Part Two: Chapter XII, A New Chapter Summary and Analysis

The Trapps go off on a new concert tour. There is pride and joy over their new home. The photo they show friends is not impressive because the view, which is the reason they bought it, is not captured in the picture. On the road, they make plans for the seven hundred acres.

In the middle of planning, Werner and Rupert announce that they've been drafted The family returns to earth and the fact that a war is raging. Gasoline rationing begins and they have to report to the rationing board in each state to explain their situation. They come back East under a dark cloud to pack for the new house. Maria and Georg drive their sons to Hyde Park, where new draftees assemble.

They have a $12,000 mortgage...