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Fatelessness: Chapter 2

I worked with my good friend Victor Vasquez.

1.- What characters are introduced?

Uncles Willie and Lajos

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

Uncle Lajos: psychologically; page 29, 1^st paragraph

Annamarie: psychologically; page 33, 1^st paragraph

3.- What is the narrative technique? Provide evidence

1^st person and shown throughout the chapter, by mentioning himself as I and not as another character.

4. Describe the setting of this chapter

Summer, workplace, Fleichmann’s place, Georg’s place, war time.

Analyze the following quote (p.28)

"The workplace is in Csepel at a company called The "Shell Petroleum Refinery Works" As a result, I have actually acquired a privilege of sorts, since under any other circumstances those wearing  yellow stars are prohibited from traveling outside the city limits. I, however, was handed legitimate identity papers, bearing the official stamp of the war production commander, which provide that i "may cross the Csepel customs borderline."

What can you say about the perspective and mood of the narrator in this extract, and how is it in contrast with the title of the book?

In this situation, the narrator feels empowered at the moment he got the identity papers, because these papers allowed him to trespass city limits, so he get the feeling that he is no longer controlled and repressed (but he still is). This is a brief moment of hope in the narrator’s story, so it represents a contrast to the book’s title, because, to himself, he is no longer fateless

Nazi Propaganda

What political message(s) are these pictures trying to convey?

These pictures are showing the Nazi ideology, trying to create an image in which they are the good ones and the Jews are their enemies, mainly to persuade the most young German population to be part of Hitler's plan. In my opinion, this persuasive propaganda shows the enormous intelligence of Hitler who has the abilities to almost conquer the world.

What image of Germans are these pictures trying to convey?

The image of a society guided only by one leader (Hitler) and the feeling of power that this society had.

How do they portray this image? 

They portrait it with many symbols, but the most important one is the one of the seeds, who are showing that the Nazi ideology was growing and growing without stopping.

 What colours are used?

Red and Yellow and Black

How do the people look?

The Nazis' looks happy and generous, but Hitler looks always serious to promote the order on the nation. In the other hand, the Jews were always sad, really affected by their situation.

What characteristics of these men are similar?

They look serious.

How do the artists convey these characteristics?
Using the accurate colours and giving the most realistic tone to the propaganda.