SuitabookThe Great War
Norma Jean Lutz
- Reading
- Read together in short stretches if useful, pausing to talk through the historical setting and what feels frightening or unfair. The ending and level of detail remain unclear.
- Themes
- Prejudice against German-Americans: Carl and Edie are persecuted because their surname is Schmidt; the overview also mentions German-Americans being beaten and imprisoned. The plot includes serious hostility based on heritage, but its broader treatment is not clear from the stated events.
- Threat to a peaceful community: A mob sets out to attack a peaceful Mennonite community, and Carl may be able to warn its members. The threatened attack gives the story a danger-focused turn; how it is handled or resolved is unknown.
- Worth knowing
- Be ready for references to German-Americans being beaten and imprisoned, and to a mob threatening a peaceful community; the extent of depicted violence is unclear.