ESSAY TASK
1.- In my opinion Fatelessness doesnt have a true message becose the author Imre Kertez when he writed this novel he was just telling the bad experience and how he survived the Holocaust. He didnt whant to leave a message he just wanted to tell all the pain that the jews suffered because of the Nazi party. But if we analyse carefully the story it leaves a message but it wasnt the purpose of the novel. This message was to do not commit the same mistakes we made in  the past, like to do not ignore the human rights because we are all the same, and in this case the Jews that were affected in the Holocaust that where slaughtered in the concentration camps just becasue of an ideology imposed by one person.

                                        ESSAY TASK
2.- The understanding of the points of view expressed in Fatelessness can be hard or easy in my opnion depending of a lot of factors, like the culture, the eductation of the reader and even the nacionality of the reader because the theme wich is talked about in Fatelessness is a very controversial one.

Refering to the culture, a reader can have a different point of view of other reader just because of the culture. Why? because sometimes the culture educates the people different and the can formulate different point of view depending on what he wants to believe.

                                           ESSAY TASK
3.-In the novel Fatelessness the narrative techniques used not only gives us the mood of gyuri it also give us the feelings of gyuri which makes the novel to be know worldwide as a very realistic story.

All the elements that the writers use to create this technique is what makes the novel a tragic one like the young boy that lost verything including his family because of the Holocaust or even the only image of the boy in the concentration camps makes it tragic, when he was forced to work till exhaustion or how he escapes that slaughter of the camp because had a injury in his knee, this elements are the ones that catch the reader and affect the readers mind, making the novel Fatelessnes a very emotive and sensitive story of a young boy who lost everything.

                                           ESSAY TASK
4.- The Context, in this story is one of the most important factors for the authors when they relate their own experience, because the context helps us to understand whats happening in the moment when the story is happening and let us to understand much better the story. And in the case of this story it helps also to understand whats a concentration camp, or how people where treated in the camps, like for example aushchwitz birkenau, this hitorical background helped me to understand the reasons of why gyuri was treated like that, and talking in general , as when we analyse some stories, one of the first aspects we look for is the historical background, like in the book the last of the mohicans, the historical background helps us to understand where is happening and why.

            VIDEO

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                                                                      Listening activity

1. Before the interview, the presenter visits a monument to the Holocaust created by the American artist Peter Eiserman. Considering the shapes, architecture and general design, in what ways do you think he represents the reality in the concentration camps?

- He represent the concetration camps with lots of huge black stone blocks making you have the feeling of vulnerability wich was the main feeling in the concentration camps .

2. Which is the paradox the presenter mentions regarding Imre Kertész and the place where he lives?

- The paradox is that now Imre lives in Germany, the country that in the past tried to kill him.

3. Refer to antisemitism before and after Auschwitz according to Kertész.

-It was just an idea of creating again what happend after aushcwitz, antisemitism.

4. In what way do reminders of the past in historical books make us “much richer”?

-The reminders of the historical books makes us much richer because they teach us the consecuenses of the past and the and remind us to do not commit the same mistakes of the past in this case the Holocaust.

5. Which metaphor does Imre use to exemplify the effect of fatelessness on its readers?

 - Imre uses this metaphor:" I continued to worry our souls, and now it knocks from inside the cabinet where we thought we had locked it up." This metaphot exemplify the fatelessness becose it shows the feeling, the problems, and the horrible things he experienced are still there in his mind, in his memorys, wich come to live in his book, wich is his "mirror" to the past.

Exchanging letters 

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What language (specific words) did your classmate did you classmate use to appeal the audience? If there is no language appealing the audience, suggest some words.

My friend uses words such as "saddness" and "suffering" to create a dark atmosphere  and also "i missed you a lot" or "dont loose hope" also to create to the audience a emotive atmosphere.

How moving is the letter ? Do you think that your classmate's style is effective?

