Exchanging Glances | Themes
Perspective
‘‘Exchanging Glances’’ is unique in its presentation of a view of World War II from a young German girl’s perspective. Most accounts of the war in English and American literature narrate events from an Anglo-American point of view and characterize the German people as ruthless at worst and ignorant at best. Wolf presents the last days of the war through the eyes of a child, but even the young narrator realizes she must share some of the guilt for the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany. What is unusual about Wolf’s story, however, is that the...
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