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.

FATELESSNSES: LANGUAGE ANALYSIS

Read pages 90 and 91

Realistic froma innocence point of view.

EXPLAIN:
 "... I saw no sign movement, of life, around them..."
"... I had to admit was a beautifully crafted cash, braided from white leather..."
"... It was all very clean, tidy, and pretty-truly, I had to reflect..."

Read Pages 180 to 185

Hopelessness.

EXPLAIN:
" I could not help by notice that all the others people - wounds and all had already inmersed in that self some brown liquid before me."
" I was after freezing, especially after losing oneof my two blankets."
" Invariably gray sky"
" I could no carry on staming him unbag but, after all."
" I sensed more hopeless struggle or a more stubborn"
"I gave up and just watched the gluttony,... the unconcealed happines"
"I no longer engaged in combat with them, no longer disturbed them"
"I myself no longer inhabited it"
"A more hopeless struggle"
"An actor doing Satan on stage"



Read Pages 138 and 139

Language as a mean of interaction

EXPLAIN:

"... are knowing the concentration camp as Musulännes" or as "Muslims"-..."
" Among another and with the catvian they use Iddish, but also they speak German, Slovakian, and a simatering of who knows what, only both Hungarian.

The curious incident

Activity I

1. What does this tell us about how Christopher's mind - and our minds - work?
 That depends where you are you percive what is around you, I think the same way.

2. What do most people choose to describe, and why? What do they see?
 People describe the things they like or have more interest over the others. What they see is a country side where they see less things that in the field.

3. Are people "lazy", as Christopher thinks? Or is it that we select in a different way?
 "Lazy" people may not describe so much things as Christopher because they may no be that intesrested as him.

4. Why should we select in a different way to Christopher - and reduce what we see?
 Because we have diferent minds, likes, etc. We are not interested as him, thats why we reduce what we see.

5. What governs the way we select what we perceive?
 They way we think, what things are most important for us.

6. What part does language play in the way we select our perceptions?
With the language we think what words to use to describe something

7) What does this tell us about how Christopher's mind - and our minds - work?

Christopher gives to much importance to the things they give him, thats why he gets stressed in an easy way, while as just give importance to what we like.

Points of View of the Jew

Answer the following:
In what way does the text differ from the information presented in the video, in other words, explain how the 2 resources present information about the Holocoust but in a different way or from a different perspective?

In the two resources, the youtube video and the spanish new's of Sebastian Vilar Rodrigez, are different because they are two different point of view. In the case of the video it was more objective than the newspaper because it explains what Germany did with the jews, what Hitler did, the concentration camps, and how did they escape. In the case in the newspaper, talks about that german people killed and burned a culture, and it was replaced by the muslims. Muslims were welcome in Spain. They are differemt point of view in this two topics that are vert different.

Glogster Link

http://frankyandrew.edu.glogster.com/new-zealand

What cultural elements called your attention? What is similar to and what is different from our Chilean culture?

There a lot of things that New Zealand and Chile have in common, but also many things are very different. One way these countries are similar is the love of their national sport, in this case rugby in New Zealand and football in Chile.

 Also they eat at different times than us (breakfast, lunch, dinner), which is earlier except for breakfast.

One of the differences is the social security, for example: When you leave a bike in a tree, in New Zealand that bike can be there for hours, days, weeks, and it will still  be there,  where as in Chile the bike will just be there for minutes or hours. 

The cultural elements were unbelievable  such as all the things that were at the Te Papa, that means "Our Place", also the name is made up of two classical expressions used in Maori poetry and song. The logo of Te Papa is a fingerprint to represent the identity if a person. 




In conclusion, the element that caught my attention was the Maori culture that had a connection with the Chileans Rapa nui Culture, at the Easter Island. Also that the Maori's live in a community with the 'Pakeha',which means the Europeans in New Zealand. I think that this friendship is really good.




214 WORDS

What is it to be a New Zealander?

To be part of this community is very different to the Chilean one in almost all aspects, such as everyone is very nice (from my point of view).

