The Imagery of Touch
The feeling of abandonment by the narrator shows that his personal touch with his parents narrowed as they leave him to reside with his grandmother. When he is six years, his parents relocate to Oberhausen industrial city for new adventures. The grandmother convinces the parents to leave him temporarily with her but it turned to be many years. His personal touch with his parents declines as he feels abandoned. He comforts himself that despite being abandoned, he is living on a beautiful farm. The Narrator says:
“When I was just six weeks old, my parents moved to Oberhausen, a large industrial city, taking with them my twin brother, Rudi. Grandmother talked them into leaving me with her temporarily until they got settled in their business. But ‘temporary’ stretched into a year, tow, then more. Yet far from feeling abandoned by my parents, I always felt lucky to live on a farm in the beautiful German Rhineland.”
The Imagery of Hearing
The narrator uses military music to appeal to the sense of hearing to the reader. Before the Treaty, the Germans soldiers are fond of playing military music, which is played loudly and the German people love listening to it. However, after the treaty, the military music is banned something that greatly annoys the Germans at large. Every German would initially wake up to listen to the military band but when it is banned, everyone is annoyed. The hatred is directed towards the French who are accused of being in the front line in imposing sanctions on the Germans. He writes:
“The end to the military force also brought an end to military music. No longer were bands allowed to play that march my music the German people loved so much.”
The Imagery of Sight
The narrator has used torchlight to appeal the sense of sight to the readers. He describes the events of the Hitler Youth march along the streets. The imagery of sight plays an essential role in helping the reader visualize and create an image of what is happening on the ground as told by the narrator. He writes:
“Until old enough to join, I had to content myself with watching the Hitler Youth march parade through the streets of Wittlich. One spring evening, in the company of my Uncle Franz, I watched a torchlight parade of brown-shirted Storm Troopers and Hitler Youth formations. ”
The Imagery of Hitler
The narrator has used Hitler to demonstrate the imagery of sight. He says that the whole town in Wittlich lines on the streets and others watch from the windows to see Hitler. Many like Alfons are seeing him for the first time. The man who is shaking German and taking the Youths by the surprise is passing by in an open Mercedes Benz. He writes:
“People hung from windows and balconies shouting a constant storm of ‘Heil Hitler!’ and ‘Sieg Heil.' At last, we laid eyes on the man who had put us into this wild fever of excitement."
