The man in the high castle

The excerpt is based on   Tagomi, who is portrayed as a protagonist that stands up to the Nazis. He also acts as a cover when Baynes-Wegener and Yatabe-Tedeki meet. Another character in this excerpt is German consul based in San Francisco, Hugo Reiss. Frank Frink is the last character upon which the excerpt heavily relies on. Frank Frink is a jewelry maker and is secretly a Jew. The Nazis detest the Jews, and this could be dangerous for him when the Nazis win the war (Dick, Philip p 96).

In the book; Frank Frink and Tagomi never meet, but they are connected with this extradition incident. The connection is not either's making. The relationship between Frank and Tagomi is based on a response to a situation they are both in. When Tagomi goes to Childan's shop to return a gun he used to shoot one of Reiss's men, Childan offers him jewelry which he accepts, not knowing that it was made by Frank Frink and later carries the pieces of silver to a park. When he returns to work, it is then that the incident in the excerpt occurs. Tagomi refuses to grant Hugo Reiss the permission to extradite frank frink to Germany. Instead, he does the opposite and releases Frank Frink (Dick, Philip p 229)

One of the main arguments against Tagomi's decision is that Frank Frink was entertaining the thought of a young resistance movement that would have caused a lot of unrest and violence in Japan. Though he did not carry out his mission, this goes to prove beyond doubt that frank frink is not a straightforward person and is capable of being a killer if he decides to. Frank also sells counterfeit jewelry to Childan who later sells them to customers who are not aware. This goes further to expose the deceitful character of frank frink. Therefore, Tagomi would have signed the extradition papers (Dick, Philip p 96).

The motive to arrest Frank Frink seems suspicious as it comes days after frank threaten to exposes Childan for selling counterfeit antiques. When Frank Frink goes to buy a cigarette, he is confronted by two officers who arrest him and threat to deport him to the Germans because he was a Jew. It is fifteen years after the Second World War and Nazis are still killing as many Jews as they can find. The second attempt to arrest frank is through Tagomi which also fails. This shows that the arrests are personal and are not legal therefore making the second argument against the arrest (Dick, Philip p 53).

Tagomi slips into a timeline where the Nazis do not control the world. This is after he kills German men who came to attack Baynes. The killings affect him, and pushes him to imagine of a different world. He is sad and depressed. When he comes back to reality, he realizes the impossibility of the imagination and becomes suicidal. This incident may be used to form an argument against the decision to release Frank frink. First of all, he is emotionally unstable, and unsure of what he is doing (Dick, Philip p 217).

Tagomi could have co-operated with Reiss by signing the papers that would see the extradition of frank Frink because as Germany was more potent than Japan based on the novel. Germany is portrayed as being more developed than Japan when it comes to technology; the Germans have a spaceship which would take a lifetime before japan develops theirs. For the sake of maintaining peace of the Japanese, it would be wise to sign papers that would allow for the extradition of (Frank Dick, Philip p 229)

One of the themes that clearly comes out of the novel is prejudice. The Jews are not only prejudiced but are seen as the property of the Nazis. They are killed and even maimed. To avoid any bloodshed Tagomi saw to it that he released Frank Frink from prison as he had not done anything wrong other than being a Jew. By refusing to cooperate, Tagomi stood up to the fascist regime of the Nazis and showed heroism. The Nazis were known for their strict stance and their cold-blooded killings which cost a lot of people's lives. Tagomi releasing Frank Frink somehow proves that he believed what he saw in the parallel timeline where the Axis powers did not win the war. This makes him value the jewelry he received from childan. Another reason that may have caused   Tagumi to avoid extraditing frank frink is to show that Japan has powers and will not obey every demand of the Nazis. The meeting between Tagomi and Baynes must have made Tagomi realize that Nazis are evil people and this may have led to him, not extradition. Hears childan is eager to please his Japanese guests, Tagomi is also keen to please Bayne. Through this, we can see and who is trying to gain self-control and power resisting orders of Reiss (Dick, Philip p 220).

Tagomi may have acted bravely by standing up to the Nazis, but it came at a great cost as he nearly lost his life through a heart attack and he created a friction between the japan government and the Germans. The tension created can destabilize peace and create chaos. Therefore, in the long run if he would extradited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Dick, Philip K. The Man in the High Castle. Boston: Mariner Books, 2011.