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What do you think Mann was trying to say by creating Imma as an American? It almost seemed that he might be having a bit of fun in portraying her as something akin to a hog on ice. I think for the purpose of Klaus Heinrich's expansion, wouldn't any good woman (who tripped Klaus' trigger) have suited the purpose? Did Mann view Americans positively? Or is this reading too much into the text...