How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #7
And without further introduction, he began the promised story, telling it with a practiced economy, as if he were only a storyteller and not one of the main characters. (23.67)
It sounds like Josef had mad storytelling skills. How are his techniques different from Gemma's? How are they the same?
Quote #8
And he understood, then, that the point of their raid was not to blow anything up at all. The point was to die so that they, in turn, could become stories for other partisans to tell around the fires that were not fires. (27.33)
Did Josef's comrades want to die so they would be the heroes in other people's stories? Or did they want to truly inspire other people participating in the war effort? Is either one a good reason to go on what's basically a suicide mission? Explain your answer.