In my opinion the letter is very moving because the way he expresses the emotions and the feelings of the father towards the son is a very effective way, its like a real father talking to his son in this situation.

Explain to what extent the letter includes elements of contexts and time.

The letter includes elements of contect such as "concentration camp" which makes the principal reference of context to the dark times of the Holocaust.

                                                               Fatelessness: Language Analysis

What is the theme explored here?
The innocence of Yuri towards whats happening.

Explain.
"I realized: the fact that i saw no sign of movement, of life, around them", here we can realize the innocence of Yuri, because he doesn't see things how they are really happening. "happily" Yuri uses this word showing his blind innocence, and "I tasted the oft-cited joyful experience" again he uses a word (joyful) showing blind innocence.

What is the main theme explored here?
The Hoplessness

Explain.
"I could not help bbut notice all the other sick people - wounds and all-", "a pain started on my left hip followed by the now familiar red sack" here Yuri starts feeling the hopelessness wich will increase. "I was often freezing after loosing one of my two blankets" and here we can see the condition of Yuri wich later he will have another hopeless companion "The sallow face and large burning eyes", "his persistently shivering body" and we can see hopeless highlighted in the last four pages: "they where now on my open flesh" "never before had i sensed a more hopeless struggle or a more stubborn" and Yuri also uses certain words to create this hopelessness atmosphere, such as "wreak devastation","gluttony", "teeming", "voracity", "appetite", "uncocealed hapiness", etc.

What is the main theme explored here?
Language as means of interaction

Explain.
"The latvians they use Yiddish, but they also speak German, Slovakian, and smatering of who knows what, only not Hungarian", "I tried to speak, get myself noticed, but to no avail", here we can see the theme reflected in this two examples and how powerfull was language in that the situation, because everyone who knowed more than one language in that situation haved more power than those who only knewed one like Yuri.

                                                        The Corious Incident 

1.- It tells us that the mind just  receive and collect information in a superficial and not analitcal way, just seeing the fissical things not the messege or the idea of the images, thats because he thinks hes different because he also thinks in this case how old is it.

2.- In my opinion people choose what to see because what they see is what have a meaning to them or whats important.

3.- I think maybe people are too lazy to recive the hole information, and also can see things and recive the information in a different way because the importance they give to some things over the others.

4.- I think we should select thing different, becuase if we get distracted by all the meaningless things we cuold get distracted.

5.- The things that make us select the things we see, i think its the common scence because we only see what is important to us.

6.- The language also plays a important part in how we see the things because language give us a different perspective.

7.- The confusion is the product of seeing different things at the same time, in the text we can see how the narrator gets confused when he recieves different stimulus at the same time.

                                                            Gyuri's mind

1.- This part tell us that the mind of gyuri acts as a child one, in other words as a innocent one, all the things that happen'd around him where something good, but he was not seeing things like they where really happening.

2.- Becose most of 13 year old children choose what they want to be in the future and their achivements, like a general example most of the children in their youth want to be an astronaut or a doctor.

3.- Language plays an important part in gyuris narration, because he choose specefic words to describe what's happening around him, but he gives a innocent description, when its an horrifing scene.

4.- It is not relaible, because he has not lived yet the nightmare thats going to happen in the rest of the story.

                                                                   Letter 1

Dear father

Im writing you to tell you that i survived. Im home, safe from the atrocities that i witnessed. The concentration camps are terrible places where freedom is just a ghost and for most of the people ; death. I had to live terrible experiences there, such as hunger, cruelty and the feel of losing most of my friends, who are probably dead. The germans had no mercy i had to work all day, and most of the time my legs didnt resist the hard work and my hands red of blood where just too painfull to grab the spade. But i think that the only reason i survived was because of my friend, the only person i could call a real friend, he was like my guardian angel, he protected me and gived me advices, unfortunatly i dont know what happen'd to him, i lost contact with him when he left me in the entrance of the medic. I broke my leg when i tried to jump off my bed, my leg hurted so bad and it was like a ballon full of pus. But that was my exit, i stayed in the medic until the american's soilders invaded the camp and let us free, then i followed a group of young jewish wich where going to Budapest Dont you worry about our family i will take care of them, i hope i can see you soon dad.

