The Assault By Harry Mulisch Analysis
The interactive oral presentation over The Assault by Harry Mulisch was mainly focused around the German occupation of the Netherlands and how it affected Mulisch´s writing and his personal life. The presenters explained that when the German Nazis invaded the Netherlands, they banned all other political parties. In the novel, we see that communism is banned, and people who are against the Nazis are often communists. While reading the novel, I did not understand how someone like Hitler could so easily control and invade so many nations. One presenter stated that before World War II, a majority of Europe was stuck in a depression. This made it easy for a leader like Hitler who promised to change the country for the better could easily get support