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The Moon is Down Chapter One Here we learnthat a small town has been taken over by one of the manyNazi groups during World War Two. Mr. Corell The towngood guy, the way I view it, sent the town postmen andpolicemen on a boating trip, keeping them from the invasion(we learn later that The town good guy is really aback-stabber later in the discussion). After the invasion, theNazis request a meeting with the towns Mayor, MayorOrden. Joseph and Doctor Winter, two of Mayor Ordenscolleagues, a continue the arriver of Nazis too. The two meetCaptain Bentick, a rank lower than Colonel Lanser who isthe one who had requested the meeting. Bentick searchesthe home. During the meeting Annie, Mayor Ordens cook,becomes very aggravated by the soldiers who wait outsidethe front porch of the Mayors home, and throws a pot ofboiling water at them. Chapter Two In this chapter,Steinbeck explains the characteristics of each of the Nazis.Major Hunter, an engineer, arithmatician, and seemingly achromatic to the fact that he is a soldier. Captain Bentick, afamily man, was old and kind. Bentick also has certainadmiration to the English. Captain Loft, a young man, tookmuch pride in the fact that he was a soldier. He dreams ofhis own stopping point on the battlefield, where he is respected.Lieutenants Prackle and Tonder were snot noses,undergraduates, lieutenants, trained in the politics of the day(Quoted out of the book there seemed to be no senseputting it in my own words since it was right there, andcouldnt have been worded any better). Colonel Lansertakes much pride in what he does. To me, he sees life as anorder given by a higher rank that must be taken out. It is alsoin this chapter that Captain Bentick dies by one AlexanderMorden, a town dweller. Chapter Three The chapter beginswith a discussion between Annie and Joseph, who aretalking about Alexander Morden and the death of CaptainBentick. Joseph reveals to Annie what he surely thinks willhappen... Theyll shoot him. Annie is re jecting the awfulthought. Unfortunately it is true and Alex will be tried. MollyMorden, Alexs wife, met with the Mayor because of a rehearsal that had been circulating in the town. You wouldntconvict Alex would you?, the replies, No. To theMayors anger he found that he did have to sentence Alex todeath as luck would have it he managed to shirk the awful duty. ChapterFour This Chapter is very brief, it simply goes into Alexstrial, where he IS convicted, and shot in a public area.