In the first chapter, we learn that a small town has been taken over by one of
             the many Nazi groups during World War Two. Mr. Corell The town good guy,
             the way I view it, sent the town postmen and policemen on a boating trip, keeping
             them from the invasion. After the invasion, the Nazis request a meeting with the
             town's Mayor, Mayor Orden. Joseph and Doctor Winter, two of Mayor Orden's
             colleagues, await the arrival of Nazis too. The two meet Captain Bentick, a rank
             lower than Colonel Lanser who is the one who had requested the meeting. Bentick
             searches the home. During the meeting Annie, Mayor Orden's cook, becomes very
             aggravated by the soldiers who wait outside the front porch of the Mayor's home,
             and throws a pot of boiling water at them.
             In the second chapter, Steinbeck explains the characteristics of each of the
             Nazis. Major Hunter, an engineer, arithmetician, and seemingly indifferent to the
             fact that he is a soldier. Captain Bentick, a family man, was old and kind. Bentick
             also has certain admiration to the English. Captain Loft, a young man, took much
             pride in the fact that he was a soldier. He dreams of his own death on the battlefield,
             where he is respected. "Lieutenants Prackle and Tonder were snot noses,
             undergraduates, lieutenants, trained in the politics of the day". Colonel Lanser takes
             much pride in what he does. To me, he sees life as an order given by a higher rank
             The third chapter begins with a discussion between Annie and Joseph, who are
             talking about Alexander Morden and the death of Captain Bentick. Joseph reveals to
             Annie what he surely thinks will happen... "They'll shoot him". Annie is rejecting
             the awful thought. Unfortunately it is true and Alex will be tried. Molly Morden,
             Alex''s wife, met with the Mayor because of a rumor that had been circulating in the
             town. "You wouldn't convict Alex wo...