Goodbye to Berlin

by

Christopher Isherwood

Natalia Landauer Character Analysis

Natalia Landauer is the 18-year-old daughter of the wealthy Jewish Landauer family. She and Christopher strike up a friendship, often attending artistic events together and talking. After Christopher introduces Natalia to Sally, who makes antisemitic comments and generally inappropriate conversation, their friendship fades. She moves to Paris, where she studies art and marries a doctor.

Natalia Landauer Quotes in Goodbye to Berlin

The Goodbye to Berlin quotes below are all either spoken by Natalia Landauer or refer to Natalia Landauer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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).
Chapter 5: The Landauers Quotes

“I await always that the worst will come. I know how things are in Germany today, and suddenly it can be that my father lose all. You know, that is happened once already? Before the War, my father has had a big factory in Posen. The War comes, and my father has to go. Tomorrow, it can be here the same.”

Related Characters: Natalia Landauer (speaker), Christopher Isherwood , Herr Landauer
Page Number: 145
Explanation and Analysis:

“You, Christopher, with your centuries of Anglo-Saxon freedom behind you, with your Magna Carta engraved upon your heart, cannot understand that we poor barbarians need the stiffness of a uniform to keep us upright.”

Related Characters: Bernhard Landauer (speaker), Christopher Isherwood , Natalia Landauer
Page Number: 159
Explanation and Analysis:
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Natalia Landauer Quotes in Goodbye to Berlin

The Goodbye to Berlin quotes below are all either spoken by Natalia Landauer or refer to Natalia Landauer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Friendship Theme Icon
).
Chapter 5: The Landauers Quotes

“I await always that the worst will come. I know how things are in Germany today, and suddenly it can be that my father lose all. You know, that is happened once already? Before the War, my father has had a big factory in Posen. The War comes, and my father has to go. Tomorrow, it can be here the same.”

Related Characters: Natalia Landauer (speaker), Christopher Isherwood , Herr Landauer
Page Number: 145
Explanation and Analysis:

“You, Christopher, with your centuries of Anglo-Saxon freedom behind you, with your Magna Carta engraved upon your heart, cannot understand that we poor barbarians need the stiffness of a uniform to keep us upright.”

Related Characters: Bernhard Landauer (speaker), Christopher Isherwood , Natalia Landauer
Page Number: 159
Explanation and Analysis: