Kapitel 3

Beispiel: "Kurz vor Mitternacht stand mein Vater auf und ging auf die Bühne...Und mein Vater nahm sie Notizen aus der Tasche." (pg. 20-21)

This is a good paradox from this chapter because Ollil's father is supposed to be giving a speach infront of many people about the reunification of Germany. The place that he is giving the speach is somewhat of a party setting. There are many people everywhere and they are all celebrating the reunification. There are many things going on such as loud music, people talking, food to eat, and many alchoholic beverages being drank. So his father was already nervous about his speach and so he tried to cover it up and get into the spirit of things by joining in the festivities. by the time it was time for him to give his speach he had had a little too much to drink and was a little drunk. In the comotion and with him being drunk when the time came to give his speach he went up to the podium to begin and had realized that he had forgotten his keynote cards that he had written to help him with his speech. So in short the paradox is that he had a speach to give and was a little careless about his drinking habits and when the time came to speak he had forgotten his note cards that he was going to use during his speach.