Fatelessness Chapter 1 Analysis
1)What characters are introduced this chapter?
In this chapter, many characters were introduced: Mr Suto, Gyuri, Gyuri's Father, Gyuri's Mother and Stepmother, also his Grandfather and Grandmother, the shopkeeper and his wife, the baker, Uncle Willie, etc.
2) Choose two characters and select a quote to describe them physically or psychologically.
Grandmother: "Even wearing spectacles with bottle-thick lenses she is blind as a bat and just as deaf to boot".
Uncle Willie: "His head is pear-shaped, broad, bulging, and bald on top, but narowing ate the cheeks and toward the chin", "His views are listened to with respect in the family".
3) What narrative technique? Provide evidence.
In terms of narrative technique, the first one to notice is the First Person narration, as the main character narrates the story on his point of view. This can be seen on the text when Gyuri, the narrator says: "I didn`t head home." Also the story is narrated in past tense as shown in the following quote: "I also handed him" and also in the past quote.
4) Describe the setting of this chapter
This chapter took place in Budapets, Hungary, where the main character, Gyuri, and his Jewish family are having a bad time because of his Father going to war. The context is previous of the "Holocaust", at the begining of the II World War on which Jews were seen like a "plague". On this chapter whe can see this very detailed as how the family went to different places and the treat to Jewish was very bad (Ex: They received half of bread), and also that the Jewish family shared some place. All of this makes a sad mood and prepares the readers to what should come next.
In this chapter, many characters were introduced: Mr Suto, Gyuri, Gyuri's Father, Gyuri's Mother and Stepmother, also his Grandfather and Grandmother, the shopkeeper and his wife, the baker, Uncle Willie, etc.
2) Choose two characters and select a quote to describe them physically or psychologically.
Grandmother: "Even wearing spectacles with bottle-thick lenses she is blind as a bat and just as deaf to boot".
Uncle Willie: "His head is pear-shaped, broad, bulging, and bald on top, but narowing ate the cheeks and toward the chin", "His views are listened to with respect in the family".
3) What narrative technique? Provide evidence.
In terms of narrative technique, the first one to notice is the First Person narration, as the main character narrates the story on his point of view. This can be seen on the text when Gyuri, the narrator says: "I didn`t head home." Also the story is narrated in past tense as shown in the following quote: "I also handed him" and also in the past quote.
4) Describe the setting of this chapter
This chapter took place in Budapets, Hungary, where the main character, Gyuri, and his Jewish family are having a bad time because of his Father going to war. The context is previous of the "Holocaust", at the begining of the II World War on which Jews were seen like a "plague". On this chapter whe can see this very detailed as how the family went to different places and the treat to Jewish was very bad (Ex: They received half of bread), and also that the Jewish family shared some place. All of this makes a sad mood and prepares the readers to what should come next.
