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1. How did going through World War Two firsthand influence Artie’s father on his personalities, values, and his perspectives on life?

WW2 had a profound impact on his father’s life. When his son came home he got angry at his wife for giving him the wire hangar and not the superior wooden hangar. Before the war he was seen as a charismatic person, someone with multiple girlfriends and someone who was carefree about life. When his wife was feeling depressed he went with her to the hospital, when his father in law wanted to start a factory with him he didn’t hesitate. After the war he seems more cantankerous, more angry and in a bad mood. The wooden hangar is something inconsequential to most people but to him, going through the holocaust and losing everything, the hangar meant a lot more. His perspective and values on life definitely changed after everything was taken away.