Paul has a negative view of Herr Keller at the start of the novel. At his first encounter with Keller he describes him as being a complete nut as he wore a collar and tie on a very hot day and had closed the windows instead of letting the air flow through the room. He thought that he was a boozer and a weirdo. Paul also found it very odd that Keller began looking at his fingers and talking about them as if they were real people, and also the fact that he didn't let Paul play in his first lesson. In fact Paul was only allowed to play on his 8th or even 9th lesson with Keller.
He finds Keller's German accent disturbing and even thought of him as a sadist and a Nazi, guilty of numerous war crimes, who fled to Darwin to escape the consequences. He noticed Keller's ev
Paul adopted a mind set of his parents seeing no faults in them while at the same time picking at every single one of Keller's flaws. This biased view of Keller stuck with Paul for quite some time while his parents always remained the same to him.
ery fault and scrutinized him. He adopts a very prejudicial 'mind set' of Keller and sees him as a second rate citizen. He did not want to have lessons with him but his father explained that he is the only one in Darwin who could teach him how to play well.
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