Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

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Summer of My German Soldier was released the same year the United States withdrew its troops from Vietnam. To what extent can the novel be interpreted as an allegory for this war?

Investigate the history of anti-Semitism in America. Is it accurate to claim that the American South exhibited more prejudice than the North? Why might Greene have chosen to set the story in Arkansas?

Race and ethnicity are crucial themes in the novel. How is the experience of Jewish Americans depicted as both similar to and distinct from that of African Americans?

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