2.) Sophie's views changed as she grew older because she slowly began to think that what the Nazi people and Hitler are doing is wrong. In paragraph one Sophie "believed that Hitler would help Germany achieve greatness, fortune, and prosperity." Later on in her life, as Sophie grew older, she understood more about what was happening. In paragraph 4 it states, "she soon found herself unwilling to give her teachers the answers they wanted but she felt were wrong." …show more content…
Also, the peer pressure made the students become more active in the Hitler Youth because they think that everyone is doing it so they should also do it. In paragraph 15 Henry Metelmann's teacher said, "'You see, all your friends in class have become members... 'Surely so many cannot be wrong in their choice while you are the only one who is right...'" The teacher is trying to get the kid to become active in the Hitler Youth by saying that everyone else is doing it, so it must be right. Also, in paragraph 14 it states, "Never before had students felt so much power over adults and school authority." The kids in the book were smashing the windows of a teacher who gave them low grades, but the police didn't do much about