Firstly, the people from New Zealand are very athletic, every day I see at least 10 people running, cycling, going to the gym, windsurfing and more. They also have a special diet, for example of my family eat everyday vegetables.

Secondly, they follow all rules as it costs, like pay alone the parking, be fair, they are also responsable and punctual.

Thirdly, I've noticed that New Zealanders are open minded for all the races that you can observe in this country, culture or even point of views.

Finally, something that caught my attention was that someone can leave a bike for weeks in a place and it will not be stolen, but in Chile it can be just hours and it will be already stolen. This community is very friendly and has an excellence education.

In conclusion, to be a New Zealander is to be Open-Minded, friendly, caring about the other people, be fair, do sport and follow the rules, also to be a New Zealander is very difficult for all the activities you have to do.

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Miss Caroline Task

a)  If Miss Caroline is NOT an important character in the story, how does the author effectively use Miss Caroline’s character in chapters 2 and 3 to introduce important background information about other characters and the setting  of Maycomb in the 1930s?  Describe using examples from the text.

Haper Lee, uses this both chapter's to introduce her characteristics, because she was not from Maycomb, she is also a new character. She did not know nothing from this old town, that means nothing about the people, as we can see how she feel's after the first day of school, the rumors of the Radley Place, and how people lived.

B)  Imagine you were Miss Caroline after her first day teaching.  Write a brief letter to your family in Winston County describing your day.  (1 paragraph)

Dear Family,

Well I'm in Maycomb, and I just finished the day. In clasess I read a book to the kids, just some were interested. I noticed one of them called Jean Louise Finch, she was the most interested of all, she already knew how to read and write, that was unacceptable because someone had already teached her, what is the matter I have to repair. One boy, that was from the Cunningham's,did not brought food. Jean offered him some but he wont accept, I didn't understand why until the kid's explained to me. I was also insulted by an Ewell. This day of school was awfull. Hope everybody of you are okay.

With love,

Caroline.

TKaM Chapter One Questions

1) Describe Calpurnia as Scout depicts her in Chapter 1.

Calpurnia was near-sighted, all angles and bones, she had a big and hard hand, she squinted, and also Scout thought she is tyrannic and always she is ordeing things to her (Scout) and Jem.

2) What does Dill dare Jem to do?

Dill did a bet with Jem, that was he will not go further the Radley Place gate, but as we know he didnt wanted (Jem).

3) What events led to Arthur’s being shut into the house?

He was part of a gang, and they did disturbs so they were arrested. Mr Radley asked if he could have locked Arthus in his house, the judge accepted, instead of sending him to te state industrial school.

4) Pretend you are writing a description of Maycomb for a travel magazine ofthe 1930s. Describe the town in detail.

Its a old town in Alabama, the weather is hot and rainy, thats the reason why grass grows in the streets. People move slowly, because they take their time very seriuos. Also the comercial and the urban streets are separated.

5) The townspeople of Maycomb have some fears and superstitions about the Radley Place. Describe these fear and superstitions.

After the crime of Crazzy Addie, people always thought there was a ghost int the Radley Place, for the reason people had fear to this place and walked on the other sidewalk. Also the fruits that fall in their place were never eaten, beacuse there was a superstition that was if you it a fruit from there you are going to die. 

6) Whose idea was it to make Boo come out of the house?

Dill's idea.

7) How important is bravery to Jem?

Very important, because he was strong and confident, thats why he accepted Dill's bet. If he didn't had accepted, he will be looked like a coward, but he says he didnt wanted to accept.

Travel Writing Activity

"Maycomb,
is a town that is very small and very socialable. Maycomb is a town in Alabama where not many people live, but the people that do live there have never left it, so everyone knows just about everyone and everything that happens around there.There are many different races and religions in this small town. This town is one that no one knows much about except the people who live there. Its a very poor place filled with all sorts of people.
I liked the architecture style of this town, it had very big pilars called "doric pilasters" and huge windows with "gable dormers". They were houses of two floors and had a 'victorian style'. I walked insider to town to a cloth shop.

Powerpoint

Here is the link of my powerpoint.

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwLw9rQdzlgWTDJOQUs2cXI3bU0/edit