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...approaching the French, as well-oiled members of a neatly defined system. The contradictions of the country's many regions, the varying linguistic needs, and the lack of a unified French political and cultural awareness forced him to reexamine France's mythical unity; worn-out classifications of Bourgeoisie, Peasant and Worker were aerated, their subtle variations revealed. Zeldin also scrutinized French politics and patriotism, trying to analyze how they really affected citizens. But his work remained ambiguous throughout, begged the question of French identity, avoided the task of drawing conclusions...
...country where a quarter of the survivors of "old" families are highly placed in modern industry, where three-quarters of industrial managers are sons of the well-to-do, where only a fifth of the work force is unionized, and where the peasant still seeks to protect and work his own land, defining "aristocratic" values is no easy task. Zeldin judges the image of French egalitarianism "more false than true." Even the highly competitive school system reinforces ingrained notions of privilege: 65 percent of managers' children get into the prestigious option C of the baccalaureate program as compared...
...times, only to be refused entrance on the grounds that we were their enemies. Feeling this was unjust, we asked them specifically if they felt this was a discriminatory action. Their answer was an unequivocal "yes"; their only justification being that it was perfectly right to discriminate against "murderers, peasant killers, and those who practice genocide...
...learn, Tzili is neglected and abused by her large, impoverished Jewish family. In infancy she is left alone to play in the dirt outdoors. In childhood she becomes the butt of her Christian schoolmates. As the Nazis approach, Tzili is abandoned by her parents. She seeks shelter among the peasants in the district, claiming to be the daughter of the local Gentile whore. But if she is spared deportation as a Jew, she is execrated as one of the devil's brood. "The peasants drove her mercilessly. She cleaned the cow shed ... brought firewood from the forest. At night...
Running from her peasant persecutors, the adolescent finds refuge in a hole in the ground, together with a crazed escapee from a Nazi camp. Love, pregnancy and abandonment follow in rapid succession. Then, as the war and Tzili's wanderings come to a close, she joins a group of other survivors...