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Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter (Book Analysis)

Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280628798422EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including persecution, antisemitism and Nazism. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 21-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Hans Peter Richter Presentation of Friedrich Summary of Friedrich Character study Friedrich The narrator The narrator’s parents Herr and Frau Schneider Herr Resch Analysis of Friedrich Actantial model Narrative outline An historical novel About Friedrich Friedrich is a children's novel which was first published in 1963. It is set in the 1930s and tells the story of two children who live in the same building: the narrator and the eponymous Friedrich. Friedrich is Jewish, and so the narrator is forced to watch helplessly as his friend, along with the rest of the Jewish community in Germany, is bullied, abused and cast out of society. Although Friedrich is not an autobiographical novel, the author was inspired to write it through what he himself had lived through in Nazi Germany. The book has a deep historical aspect to it, highlighting the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism in Germany and the widespread persecution of Jewish people. The two characters and their families are completely fictional, but that does not prevent their story from being uncomfortably believable. About Hans Peter Richter Hans Peter Richter was a German writer and psychosociologist. He was born in 1925, a rather turbulent time in Germany; he witnessed the rise of Nazism, state propaganda and Hitler's dictatorship. He took a keen interest in academia and work organization, and was also involved in radio and television programs. He died in 1993.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including persecution, antisemitism and Nazism. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 21-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Hans Peter Richter Presentation of Friedrich Summary of Friedrich Character study Friedrich The narrator The narrator’s parents Herr and Frau Schneider Herr Resch Analysis of Friedrich Actantial model Narrative outline An historical novel About Friedrich Friedrich is a children's novel which was first published in 1963. It is set in the 1930s and tells the story of two children who live in the same building: the narrator and the eponymous Friedrich. Friedrich is Jewish, and so the narrator is forced to watch helplessly as his friend, along with the rest of the Jewish community in Germany, is bullied, abused and cast out of society. Although Friedrich is not an autobiographical novel, the author was inspired to write it through what he himself had lived through in Nazi Germany. The book has a deep historical aspect to it, highlighting the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism in Germany and the widespread persecution of Jewish people. The two characters and their families are completely fictional, but that does not prevent their story from being uncomfortably believable. About Hans Peter Richter Hans Peter Richter was a German writer and psychosociologist. He was born in 1925, a rather turbulent time in Germany; he witnessed the rise of Nazism, state propaganda and Hitler's dictatorship. He took a keen interest in academia and work organization, and was also involved in radio and television programs. He died in 1993.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including persecution, antisemitism and Nazism. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 21-page reading guide is structured as...
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Friedrich by Hans Peter Richter. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including persecution, antisemitism and Nazism. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 21-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Hans Peter Richter
  • Presentation of Friedrich
  • Summary of Friedrich
  • Character study
    • Friedrich
    • The narrator
    • The narrator’s parents
    • Herr and Frau Schneider
    • Herr Resch
  • Analysis of Friedrich
    • Actantial model
    • Narrative outline
    • An historical novel

About Friedrich

Friedrich is a children’s novel which was first published in 1963. It is set in the 1930s and tells the story of two children who live in the same building: the narrator and the eponymous Friedrich. Friedrich is Jewish, and so the narrator is forced to watch helplessly as his friend, along with the rest of the Jewish community in Germany, is bullied, abused and cast out of society.

Although Friedrich is not an autobiographical novel, the author was inspired to write it through what he himself had lived through in Nazi Germany. The book has a deep historical aspect to it, highlighting the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism in Germany and the widespread persecution of Jewish people. The two characters and their families are completely fictional, but that does not prevent their story from being uncomfortably believable.

About Hans Peter Richter

Hans Peter Richter was a German writer and psychosociologist. He was born in 1925, a rather turbulent time in Germany; he witnessed the rise of Nazism, state propaganda and Hitler’s dictatorship. He took a keen interest in academia and work organization, and was also involved in radio and television programs. He died in 1993.

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