. I thought that there was going to be some great reason for their action and expected more of a plot. Instead End of a Mission is like a tableau of personalities. Taking place in a small village every character is truly a character. All of the quirkiness of village life and relationships are played out in the descriptions and actions of everyone from judge to bailiff, to lawyers, police, witnesses, innkeepers, observers, the press and of course the accused father and son. It also took me a while to realize that much of the book is meant to be humorous.
Throughout the book Boll shows the somewhat absurd juxtaposition of a society that likes rules at the same time that it seems to be rebelling against them. Perhaps it is in the wake of World War II and the role of law and order in the Holocaust that prompts these small town Germans to want to thumb their noses at authority.
But even then there is an almost orderly quality to their small acts of rebellion. Being at least one quarter German and one quarter control freak, I often feel an affinity for the stereotype of German precision and linear thinking. I had a history professor in college who abhorred any attempts to define a national character, either for individuals or for the collective society. But darn if it isn't satisfying to trade in generalities sometimes.
It's pretty obvious what has happened here. Yet again the retard has tried to brag himself up, made the error of posting something he cannot in any way justify or substantiate, and is now trying the tired old trick of refusing to even try to make sense of what he has said, while castigating others for "not understanding".
It's a failed trick. It's a child's attitude. It's another example of what a loser he is.
If he had a scintilla of morality, or a sliver of self respect, he’d own up. But we have all seen that he is totally incapable of acting like a man, and far less like an adult.
