HIST 2075 Quiz: Summaries For The Tin Drum (Got A+ on the test)
Document Summary
Oskar matzerath is introduced as a patient in a mental institute. Bruno munsterberg who makes art from string and knots. He then describes his bed and visiting days at the hospital. Oskar then asks burno for some paper so he can write an autobiography. The biography starts with his grandmother anna bronski. Anna wears 4 skirts that make several appearances in the novel. Anna hides a firebug joeseph koljaiczek under her skirts from the police as she cooks potatoes, and she sends them on their way. Anna and joe marry and move, where he works as a raft man but he is soon discovered and tries to flee the authorities, drowning in the possess. Oskar has klepp and vittlar visit him and he describes his family"s life after joe drowns. His grandmother remarries and his mother grows to loves jan but they break it off. Instead she marries alfred matzerath and they all become a big family.
