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Peter Wilkinson
Otto is Christopher’s fellow boarder on Ruegen Island. Otto has a transactional relationship with Peter, but he also has many other admirers. He is a teenaged boy when Christopher meets him. He loves to go out dancing and meet girls. After their time on Ruegen Island, Christopher briefly boards with Otto’s family. In their two-room apartment, Christopher witnesses the family’s frequent fights.
Otto Nowak Quotes in Goodbye to Berlin
The Goodbye to Berlin quotes below are all either spoken by Otto Nowak or refer to Otto Nowak. 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 4: The Nowaks
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“He’s going round to his Nazis, I suppose. I often wish he’d never taken up with them at all. They put all kinds of silly ideas in his head. It makes him so restless. Since he joined them he’s been a different boy altogether… Not that I understand these politics myself.”
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“You see, Christoph… Peter hurt me very much. I thought he was my friend. And then, suddenly, he left me—all alone…”
My mouth pressed against Erna’s hot, dry lips. I had no particular sensation of contact: all this was part of the long, rather sinister symbolic dream which I seemed to have been dreaming throughout the day. “I’m so happy, this evening…” Erna whispered.
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Otto Nowak Quotes in Goodbye to Berlin
The Goodbye to Berlin quotes below are all either spoken by Otto Nowak or refer to Otto Nowak. 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:
).
Chapter 4: The Nowaks
Quotes
“He’s going round to his Nazis, I suppose. I often wish he’d never taken up with them at all. They put all kinds of silly ideas in his head. It makes him so restless. Since he joined them he’s been a different boy altogether… Not that I understand these politics myself.”
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
“You see, Christoph… Peter hurt me very much. I thought he was my friend. And then, suddenly, he left me—all alone…”
My mouth pressed against Erna’s hot, dry lips. I had no particular sensation of contact: all this was part of the long, rather sinister symbolic dream which I seemed to have been dreaming throughout the day. “I’m so happy, this evening…” Erna whispered.
