Talk:The Begum's Fortune
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I removed a large part of the Plot heading. It contained conjectures, personal opinions, and original research type comments. I saved the last paragraph under a new Influence heading. The other comments could be placed there if they refer to non-original research. Opinions can also be reference there (e.g. John Doe in his famous work on Verne stated that blablabla.)
It's not that I don't agree, or that I don't think the commentary isn't clever (I do agree and think some comments are clever) but they just didn't belong under a Plot heading, or in the form under which they were presented. Cheers Vincent 02:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
From a German perspective, this books appears pretty prophetical, given the nazi tyranny. Even today many Germans I know are actually not conoisseurs, are arrogant and some of them are still racists. Instead of rationally assessing Germany's undisputed strengths (think of Daimler, BMW, Volkswagen, SAP) and weaknesses (think of inflexible labour laws and high unemployment), they tend to see their civilization as the best on earth. For some, the Jewish are still the evil who desires to kill those German icons of industry. The Turkish-descend Germans are often still seen as Turks, even though they hold a German passport.
On the other hand, there are other people, who like Pizza, Tiramisu, Cappucino AND Sauerkraut. These people appreciate their country's weaknesses and strenghts and they believe in universal humanity. Yet, the social current that brought Nazism to power still exists, and it is nicely (just a little stereotypical) depicted by Jules Verne. The relevant word is "little" ! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fg (talk • contribs) 23:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
