`` Like A Bad Dream By Henrich Boll - 935 Words

Sometimes people take corruption to gain wealth or to get higher. ‘’Like a Bad Dream’’ by Henrich Boll concerns an upwardly mobile young German couple in the 1960s; we do not know the narrator’s name, but his wife is named Bertha. The narrator has bid on a large contract for the firm of a man named Zumpen, and on the evening before the contract is to be awarded, Bertha persuades the narrator to invite Zumpen and his wife to their house for dinner. The wife wants the husband to go to the Zumpens house and talk to Mr. Zumpen about the contract. The wife went with the husband to the Zumpens house. The wife and the husband when they got to the Zumpens house Mrs. Zumpen opened the door and said that her husband was not at home. Mrs. Zumpen was the only one at home. Mrs. Zumpen got cognac for the wife and the husband to drink. Mrs. Zumpen took the wife and the husband to the study room. Mrs. Zumpen took out a folder and told them about the contract and the bid. The wife Bertha went and saw the contract and in red it said the lowest bid. Bertha went and took out her checkbook and wrote a check for a 20,000 thousand marks payable to Mr. Zumpen. The husband got a call from Mr. Zumpen about the bidder. Beyond understanding is what the husband can’t understand. The husband doesn’t understand the behavior of his wife, the boss and himself. First the wife comprehends on how she makes her husband invite the head of the firm and his wife over for dinner and the husband can’t