Life in the Magnifying Glass

      There is stuff that is private and there is stuff that there is public. There are also things that fall into both categories. In the von Trapps life a lot of follows the fine line of public and private. There are private joys of happiness and the public image to uphold. The public image is the good, Austrian family against the Nazis. They have to uphold this image in order to gain respect. The Captain tells his friend Max that he is against the Nazis. Whereas, Max treats it like something that cannot be helped. I think that the Captain is right. I think that something could be done to of stopped or slowed down the attack of the Nazis in Austria. Max on the other hand makes faces like "It is what it is." Which by the way, is a terrible phrase.