Exchanging Glances | Approaching War
Korb has a master’s degree in English literature
and creative writing and has written for a wide
variety of educational publishers. In the following
essay, Korb examines the narrator’s understanding
of the different sides of war.
Wolf’s ‘‘Exchanging Glances’’ tells of a German woman’s recollection, from a distance of 25 years, of the end of World War II, as her country stood on the brink of its final defeat. A teenager at the time, the narrator has grown up under the teachings of the Führer and the Reich with her childhood lost to war. She has been indoctrinated with false ideals through textbooks and newspapers, to the point of accepting hatred and extermination as ‘‘household words.’’ Now, at the edge of adulthood, she can hardly fathom the future because the world seems to offer no...
[The entire page is 1944 words long]
Join eNotes
The above is a free excerpt. Get total access to this content with the:
Summary and Analysis – Themes – Characters – And much more...
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
Tell a friend about Exchanging Glances at eNotes.
