Soldier X

Soldier X Is a narrative story which tells what it would have been like to be a child soldier for the german side, Hitler youth, in World War 2.


World War 2 was faught very differently from how wars are fought in modern day america. Today we do not allow children in wars you have to be 18 to join the army. Although many times in the past we have used children as soldiers such as in the Civil War. They were also led by a dictatot that made them think this way of life was the best to live by and accept no one elses. This is a major cultural difference becaue we have or had no such dictator leadership. Since history we have lived by a democratic system.

Also around the time of World War 2 there were alot of immigrants settling in Germany, Russian, Irish and more. Germany was very diverse at this time. At some point in history in america we also had alot of immigrants and were a very diverse country. This immigration caused trouble for both countries. For the United states is caused over populating and for germany it caused conflicts between the citizens because of their vast differences.

The houses that the main character lived in and described are small houses, the lower floor is the family's shopand the upper level is the living quarters. Houses in the United states were designed similiar to this in the 18oo's. the kids usually worked in the shops on the lower level in america slaves may have been present in homes but in Germany slaves were noot usually a popular labor, they usaully had butlers our mades or just help from the family.

This book just tells a war story so i could not find many cultural ifferences but these were some examples that are similiar or different to past events in the Unoted states.