Question

What types of details does Fairley use to provide clues about daily life in post-war East Berlin?

Answer 1

The author's choice of words presents a contrast between the buildings, greenery, and other things Klaus had seen earlier swallowed up by the sour-smelling cement and the snarling barbed wire.

The references to the wall becoming an "oppressor" and it association with fear, suspicion, and the government also help to visualize the setting.

The author describes East Berlin as being "colorless" compared to the West Germany, in the glimpse the reader is given of what Inge sees through the hole in the wall.

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Answer 2

The author's use of diction shows the stark difference between the objects that Klaus had seen earlier which was swallowed up by the foul-smelling cement and vicious-looking barbed wire.

Fairley also makes reference to the wall becoming a stifling influence and how its actions breed fear and suspicion which helps in the creation of imagery for the setting.

Fairley also gives details about East Berlin being almost lifeless and without color in comparison to Western Germany while using literary devices that let the readers have an idea of how life in East Berlin was after the war.