Writing Task 1

1.

Fatelessness has a message and it is something that Imre Ketesz never thought or considered when he was writing his novel. Write between 150 and 200 words.

What I really think, is that the statement is not true. What we saw in the interview, a video, what the author wanted to do, Imre Kertesz, his intetion of writing the novel was to leave a memory of what really happened in the Holocaust, for the reason he didit this way, I think it was to give a   message for all what he lived will never happen againg, because as we know, he lived lots of sufferings and atrocities.

The message also, is what every jew suffered, and when we read the message in the novel is to make us learn, about what really happened in the Holocaust, for it never to happen againg. Imre by leaving the book he can demostrate what really happend, and then show it to the future generations, for the reason it will never, never happen againg, for all the lives lost in the Holocaust.

Writing Task 2

It's not easy or hard to understand the points of view, at least for me. In the novel, the parts I read, I could identify at least two points of view, which are: first person and third person. If we see an "I" or a "we" we already know that is first person. By the other side, third person is when we can see words like “he,” “she,” or “it”. These are the most common points of view used in books or novels, because they are very useful.

Where it says "It is likely to be a cultural problem/advantage mainly." it is not a cultural problem or advantage to understand the points of views. In my case I do not have a problem nor an advantage to interpret the points of view, because if you the words of each point of view, you can know which point of view is.

Writing Task 3

In the novel Fatelessness we can see that how the author has and uses different techniques that seduce  and affect our minds. We can read in the book, in passages, that the author uses different points of view, such as first person and third person. Imre Kertesz also uses a unique diction to describe what is occuring in the novel.

Imre uses the words in a very particular such as "atrocities" and "suffering" which mean: Atrocities, usually plural) acts of extreme cruelty, esp against prisoners or civilians in wartime.     Suffering,condition of one who suffers; the bearing of pain or distress. If we know this, Gyurka, the main character, suffers a lot in the novel, because this words are always present, because the author describes in way that the reader has to feel what is happening in the novel, and thanks to that we know the Imre is seducing us.

In conclusion, Imre uses words and different points of view to seduce our minds to understand the novel in a better way.

Writing Task 4

The Holocaust is a period where the author suffered atrocities, which are the ones suffered in the book fatelessness. Imre Kertesz suffered in the Holocaust, thanks to that he did the novel telling what happened to him during the period, because we know that the novel is based in Imre's life. What occured in the Holocaust is that jew's were discriminated in many ways, for the reason they had to be killed, in this case, by the Germans. Imre did the novel telling a similar story that really happend to him, instead he created character's that live the reality of Imre, in this case Gyurka. 

If we know what happend in the Holocaust, we can also know what happend in the novel Fatelessness, because they are connected, also it ocurres in the same period, that's why the novel, if we say it like this, it's inside the Holocaust period.

In conclusion, Imre's life, the novel, and the Holocaust are connected, because all occurs in the same period. The novel is based in Imre's life, where we can see his experiences of how lived in those times.

Optional Listening Activity

1) We can see that the stone blocks represent the germans, which demostrates their superiority above the jews in the holocaust, there over 2000 stone blocks demostrating the opression that the germans put in the jews in the camps. All stone blocks are with the same shape and size, like the germans with their uniforms.

2) Imre feels free on Germany, like he was a normal person, Germany is the place where he suffered and lost his freedom during the Holocaust.

3) The antisemitism before Aushwitz already hated the jews. The Antisemitism after Aushwitz wanted to do another Holocaust

4) Historical books make us much richer because we can see mistakes done by the humanity, such as all what happened in World War II, from this we can learn from them and then do not do the same mistakes.

5) The metaphor is: "I continued to worry our souls, and now it knocks from inside the cabinet where we thought we had locked it up. He tries to say that when the readers read the book, they start remembering what really happen and they start getting conscious about the Holocaust and its atrocities."





This optional blog is instead of the analysis of the holocaust.

Response to Häfelin's letter

What language (specific words) did your classmate did you classmate use to appeal the audience? If there is no language appealing the audience, suggest some words.

Christian used many words, such as: special, witnessed, atrocities; using this words the diction of your letter is espectacular. In line 5 you should put "interesting people", instead of interest.

How moving is the letter ? Do you think that your classmate's style is effective?

I think that my partner's style is very effective, because he used words that can catch the reader, in this case me, describing how he feels in the concentration park.

Explain to what extent the letter includes elements of contexts and time.

My friend's letter does includes elements of time and context like where he says in line 1 to 3 that says, "  I am writing to you because I want to tell someone what is happening to me, in special my experience in the concentration camp, and I hope you miss me as much as I do. I have been witnessed of different atrocities during an entire year". In this lines we can appreciate the context of time and place during the world war II, during Holocaust.

Concentration camp = Aushwitz

Link to Fatelessness Video!

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-s_EQr8Syw

Gyuri Mind

1. What does this tell us about how Gyuri´s mind work

2. What do most 13-year-old children choose to describe? and why? what do they see?

3. What part does language play in the way Gyuri selects his perceptions?

4. Based on the whole novel and considering the story´s narration view, how reliable is this passage in relation to the rest of the story?

Answers:

1) That he dosent do nothong bad, and sees things in a innocent way.

2) Now a days children of 13 years play games in general, like videogames, sports.

They see hapiness through the things they have.

3) He sees everything in a very innocent way, he also sees the bad things in a good way in the holocoust.

4) It is not reliable, becuase he is a child that hasent

Fatelessness reading task

Comprehension

CHAPTER 1 ANALYSIS

1.  What characters are introduced in this chapter?

 Mr Suto a German that is hiding the family.

The faher and the stepmother.

Georg Koves a jewish boy of 14 years old, that his father is going to he concentration camp.

The Uncles.

2. Choose two characters and select a quote to describe them physically or 

psychologically.

Uncle Fleischmann: is a  diminutive man, with white hair, ashen skin, owlish spectacles, and a perpetual slightly worried air on his face.

Annemarie: she is 14 years old. She has a long neck and is already starting to round out under her yellow star.  

 

3. What narrative technique? Provide evidence

 

The point of view is a first person view, because the narrator is a character , we can dee it in the next quote: "I felt so bored", there I can provide enough.

4. Describe the setting of this chapter

 Budapest in Hungary. Most of the action in this chapter takes place in the neighbourhood where George lives, at his mother’s house and some family friends’ house (The Steiners’ and the Fleischmann's).

 

Writing task letter 2

Dear Gyurka,

  

 I'm writing you because I wantedto know how you are, I miss you and the whole family. Three days I thought I was going to die, because I don't have hope to live, untilI rembered you and your mom, that gave me the courage to go foward.

Mentally I'm very good, because I know that I'm going to meet you and mom at least one more time, by the other side physically all my body has suffered in a way I can't explain. My arm is very damaged, because every day I have take bags from the concentration camp to a station that is like from our house amd your school, for hours. Also the food is so poor that for me to walk is already tiring. 

Do you remember when we ate the night I lost saw yo? It was a splendid night, all that food, those special moments, those special meals,etc. Do you remember the song's we sang, with all the family? I wish I could do it againg. Do you remember when we read the bible?  I will like to read it againg, better if you haved read them

Finnally, I wish you can respond me this letter, and tell me about everything you are doing, you health, msde new friends? I wish we could meet againg after all this madness from The Holocoust, I know this and the next years are going to be very long, and very hard for us.

                                                                                                                With love your father.