What is the function of graffiti in this book? What does it say about the two German social systems?

Can the media report without bias? Select one of the current events discussed in the book and analyze how the biases show.

What role does Lena play in the book? Does her inclusion provide insights that would otherwise be missing?

What is the role of Frieda Loch in the book?

How does the East German regime control would-be dissidents? Are the methods effective?

What is the legacy of Nazism and World War II on the German people? Does West and East Germans view the past in the same way?

How does the German language unify the separated German people? How has it unified them in the past?