Analysis Of The Book Every Man Dies Alone By Hans Fallada

Based on a true story, Every Man Dies Alone written by Hans Fallada is a page turning novel about a married couple living in Germany during World War II, Otto and Anna Quangel, which centers on their internal struggles of resistance to fascism, as they fight for freedom and justice. The importance of this essay is to explain from a subjective opinion as to why Fallada had written the novel the way he had. From a personal perspective, Fallada’s intentions with this novel were to express his internal fight against the Nazi party by writing vicariously through the characters. A substantial amount of details in the book are similar and relate with Fallada’s life experiences, internal feelings, and actions, which all supports the thesis. This essay will be provided with a description of the plot, analyst’s explanations of Fallada’s intentions with the novel, and subjective clarifications on his intentions. Analysts such as Christopher Finlay, Geoff Wilkes, and Geoffrey Plow gave their own personal inputs on Fallada’s novel Every Man Dies Alone. These authors have mainly discussed Fallada’s opinions on the Quangel case, and emphasized on the fact that Fallada found their case â€Å"uninspiring† (265, Plow) (933, Wilkes). They stressed that Fallada and Otto both were merely ordinary citizens who were trying to prove their points in modest, painful less ways (269, Plow). Finlay points out that the oppressed begin to revolt, and from this it is possible to slowly rise to power as the