Post B

So far The Welsh Girl has been kind of frustrating to read. Basically it's about a guy who interrogates people and tries to get them to admit that they're Jewish. The reason it's frustrating to read is because he actually loves his job. It said, "In truth Rotheram despised the prisoners, loved to see Hawkins break them" (5). Then on the next page it said, "the more suspects he questioned, the more British he felt" (6). How could anyone love that kind of job?
I also found it kind of strange because he's what they call a mischiling, a half Jew. His father and grandparents had been Jews but he never seemed to care. When he was a kid, he saw a Jew getting beat up on the street. He went home and told his mother about it. He told her that the whole time he was watching he wasn't even scared. The next week he snuck out of the house to see a movie on Hitler. He was trying to test himself and see if he liked it. When the movie was over he felt lonely but only because he wanted to join the Nazis. He wanted to "help."
On the back of the book it said that The Welsh Girl was about several different people so I'm really hoping the author will start talking someone else.

The Welsh Girl-- Post A

Vocab
coyly (13)-shy; modest.
moue (14)-A small grimace; a pout.

Figurative Language
1) "...And Hess sank against the seat cushions as if he were trying to smother himself in the chair" (15).
2) "Hess's dark, but shining--before Rotheram had to look away, his heart racing, as if the figure on the screen had met his gaze" (15).
3) "He touched the side of his head with his fingertips as if it were tender" (16). These three quotes are all examples of similes because they describe things witht the word as.

Quote

"They expect me to find him fit, Rotheram thought, because they believe I'm a Jew" (17).

At first Rotheram thought they wanted him because of his skill. Now he knows why they really put him on the job.

Theme

In The Welsh Girl, Rotheram has had a hard time trusting people. When someone called him a Jew, no one knew what to say. Ever since then he's had to read between the lines of what people are saying which is the theme of the book.