Sincerely gyurka

                                                         Summary chapters 1-5 Fatelessness


Chapter 1





Fatelessness is set in Hungary in the middle of the Holocaust and the Second World War. When the story begins, Gyuri explains to his teacher that his father asked him to stay home from school, and the teacher sends him to his home. The father of Gyuri is about to be sent away to a labor camp, and this is the last chance to spend time with his son.However, his father spends the day at his shop, which Gyuri soon begins to find boring. Eventually he grows so bored that he passes the time by going outside to relieve himself and then washing his hands. Gyuri's father gives over control of the shop to his assistant, Mr. Suto, because the latter is completely aboveboard regarding his race and will be allowed to run the business. Mr. Suto offers to write a receipt, but Gyuri’s father insists that there is no need for such things between the two of them.
Gyuri’s stepmother has a list of the things his father will need in the labor camp. She has procured most of the items at this point, and is tracking down the things that are still missing. Gyuri notes that he feels odd walking around in a group of three, all wearing the yellow stars, but they nevertheless go about buying the necessary items. Most of the shops are quite busy, but there is a lot of room in the shop where they buy the knapsack. Gyuri notices that the shopkeeper is quite nice, but that he tries to avoid having to use the word labor service and instead...

Maori Culture

                                                                  Maori Culture

The Maori people are the indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand and they were believed to have first arrived on the islands in the Polynesian migration sometime between 950 and 1130 AD. The Maori culture is rich and diverse, full of history, myth, tradition and ceremony. The New Zealand experience of colonisation is similar to that of many other countries across the world. However, in recent years the New Zealand people have tried to repair any wrongs done to the original inhabitants and Maori culture is now understood and respected by all modern New Zealanders. Very few other countries can boast such a pride in the culture of their indigenous people. You will encounter Maori language and tradition in all aspects of your life in New Zealand as it is an integral part of the national identity. It is important to gain an understanding of the Maori culture in order to embrace the “Kiwi” way of life.

According to the 2001 census Maori people made up 15% of the total New Zealand population. Elements of traditional Maori culture such as traditional tattooing, Kapa Haka (traditional dance and song) and spiritual beliefs have also re-established themselves amongst modern day Maori.

Captain James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European explorer to circumnavigate and map New Zealand.

In 1840 the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between the British Crown and various Māori chiefs, bringing New Zealand into the British Empire and giving Māori equal rights with British citizens. There was extensive British settlement throughout the rest of the century. War and the imposition of a European economic and legal system led to most of New Zealand's land passing from Māori to Pākehā (European) ownership, and most Māori subsequently became impoverished.

From the 1890s the New Zealand parliament enacted a number of progressive initiatives, including women's suffrage and old age pensions. From the 1930s the economy was highly regulated and an extensive welfare state was developed. Meanwhile, Māori culture underwent a renaissance, and from the 1950s Māori began moving to the cities in large numbers. This led to the development of a Māori protest movement which in turn led to greater recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi in the late 20th century. In the 1980s the economy was largely deregulated and a number of socially liberal policies, such as decriminalisation of homosexuality, were put in place. Foreign policy involved support for Britain in the world wars, and close relations after 1940 with the United States and Australia. Foreign policy after 1980 became more independent especially in pushing for a nuclear-free region. Subsequent governments have generally maintained these policies, although tempering the free market ethos somewhat.

