Class Activity: Fateless

Questions: Chapter One

1. What characters are introduced in this chapter?

Georg Koves (Gyuri), the main character
Gyuri's teacher
Gyuri's father
Gyuri's stepmother
Mr. Sutto
Annamarie
Uncle Steiner
Uncle Fleischmann
Gyuri's grandfather (from his father)
Gyuri's grandmother (from his father)
The stepmother's mom
Uncle Willie
Uncle Lajos
Uncle Dini


2. Choose two characters and select a quote to describe them physically or psycologically

Stepmother's mom: "...snow white hair with the straggly bun came into view. She has a narrow, sallow face, enormous dark eyes, and two whitered flaps of skin dangling from her neck, wich gives her the appearance of a very alert, discerning hunting dog".

Uncle Fleishmann: "a diminutive man of immaculate appeareance, with white hair, ashen skin, owlish spectacles, and a perpetual slightly worried air on his face'.Annemarie: 'is fourteen years old, or thereabouts. She has a long neck and is already starting to round out under her yellow star".

3. What narrative technique? Provide evidence

The author presents a protagonist narrator. Using this technique, the one that tells the history is the main character, telling this one from his point of view. Doing this, the author make more emphasys in the feelings of the events. Also with this technique he makes the story sounds more real, because it is told by a child that lived it.
We can see evidence in all the chapter, because Gyurka is always telling what did he see or do.For example, at the starting of the story, when he says: "I didn't go to school today". Here we can see that Gyurka is telling the story from his point of view, what he did and what he thinks.

4. Describe the setting of this chapter

This chapter is settled in Budapest, Hungary. The Second World War is taking place in Europe, and also the Holocaust (because of these Gyurka's father is recluted to one of the labour camps).
More specifically, first Gyurka goes to school, but he leaves it because he want to pass the day with his father. Then he goes to his father shop, then with his father and stepmother he goes to a shop to buy things for his father and his stay in the labour camps. Then they go to their house, after this Gyurka goes to the bakers, and finally the chapter ends in their house (all of these events are in Budapest).