Author: Imre Kertész
Genre: Autobiography
Setting: Budapest, Hungary, Neighbourhood
Historical Context: Second World War, Holocaust, 1940's.
The author wrote this piece to:
Show to the reader how the protagonist's life changed when his father left.
The main idea of this piece is:
Show the evolution of the character from being a child to an adult.
The message of this selection which the author would like us to "take away" is:
Differentness is a matter of perspective and the fact that one might feel different should not bring us down.
Characters:
-Protagonist: Georg Koves
-Antagonist: Nazi Party
-Static characters: Mr.Süto
-Dynamic characters: Georg, Annamarie
Literary devices?
Allusion, "The prince an the pauper"
Flashback, love with Annamarie
What was the author's tone toward the subject he wrote about?
The tone make the reader realize that the narrator is a teenager, a 14 year old child.
What point of view was this piece told from?
Narrator, in first person. Is Georg who tells us the story.
list the conflicts in this section.
Internal: The dilemma of to be or not to be party of the Jewish Community.
Extetnal: The Holocaust, Nazi Party.
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