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Visit to Maycomb in the 30´s

"Maycomb is a little and beutiful old town located in the southern state Alabama. In this town theres all types of weathers, from sunny days to storms and tornados. When I arrived to Maycomb the first thing that called my attention where the house, the old victorian houses remembered me my days in England, but there where few people in town. The people in the 1930´s dressed very fancy and formal, in my opnion, i was like "who wll wear a suit in middle of the summer, in a day as hot as a oven. Most of men used suits called the American summer suit with hats and with silk hankercheifs in their jacket pockets.Also most of the boys used shirts and short pants with overalls when playing and long socks, And the girls used mostly fancy or normal dresses and adult women also weared dresses but they were more fancy. There were a few houses becose of the few population . They all use Victorian Style as i said in the beginning but i have to highlight it becose of the beutiful architecture. Only rich people had cars. The cars where so beutiful also they give the air of the old times. The car i could see the most in town in the 1930's was the Cadillac Twelve and the Rolls royce , two beutiful cars very expensive in those times.Also the nature in the city was in every corner or sidewalk of the street.Yesterday in my daily morning walk i could see how the black people where segregated of the white people like there where some shops for white people and sme stores for black people, also i didnt saw a black and white couple, nothing,and when i bought a newspaper the headlines where "Black raper defended by white lawyer".
After my walki was so hungry but i could only get a sandwich from a store and the next day left town thinking how is this town goin to be in the future.

What cultural elements called your attention? What is similar to and what is different from our Chilean culture?               

The New Zealanders, or Kiwis as they like to call themselves, are really obsessed with Rugby. Much the same as Football in our country, possibly even more so, Rugby is everywhere; the players appear on TV, in advertisments, they do interviews on the radio, on chat shows, the players are idolized. All everybody talks about is Rugby, they are obsessed.

Something i found quite suprising was everybody´s trust in other people. In our country you couldnt walk around with anything valuable visible unless you wanted them to get stolen, or raxed as some people call it here. In New Zealand you can quite happily, and without any worries walk around alone and very late at night with valuables, you can even leave windows to your house open with out worries of anything getting stolen.

In New Zealand everybody is quite open to talking to strangers, in Chile you can not walk up to somebody on the street that you didnt know and have a conversation, especially if you are alone. I was quite surprised when in a mall a stranger started up a harmless conversation with me. Everybody seems nice.

New Zealand and Chile have many similarities and differences. It was interesting being able to experience a new culture that was so different to the one we have in Chile.  

                                                       New Zealand Task

The New Zealanders, or Kiwis, love their physical activities. These activities always include sports; the preffered sport is Rugby. Rugby is everywhere in New Zealand, everyone is talking about it, its on TV, its on the radio, the advertising companies even use the players to make a bit of money. Wherever you go the Rugby supporting atmoshere follows.

 Almost every child in New Zealand has played in a Rugby team at some point in their lives. To start off with the kids catch on to the rugby atmosphere and try to enter a team, the parents have no problem with that, of course they were in a team when they were younger too. Its not uncommon to find female rugby teams as well, this is very unlike any other country where it is mostly a male sport.

Another typically Kiwi obsession is one with the outdoors. New Zealand has a lot of plant and animal life and New Zealanders have learned to apreciate this. New Zealand is known for its very clean green and pollution free image.

New Zealanders are proud of their culture and will have a lot to say about rugby and the outdoors given the chance to do so. Its the Kiwi way.

 
         

Animal Farm Questions

Animal Farm Questions

1)What is your reaction to the animals revolution? Explain.
I thought that the revolution was a good thing because the animals were being treated badly by the humans and it was time for that to stop.


2) Do you sympathize with the animals complaints and goals? Why? Why not?
Yes i do because the animals were being treated badly by the humans and they didnt deserve it.

3) Describe how the rebellion takes place? How does the animals behavior during the rebellion suggest human characteristics?
The rebelliontakes place when the animals attack the human farmers and start to controlthe farm themselves. the animals start to show human characteristics when they start to do distinctly human things such as build things, sleep in beds and read books.


