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12
People
2
Organizations
4
Locations
2
Events
3
Relationships
5
Quotes

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Summary

This document appears to be page 42 of a memoir or autobiography included in House Oversight evidence files (stamped HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027890). The text is a first-person narrative describing the author's youth on an Israeli kibbutz in the 1950s, detailing a conflict with his father over refusing university to become a truck driver, and admitting to 'freelance forays into lockpicking and petty larceny' with friends named Ido and Moshe. The narrative also covers the author's return to the kibbutz school and the influence of an inspiring history teacher.

People (12)

Name Role Context
Narrator (Anonymous in text, likely Ehud Barak) Narrator/Author
Describing youth on a kibbutz, rejecting university for truck driving, engaging in petty larceny.
Narrator's Father Parent
Disappointed in son's choice not to go to university; tries to dissuade him.
Ido Friend
Accomplice in 'freelance forays into lockpicking and petty larceny'.
Moshe Friend
Accomplice in 'freelance forays into lockpicking and petty larceny'.
History Teacher Educator
New teacher at the kibbutz school who inspired the narrator with lessons on the French Revolution.
Montesquieu Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.
Rousseau Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.
John Locke Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.
Louis XVI Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.
Mary Antoinette Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.
Robespierre Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.
Napoleon Historical Figure
Subject of history lesson.

Organizations (2)

Name Type Context
US Marines
Used as a comparative figure of speech regarding seeing the world.
The Kibbutz
The economic collective and community where the narrator grew up.

Timeline (2 events)

1950s
Conversation between narrator and father near farm machinery regarding the narrator's future.
Kibbutz (tractor patch)
Narrator Father
1950s
Narrator engages in lockpicking and petty larceny with friends.
Kibbutz
Narrator Ido Moshe

Locations (4)

Location Context
Israel; home of the narrator.
City where kibbutz drivers delivered goods.
City where kibbutz drivers delivered goods.
City where kibbutz drivers delivered goods.

Relationships (3)

Narrator Family Father
Father/son dynamic discussed throughout the text, specifically regarding career choices.
Narrator Friends/Accomplices Ido
Engaged in lockpicking and petty larceny together.
Narrator Friends/Accomplices Moshe
Engaged in lockpicking and petty larceny together.

Key Quotes (5)

"How can you throw your gifts away? For what?"
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"Do you want to be a farmer?"
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Quote #2
"But if you ask me now, I would say I want to drive one of the kibbutz trucks."
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Quote #3
"I guess I figured I’d join the truck-drivers and see the world."
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Quote #4
"I am sure that the same impulse drove me in my continuing freelance forays into lockpicking and petty larceny with Ido and Moshe."
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Quote #5

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