What we are given is not so much a diary as a series of vignettes. The other characters: What do you think of these people? Are they sympathetic or not? Are they comic or tragic? Well-meaning, weak? Are you drawn to them as human beings? The narrator, Herr Issyvoo: What sort of person is he? What might his values and aspirations be? Do these come out in his portrayal of the other characters? Has he treated them fairly? When he lets us know that the landlady calls him “Issyvoo” does that reflect more on the landlady or on himself? Is there a stereotype at work here? How do you interpret his actions upon opening the envelope and finding the coin? What clues does Isherwood give us about his economic and social status relative to Berlin natives? What about other expatriates? Isherwood gets paid five marks for an English lesson. What are we told about Berlin and about these two faces of the city? What features of Isherwood’s Berlin do you find most interesting or striking? Isherwood’s Berlin seems to be very different. Questions on Christopher Isherwood’s Goodbye To Berlin.īerlin in 1930 was probably still remembered in 1939 when the book was published as an aggressively modern and edgy city, full of avante-garde artists and writers, with a racy cabaret nightlife.
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