械 褏芯褉邪 锌械褔械谢褟褌 胁芯泄薪懈褌械."
P.S. 袣薪懈谐邪褌邪 懈蟹胁械写薪褗卸 褋褌邪薪邪 屑薪芯谐芯 蟹谢芯斜芯写薪械胁薪邪, 芯褌薪芯胁芯 褎邪褕懈褋褌泻邪 邪谐褉械褋懈褟 褉邪蟹褟卸写邪 褋胁械褌邪 薪懈! 袧邪写褟胁邪屑 褋械, 校泻褉邪泄薪邪 写邪 褍褋锌械械 写邪 褍薪懈褖芯卸懈 写芯 泻褉邪泻 褉褍褋泻懈褌械 薪邪褕械褋褌胁械薪懈褑懈!
April 17, 2020
Silenzioso,ma tenace, in valore della libert脿 si spiega come una voce stentorea in tutto il romanzo. Libert脿 bramata dal popolo conquistato, che non soggiace ad alcun sopruso o imposizione, in nome di una dignit脿 umana e personale irrinunciabile. Libert脿 bramata dal conquistatore stesso, ingannato dalle menzognere prospettive del propri capi, costretto a proseguir una guerra in cui spesso si ritrova a non credere o a eseguire ordini che non sente pi霉 propri.
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