Blog #6

-the priest in Fuling
-the Chinese view of Hitler
-the Chinese view of Jewish people
-an incident with a woman who approaches him at a teahouse
Choose one of these, summarize Hessler's description of the item, and explain its larger significance for Hessler's picture of Chinese culture and his role as an observer of that culture.  (250-350 words)

"Most of us have two contrary ideas--that Hitler was a great leader, and that he was a crazy man who did terrible things. We have both of these ideas at once, you see. And I think people believe that he is an interesting character, and that also makes them like him. He's very interesting to watch" (234). It seems that the Chinese don't really care much about what Hitler was all about, instead they care more about how he was to watch. 
"Perhaps the strangest part of the Chinese fascination with Hitler was that simultaneously they had a deep respect for the Jewish people" (234). To me it seems like the Chinese don't really understand the gravity of what all is Hitler. If the Chinese truly believed that "Jews were the next best thing..." (234) then they clearly would not feel the same way about Hitler. 

Mackenzie Ogden