The Master Butchers Singing Club-Chapter 1-SPOILERS

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Interesting, I had not thought

about how Fidelis was in love with Eva before he ever met her. But I do believe that was true. At least he was in love with the idea of her. We will see if it becomes a true love.

I am also wondering why Americans were so kind and accepting of him. From what I have heard about this time in immigration, it was not much different than today with Mexicans---they were not welcomed and were looked down on. That he is from Germany who was the enemy in WWI, and that he had language barriers, makes it more curious. Maybe it is his looks?

Yes, Fidelis seems quite ready to put the war behind him. He doesn't seem to care about it and is glad to be done with it----and maybe that is why he wants to get away, far away. He appeared to be "born again" after the war was over, with all the vivid sensations of being alive again---as if he was not really living during the war. And many the Americans were just as ready to put this war behind them.