In Cold Blood And Others Act 2 Scene 2 Analysis

In the second scene, Solomon jumps out of the tub (naked), as soon as the Germans begin attacking his home, disregarding his family. Solomon survival instincts kick in at the very beginning. Even when he had the opportunity to go back and look for family members, he remains in hiding. Solomon’s will to survive is ingrained into his very nature.
In the third scene, Solomon and his family leave Germany for Poland after his sister was killed. Solomon was taught at home the importance of survival. Despite his father being a successful business owner, the family leaves Germany at the first sign of trouble. Although his sister had died, Solomon still did not want to leave Germany.
“When the war broke out, I was glad. Now the police would forget about the bicycle
In order to survive, Solomon quickly destroyed his Russian papers and once again denounced his Jewish heritage. Just as quickly as he became a Communist, Solomon became a Nazi and began acting as a German-Russian translator. Solomon puts on yet another façade to survive, and this time he is even considered to be war hero for capturing Stalin’s son.
After witnessing a “friend” from the orphanage die, Solomon faints and has a vision of Hitler and Stalin dancing together. Solomon begins to be confused as to what side he is really on. Is he for the Germans? Is he for the Russians? Is he for the Jews? In reality, Solomon is for whoever will keep him alive and serve him best.
“I want to serve our German homeland.” Solomon accepted the request from his commander to work as a German-Russian translator for his unit. In my opinion, he sounded very sincere. Although I do not speak German, so the inflictions are harder to cypher, he did seem genuine. It is possible that Solomon is still confused of who he is for as well. Are his survival instincts over taking his life and changing his viewpoint of