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How do you think he might have illustrated the similarities and differences between each?
How might such an illustration be instructive?
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Chapter 16, #2: Patriotism Flavors
How do you think he might have illustrated the similarities and differences between each?
How might such an illustration be instructive?
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I believe that Campbell took his "patriotism" as all part of the big acting job that becoming a spy afforded him. He mentions several times in the book that he has no affiliation with any one particular government or country. He exhibits his Nazi and Communist side to the extreme while his American side is more of his secret duty. He acted like who he needed to be at the time to make friends, like with Kraft, and denied the other 'personalities' to avoid enemies.
ReplyDeleteDoes Campbell have a "Nazi side"? If an actor can successfully perform a role, is it because the actor has found a part of his or her self that correlates with the character he or she is performing? Or might there be no similarity at all between the personality of a skilled actor and the personality of the vile character he portrays?
ReplyDeleteWhich is true of Campbell?
I feel as though Campbell didn't have a true "Nazi side". He was performing the part more than anything. He didn't actually hate the Jews or agree with the Nazi parties' beliefs. He was just doing his job. The only correlation between Campbell and the Nazis was that they live in the same country and have pride for their country, and they are all going through a war. Campbell might have used that correlation to portray his "Nazi side" better.
ReplyDeleteI would have to disagree with Torie on this one, I think that Campbell did in fact had a Nazi side because even before he became a spy for the united states, he did those horrible radio transmission which i think are pretty much like a Nazi,characteristically.
ReplyDeleteI think in the case of Campbell,after he became a spy, he found a character within him which he correlated and i think that is one of the reasons why Campbell was such a good spy and why he was not detected as an American spy.
I don't believe Campbell did any radio transmissions for the Nazis until after he signed up to be a spy, Robel. Am I remembering that wrong?
ReplyDeleteI think that instead of Campbell having a "Nazi side," he adapted to his role not necessarily in the hating jews part of it but in the way he acted and probably also his values. Instead of looking at the things the Nazis did and being completely shocked and appalled like Americans are, he accepted it like any other Nazi would. I don't believe that this acting job brought out the secret Nazi in him, it is more likely that it transplanted a fake one for the time being.
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