Stasiland‚ Practise essay #1 Eleanor Durrance "Although a sense of loss permeates Stasiland it is ultimately an uplifting book" ’Stasiland’ by Anna Funder is an account. In this study she interprets an ignored history of everyday people from East Germany through interviewing and collecting stories of witnesses. In many sections of Stasiland‚ positivity is demonstrated through victims courageous stories‚ however a sense of loss is always present‚ overshadowing the optimism displayed in the final
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Even though the Berlin Wall came down in 1989‚ Stasiland shows that one can never be free from the horrors of tyranny. To what extent do you agree? In Anna Funders investigative account‚ Stasiland‚ the lasting effects of tyranny and persecution are explored. The damage it did to Julia‚ to Frau Paul and to Germany as a whole is shown to still exist. Julia experiences the mental damage done to her by the Stasi daily. Frau Paul is unable to regain the time she lost with her son. The country
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TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY TOPIC : “ FRAU PAUL IS THE MOST DAMAGED CHARACTER IN ANNA FUNDER’S STASILAND “ KEYWORDS : MOST – uttermost‚ ultimate‚ greater‚ mass‚ bulk‚ to the highest degree DAMAGED – harmed‚ injured‚ spoiled‚ vandalized‚ hurt‚ inflicted‚ corruption‚ impairment‚ suffering CHARACTER – persona‚ personality‚ individual‚ human being‚ person‚ nature‚ spirit STASILAND – Toletarian regime‚ the Stasi Regime‚ German Democratic Republic (GDR)‚ “Antifascist Protective Measure”‚ East Germany‚ The
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TEXT RESPONSE ESSAY TOPIC : “ FUNDER’S DESCRIPTION OF A PLACE PROVES A PARALLEL WITH THE NARRATIVES THAT STASILAND UNCOVERS. DISCUSS “ KEYWORDS : DESCRIPTION – COMMENT‚ COMMENTARY‚ EXPLANATION‚ DEFINITION‚ EXPOSITION‚ INTERPRETATION‚ RENDERING‚ TRANSLATION‚ DEPICTION‚ PORTRAYAL‚ OUTLINES PLACE – LOCATION‚ SETTING‚ VICINITY‚ EAST GERMANY‚ PROVES – DEMONSTRATES THE TRUTH‚ PROVIDES THE EVIDENCE‚ VALIDATES‚ CONFIRMS‚ CONVINCES PARALLEL – SYMMETRY‚ SIMILARITY‚ COMPARISON NARRATIVES – STORIES‚
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Funder shows that the victims of the Stasi were never fully healed following the collapse of the East German regime. Discuss. When we go through a traumatic event‚ none of us ever truly heal. Anna Funder demonstrates this right through Stasiland showing the reader that the victims of the Stasi were never fully healed following the collapse of the East German regime. She does this by sharing stories of ‘human courage’ with the reader‚ showing that some of the people involved‚ such as Herr Winz want
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“This society‚ it was built on lies…” Why does Funder find it so difficult to uncover the truth? In writing Stasiland‚ Funder is intent on finding out the truth of the East German regime. She interviews various people that either worked for the Stasi‚ or had a run in with them‚ in order to discover the facts about what really happened during the time of the GDR. Uncovering the truth becomes difficult for Funder‚ as she realizes that the entire operation was built on “lie after lie after lie.” The
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Characters: Funder: Narrator/critique/friend/observer/interviewer/historian Explores and re-tells stories from ex Stasi men‚ and victims of the Stasi Explores through human stories the separation of east and west Germany Experiences sympathy for victims as well as all Germans who lived through two tremendous events within a small space of time She has an outsiders perspective not experiencing the feelings of those times personally Miriam: Story inspires Funder to write the text. Funder can explain
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CRITICALLY COMMENT ON THE USE OF LIGHT AND DARK IN BOTH TEXTS. Anna Funder’s book Stasiland and Donnersmark’s film The Lives of Others both discuss the Stasi’s oppression of the people in West Berlin during the time of the Berlin Wall. The composers depict light and darkness both literally through various techniques and metaphorically through mutual themes. These implementations of light and dark revolve around the concept of secret histories‚ which refer to the Stasi regime being hidden in darkness
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A Character/Chapter Chart of Anna Funder’s Stasiland The Victims The Perpetrators Miriam Weber: Chapters 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 28 Herr Winz [counter-espionage/anti-infiltration]: Chapter 8 Julia Behrend: Chapters 5‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ 14 (incl. the rape) Von Schnitzler [chief propagandist for the GDR]: Chapter 13 and p. 255 Frau Paul: Chapters 21‚ 22‚ 23 Herr Christian [code worker/encoding transcripts of intercepted telephone conversations]: Chapter 15 Hagen Koch [technical draftsman & GDR Musterknabe or poster boy/model
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The Book Stasiland uses the interviews with victims and perpetrators to inform the reader on life in East Germany. To some extent‚ Anna Funder does paint a black a white picture of her views‚ separating the victims from the perpetrators. As she despises the GDR/Stasi‚ Funder still acknowledges that many of the officials were just doing what was told and were reluctant to react‚ in fear of falling under the stasis harsh rules. Despite this‚ many of the officials were strong believers in the system
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