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Kansasliberal asked this question about All the Light We Cannot See:
Do we know why Frederick was so pushed by his family to attend the Nazis school where he obviously did not belong?
Jill Collen His father was some kind of government official. Frederick was a bit of a wimp,so his father would certainly have wanted him to succeed as the sort of…moreHis father was some kind of government official. Frederick was a bit of a wimp,so his father would certainly have wanted him to succeed as the sort of manly ideal of the Reich. And Frederick must have wanted that too - as he could certainly have flunked out of the entrance testing just by letting his bad eyesight be known.
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All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
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