Fatelessness: Chapter 2 Analysis

Title of Selection: Fatelessness

Author: Imre Kertész

Genre: Autobiographical Novel

Setting: Budapest, Hungary. 1944. Gerog Koves neighbourhood

Historical Context: World War 2 Holocaust

The author wrote this piece to (author's purpose): Show us the change on Georg's life from being with his father to his new life without him

The main idea of this piece is: Georg's change from a boy who went to school to a working young man.

The message (theme) of this selection which 
the author would like us to "take away" is: We shouldn't be affected by being different.






Characters (major)
Protagonist(s): Georg Koves
Antagonist(s): Nazi Regime
Static Characters: Mr. Suto and older Steiner daughter.

Dynamic Characters: Annamarie.
Did the author use any special literary devices in this selection such as: personification, metaphor, simile, foreshadowing, suspense, flashback, imagery, irony, humor, poetic sound devices such as rhyme, etc... List and give specific examples: 
Allusion, in the part when Georg is discussing about Jewish disadvantages and some Flashbacks during the story, "The incident occurred the day before yesterday, ..."

What was the author’s “tone” toward the subject/person/idea he wrote about?
An informal telling of the story.

What “point of view” was this piece told from? List word clues that indicate this.
Its from Georg's perspective  in a first person point of view narration. ("from which I could see straightaway that the Levente ..." Page 27)

List the conflicts in this selection (internal and/or external):
A internal conflict of this selection (Chapter 2) would be the dilemma or difficult choice Georg is facing after talking to his mother.
A external conflict of this selection would be the problem between the Jewish community and the Nazi Regime.