Friday, April 22, 2016

Fritz - What Would You Do?


"There's no future here for me.  I'm leaving East Berlin tonight.  I found a place near the Spree that isn't well guarded.  I can run for the water and swim across before I'm seen.  I wanted you to know so you can explain to Mama.  It's not fair, but it is the best I can do.  I will not join their military.  Eventually I'll think like they do.  And I will not let them ruin my life." Fritz's note to Gerta.

1) In complete sentences, list all the reasons why Fritz is determined to risk his life and escape over the wall and across the dangerous River Spree to West Berlin.  What are the factors pushing him away from East Berlin; what are the factors attracting him to West Berlin?

2)Then, tell what you would do in his place.  Would you stay or would you go?  Why?  If you chose to go, then what about your mother and younger sister?  If you chose to stay, how would you shape your future.

Remember, COPS, complete sentence answers.

5 comments:

  1. 1. Fritz wants to risk his life to escape Germany because he doesn’t want to serve in the army and he wants freedom.
    2. I would dig under the wall because I would like to enjoy my life or not live it at all. I would keep it from my sisters brothers ect. Until I finished the tunnel.
    Rylan

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  2. 1. i feel like Fritz wants to escape and live his life and not go to the military
    2.i would try to escape by finding a place like how gurta found the broken building and try to escape
    -Zoe

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  3. 1. Fritz wants to leave West Berlin because there is no future for him there. If he stayed he would have to join the military and become a stone hearted guard. A few reasons he would stay is because of his family and ex-girlfriend by force Claudia. 2.
    If I were Fritz I would probably decide to leave. I would do that because there would be no future for my family and I. But I wouldn’t leave alone. I would escape with my family. It would take a while to find a way to escape but I would probably risk it anyway. Sam

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  4. 1. Fritz will not be able to avoid signing up for the military, but he doesn’t want to. He planned to escape across the River Spree to West Berlin so he can avoid the army.
    2. I would tell my mother and sister my problem, then I would see if they could help me escape a different way, and if I could escape, I’d definitely bring them with me.
    Ella

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  5. Fritz wants to leave East Berlin because of the Starzi. They have a file on Fritz because his father was in an uprising. He also smuggled a banana for Gerta’s birthday as well as some Beatles albums. Fritz won’t be able to get into a college, and he will be forced to join the military. Fritz doesn’t want to stay in East berlin because when he is forced to join the military; he will be forced to take the most dangerous tasks that many people don’t survive. He wants to go to West Berlin because his father and brother are on the other side, there is more food and better human rights. - Graham

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