Imre Kèrtesz interview

1. Before the interview, the presenter visits a monument to the Holocaust created by the American artist Peter Eiserman. Considering the shapes, architecture and general design, in what ways do you think he represents the reality in the concentration camps?

2. Which is the paradox the presenter mentions regarding Imre Kertész and the place where he lives?

3. Refer to antisemitism before and after Auschwitz according to Kertész.

4. In what way do reminders of the past in historical books make us "much richer"?

5. Which metaphor does Imre use to exemplify the effect of FATELESSNESS on its readers?

1.- I think it represents the camps because it gives you the feeling of being trapped, lost and uncomfortable.


2.- That the same place that wanted him dead before now is the place he feels more free in Europe


3.- The ones that are antisemitism after Auschwitz want a new Auschwitz.


4.- They give us perspectives, different ones, that makes us much more informed about events. 

5.-It will be like a box in your soul, wich eventually will open and come free to start committing those atrocities again, if we forget the past we will commit the same mistakes in the future

WW2 timeline

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/second-world-war--5

Role writing

There are lots of examples of people writing as their opposite sex, doing various types of novels and stories with different results.

 For example we have J.K Rowling with her very famous saga Harry Potter, or The Professor by Charlotte Brontë in women writing as men and The Bleak House by Charles Dickens, or Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Atonement questions

1. What sort of social and cultural setting does the Tallis House create? What emotions and impulses are being acted upon or repressed by its inhabitants?

2. A passion for order, a lively imagination, and a desire for attention seem to be Briony's strongest traits. In what ways is she still a child? Is her narcissism - her inability to see things from any point of view but her own - unusual in a thirteen-year-old? 

3. Why does Briony stick to her "version of the story" with such unwavering commitment? Does she act entirely in error in a situation she is not old enough to understand, or does she act, in part, on an impulse of malice, revenge, or self-importance? 

4. As she grows older, Briony develops the empathy to realise what she has done to Cecilia and Robbie. How and why do you think she does this? 

1.- It is a house of a rich family. Robie is repressing his love for Cecilia, because he doesn`t know how she will react.

2.- She is still a child because of her incapacity of understanding love. It`s normal for some teenagers and boys to believe they are the center of everything, but even with that I think that the narcissim that Briony has is unusal.

3.- I think she acts with malice in part, because she isn`t sure if Robie did anything, but she was jelaous that Robie loved Cecilia

4.- I think that when you grow up and experience more things you start to understand some situations you couldn`t understand before.

Activity page 289-290

1.- Summarize Charlotte`s approach to Mr.Collins. What does she hope to get out of a marriage with Mr. Collins? Would you describe Charlotte as a strong or a weak character? Explain.

2.-How does Austen present Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy as acting upon their natural emotions and instincts? Do you think Elizabeth`s response is extreme? What is conflicted in Mr. Darcy`s representation of his feelings for her, that she so strongly objects to?

3.- How do Elizabeth`s perceptions of Pemberley suggest her changed feelings for the owner of the house and grounds? How does nature here reflect a view of cultural attitudes and human attributes?


1.- Charlotte engaged herself to Mr. Collins so that he stops proposing to Elizabeth. She expects to achieve the objective of every educated and low wealth lady by being married. I think that you have to be strng above all to just ignore what you want and do what you are supossed to do, even if it`s not one of your dreams.

2.- Their are presented in an interesting way as we can see that Mr. Darcy has problems expressing his feelings, because it isn`t something he masters, and we can also see the way that Elizabeth manages to reject his proposal in a kind way. I don`t think her response is extreme, she just expresses what she feels. She says that he has bestbowed his feelings in an unwilling way.

3.- The beautifulness of the house makes her feel that being the mistress of there would be something very significant, makes her think that it`s worth something marrying Mr. Darcy. She found the house very beautiful and special, and so this makes her feel Mr. Darcy is important

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