“The nightmare images of the German child-rearing practices that one discovers in this book call to mind the catastrophic events of recent German history” (350). This quote, taken from Susan Griffin’s Our Secret, shows us the situation Heinrich Himmler would have been brought up by. The upbringing of children in Germany at the time was very harsh according to our standards today. I find that his father had oppressed Himmler, and this may have been …showed first 75 words of 746 total…

…showed last 75 words of 746 total…was still living a rough life. In conclusion, the stories that we have read throughout our literary journey are filled with suffering. Heinrich Himmler himself suffered, and in turn passed the suffering on to millions of people. The peddler suffered needlessly, as did the men of Trifles. There are a few common themes that tie the stories together, and I find the main connection to be the suffering of people in different and similar ways.