I dont think that a book with such a description of a Jew
would be published today.
These days we are more careful whit what we say and what we
wright about other religions. If the book would be published I think that many people
would thought that the description was very unnecessary and maybe a little
stupid.
To describe a character in a book by calling him
"The Jew" makes it more of an insult than a name, and because he calls a
person "the Jew" it makes you think that all Jews are the same.
Which they are not.
And the description of "the Jew" does not make it
much better. He writes "the Jew have a Villainous-looking face.” That you
can recognize a jew on their faces is just an old preconception.
Its unnecessary to call Fagin the jew insted of just his
name. If it would be like that, I would not have a problem whit the rest of the
description because its just a character.
The Jews certainly not had it so easy in the history and if
the book would be publicead I'm sure people would react negative and that Jews
would defend themselves by trying to get rid of the book or retouch the book
or something.
Vilma Hedlund
