The Turner Diaries

The Turner Diaries

By Andrew Macdonald

1.  In my book it describes a diary of a man Earl Turner living in a dystopia of the US after the evil Jewish Government takes control of the country. Earl Turner is part of  resistance of the pure white race. The resistance is known as “The Order” they are trying to overthrow the government that has been corrupted by the white liberals and the other races that in the book are depicted as savages and violent people. Earl Turner commits crimes and does domestic terrorism against the system. There methods go from doing bombings and mass murders to laundering money to stop their robberies and be able to provide economic support for themselves and to affect the US economy. They end up taking California and their military bases and turn the state into a white sanctuary city. In the end when the critical point between the Order and the System comes down to 1 attack and one side will have the advantage, Earl Turner drives a plane with a megaton bomb into the Pentagon as his last effort to help the cause. In the end the Order comes out victorious and the whole world except for some parts in Asia are pure white.

2. The theme of the book seemed patriotic because even though the members of the Order were against the government they showed real patriotism to their race. The members knew that they could get killed for being part of the organization. Many members were caught and tortured and while some left the real patriots stayed and continued their fight.

3. I think the author of my book is a guy who must drink a lot and (this isn’t a joke) might actually use drugs judging by some of his thoughts on the book such as believing people for being different will be bad. He drinks too much caffeine probably wakes up late to continue his racist mind running. 1 reason I think he is on something is because he talks about human trafficking between teens that sell each other this can be found in pg 84 paragraph 3 when Earl asks a teen about the girl she had issues with the girl simply says “We sold her.” To me you must really be on something to have these thoughts running in your head even if it's for a story. The characters also seem paranoid all the time almost as if the author himself had experience with these feelings. That is why I believe he is on caffeine all the time.

4. 5 literary terms that helped me understand the story was the time set the diary begins in September 16, 1991. The location is also a good thing because Earl Turner is living in Chicago a place that has many ethnicities in it. This kind of helps me understand his motives to why he would join the Order or why he has the feeling that he is being replaced by the other races. The author also does well at addressing the conflict in the book. In page 1 the second sentence the author writes “We are at war with the system...” so instead of having to try to figure out what the whole conflict is about the author gets right on it. The character also helps me understand the book because we are reading his diary his feelings. The author can always describe Earl’s feelings so vivid that you can almost feel them. An example of this is in page 185 paragraph 1 Turner states,”So much has happened, so much has been lost in these last two weeks, I can hardly force myself to begin writing about it. I am alive and in good health, yet there are moments when I envy the tens of millions who have died in recent days. My soul has dried up inside me; I am like a walking dead man.” I was able to feel his pain because I know how it feels to lose someone you care about knowing that they are dead a part of you leaves.