e of "grotesque situations that make strange," also called a "Verfremdungseffekt," continues throughout the film and is connected in particular with sexual events. This type of sexual perversity appears again in the unnatural affair of Oskar's respective mother and uncle, Agnes and Jan, as well as the sexual games between Oskar himself and the character Maria; all these sexual scenes serve to produce negative feelings in the viewer (Baker 90, Class Notes). This opening scene also sets the stage for the introduction of the future generation of Matzeraths and the coming of the Third Reich, suggesting that the moral ambiguity in the lives of the German folk begins much earlier than the rise of the Nazis to power.
             Following the Matzerath family through their history, the bulk of the film takes place in the suburbs of Danzig, a location far removed from "the bustling modern city...the center(s) of Nazi power"; the characters of the story are r
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