Fatelessness Chapter 3 Quotes + video

Here I have some important quotes of the third chapter of Fatelessness, these quotes are very interesting because the express different ideas on the book. Also this exercise will be very interesting because I will review the PEE Structure.

1-. The idea of concentration camps was something unknown for the Jewish population. They were eager to figure out what was going on. “The attempted mainly to figure out what consequences the episode might have for them; from what I could hear, thought, there were about as many different views as there were men”. This quote is said by the protagonist as he observes a group of grown up Jewish workers, that gathered together to discuss about the police actions of stopping them wail going to work. The meaning of this quote is that people didn’t know what to do when policemen stop their buses.

2-. The idea of Nazi superiority is expressed in the book, where Jewish population is segregated, in a way of racism. “He turned toward the gendarmes, ordering them, in a bellow that filled the entire square, to take the whole Jewish rabble off to the place”. This quote is said by the protagonist of the story, when he is entering the “labor camps” for first time. The meaning of this quote is that Jewish are an inferior group, that should be commanded by the Nazis.

3-. Georg was astonish when he first enter the labor camp, and he realize that it was worse than he thought they were. “ They led us on into a maze of gray buildings, before we suddenly debouche onto a huge open space strew with a white gravel”.  This clearly represents the protagonist feeling of fear, because of it’s unknown reality.

“Seven pillars of Judaism”

As we are studying Second World War, we are learning more about the Jewish culture and their traditions, so our professor told us about the “seven pillars of Judaism”. They are the seven more important traditions of their culture, and they are essential to understand and study their culture. Here is a brief overview of them:

Mezuzah: It is a piece of parchment inscribed with specified Hebrew verses. A mezuzah is affixed to the doorframe in Jewish homes to fulfill the mitzvah (Biblical commandment) to inscribe the words of the Shema "on the doorposts of your house". 

Tefillin: Are a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah, which are worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. The Torah commands that they should be worn to serve as a "sign" and "remembrance" that God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt.

Shofar: is a Jewish instrument most often made from a ram’s horn, It was used to announce the start of holidays, in processions and even to mark the start of a war. Perhaps the most famous biblical reference to the shofar occurs in the Book of Joshua, where shofarot (plural of shofar) were used as part of a battle plan to capture the city of Jericho:

Tzedakah: literally means righteousness, but it is often interpreted as charity, because Judaism views giving as the ultimate act of righteousness. Whether it is teaching a skill, donating goods, or giving money, tzedakah is an integral part of living a Jewish life and is in fact required of all Jews.

Hanukkah: also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar. The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum (Menorah) one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. 

Kosher foods are those that that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English, meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption). A list of some kosher foods is found in the book of Leviticus, as are also certain kosher rules. Reasons for food not being kosher include the presence of ingredients derived from nonkosher animals.

Sabbath is generally a weekly day of rest or time of worship observed in Abrahamic religions and other practices. Many viewpoints and definitions have arisen over the millennia. The term has been used to describe a similar weekly observance in any of several other traditions; the new moon; any of seven annual festivals in Judaism and some Christian traditions; any of eight annual paganfestivals (usually "sabbat"); an annual secular holiday; and a year of rest in religious or secular usage, originally every seventh year.

Ana Frank's Diary

As this period  we are reading “Fatelessness”, we are exploring the historical context of this novel; the Second World War. This global war, is distinguished by  the genocide of the Jewish population, and their suffering at the concentration camps. People were tortured and kill with now reason, and some of them, wrote their experiences at their own diaries. This is the case of Ana Frank’s Diary.

This diary, can be compared to Imre Kertesz’s novel “Fatelessness”, because is also a written  document of the experiences the author suffered from the German invasion.

 Her diary has been the basis for several plays and films. It gain fame because of its accuracy and well-written record of their time in hiding. She wrote it while She was hided in a little apartment in Frankfurt am main, with her parents and sister. They staid there until de German police, specifically the Gestapo found their hiding in August 1944.

 

When Second World War ended, the diary was found and published by a familiar of her family, being now days recognized as one of the more important books of the war.

Holocaust Timeline

This term, we are reading the book "Fatelessness", a text that deals with the racist ideals of the Nazi party. This book takes place on Budapest at the Second World War, were Germany invade other countries for territorial power. That’s why I decided to make this timeline as a summary of what was going on in Europe, determining the setting of the novel we are reading.

This is my historical timeline: Holocaust Timeline

Change from Language to Literature

Literature is the collective body of literary productions, embracing the entire results of knowledge and fancy preserved in writing

This week’s we have been working with literary texts:

-The leopard

-Notable American Woman

We made a quick over view of the texts and, mainly we talk about the new part of our IB program.

Boo Radley’s Diary

Entry 1

Today I could spot from the window Bob Ewell staring at the finches house, I think he is affected because of the trial thing, Atticus shouldn’t have accept to defend Tom, he is only going to make everything worse.

I’m going to start watching the kids wile Atticus is in court, saw nothing happens to them. All this court thing is making town eager, and now everybody is dependent on the resolution. Everyone passing trough is talking on their ideal resolution. I hope that justice will be made and that Tom Robinson could be save from this terrible undeserved death.

 Entry 2

Nathal has told me every new he has from the  trial going on today, poor Tom Robinson is accused of raping a white girl, she’s name is Mayella. This is nothing but madness, the trial is nothing but danger to those kids.

That Bob Ewell is a dangerous person. That monster, something tells me he is evil; I can’t explain what tells me that, but I know by heart he is. He would harm anyone he can’s, he is a poison snake seeking revenge. His revenge is nothing but imaginary, the Finch family hasn’t done any harm to him, but he can’t understand it.

Entry 3

I knew it, I always knew it, I predicted he was nothing but danger, attacking those little kids at the bushes. Today I have save does little kids from that monster. He tried to harm them while nobody was there to defend them.

 Scout wasn’t harmed but Jem has a broken arm. Doctor Reynolds came and said that he will be alright, and that he will recover very quickly. Now everything is all right, I have saved them from danger. Bob lays dead now with a knife in his stomach. He will never harm anyone else and the kids are now save.

Chapters 15, 16, 17: Analysis Questions

Ch. 15

1. What is the Ku Klux Klan? What do you think of Atticus' comment about it?

They were a group of extreme racist how wanted to kill the black community. They were totally the opposite of Atticus ideals, how was an extreme tolerant person.

2. How does Jem react when Atticus tells him to go home, and why?

He decides to stay and don’t follow others from his father. He made this because he realizes that the group of people in front of him was going to damage his father and he didn’t want this to happen.

3. What persuades the lynching-party to give up their attempt on Tom's life?

Scout by she’s innocence starts a conversation with Mr. Cunningham about his son, by this action he realizes that this is a bad action and disband the group.  

Ch. 16

4. What sort of person is Dolphus Raymond and what is your opinion of him?

He is a good person how was affected by the evil of Maycomb, that make him hide his own personality by disguising as an alcoholic.

5. How does Reverend Sykes help the children see and hear the trial? Is he correct in doing so?

He let them enter to the black people’s bench, where they coul watch the trial and their father.