How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Besides, all war is horrible, dreadful, I don't like to hear about it. And that war, Hitler's war, is still so much talked about here in the Netherlands, on and on, almost as if it only ended yesterday. I wish people would stop. So much pain, why do we go on remembering it so much? It would be better if we forgot. But people say, no, we must always remember so that nothing like it ever happens again. To which I ask, when has the human race ever forgotten about their wars, and how much has that prevented another being fought?" (14.56)
Tessel might ask Jacob this, but we (the audience) are being asked to think about it too. Is it important to remember war? Does doing so keep us from fighting again? We'd like to think it does, but look around the world—there has been plenty of war since WWII ended. Does that mean Tessel is right?