4) How do the pigs gain the rights to the cows milk? Why do the other animals allow this? What does this event suggest about power hierarchy on the farm?
the pigs gained rights to the milk by convincing the other animals that it was a benifit to them. the pigs use the claiming of the milk as an example to the other animals that they are at the top of the hierarchy on the farm


5) What was your reaction to Snowball´s expulsion from Animal farm? Explain.
I was shocked because snowball wanted to help and he was a good leader but because of Napolean he died even though  he didnt deserve it.

6) Identify three ways that Napoleon tries to solidify his leadership position on the farm. How does the process of decision making on the farm change under Napoleon´s leadership?
Napoleon used several ways to solidify his leadership position including, the execution, the claiming of the milk and by threats. The decision making process changed under Napleon´s leadership, it changed from a democracy to a dictatorship where Napoleon makes all the decisions.


7)Why do the executions take place? What message do these events send to animals about their role in a future society?
The executions take place to get rid of snowball even though another reason is given  by Napoleon. This shows the other animals that if they do something that Napoleon doesnt like you might getkilled.

8) Do you think it´s fair that those who are more educated or more skilled - like the pigs in animal farm- have more influence in the decision making? Who makes the decisions in your family, community and nation?
I think its fair for the more educated and more skilled to have more influence in the decision making because they are more likely to make a good decision. in my family my parents make the decisions because they are older and more experienced, in my community the headmaster makes the decisions because he has had to work hard to get theposition so he must be experienced, in my nation the president makes the decisons.


9) By the end of the film it can be suggested that the pigs and human political leaders are interchangeable. How might power change those who have it?
Power might bring out things in people that wouldnt be shown if they didnt have power.


10)In your opinion are the pigs in Animal Farm more intelligent than all the other animals? What qualities enabled them to lead the others? Provide examples that support your answer.
I think that the pigs are more intelligent than the other animals because they know how to lead in an organised way and are manipulative. An example of this is when they start to create laws and rules to keep the animals in order.

Old major's speech

Old major's speech

 Select at least 20 phrases where the idea of language and power are present, or that represent an appropiate to appeal the audience. Explain 5 of them. Explain how the ideas help motivate the rest of the animals,  make reference to the films when necessary. Add a picture related.

1) No animal in England is free.
In this quote from the old majors speech we can see how he tries to express his feeling making reference to all the animals in England.

2) I feel it my duty to pass on to you such wisdom.

3) No animal in Englad knows the meaning of happiness or leisure after he is a year old.

Here the old major (maybe becose of self experience) says the sad truth about the animals in the farm.

4)Our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.
Also in this quote he briefly explains how is the life in the farm, a miserable life.

5) Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours?

6) We are born, we are given just so much food as will keep the breath in our bodies, and those of us who are capable of it are forced to work to the last atom of our strength.

7) The soil of England is fertile, its climate is good, its is capable of affording food in abundance to an enormously greater number of animal that now inhabit it.

8) Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own.

9) You cows that I see before me, how many thousands of gallons of milk have you given during this last year? ... Every drop of it has gone down the throats of our enemies

10) All animals are comrades.

Here he tries to explain that the animals should live in peace and not to fight with other animals, but fight his common enemy the humans.

11) All men are enemies.

Here using the power of the language he express his feelings towards the humans making the other animals feel the same.

12) Man serves the interests of no creature except himself. And among us animals let there be perfect unity, perfect comradeship in the struggle.

13) This single farm of ours would supper a donzer horses, twenty cows, hundereds of sheep and all of them living in a comfort and a dignity that are now almost beyond our imagining.

14) Why then do we continue in this miserable condition?

15) Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits.

16) The life of an animal is misery and slavery: that is the plain truth.

17) And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens? The rest have all gone to market to bring in money for Jones and his men.

18) That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!

19) Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race!

20) Remove Man from the scene, and the root cause of hunger and overwork is abolished for ever.

My identity

                                                                     My identity

               
Quiet: this word describes me becose, i like silence and also i like more to hear than speak, this concept is daily present in my life, everywhere i go, only becose of silenc,i dont know why this concept started to be in my life,but the only thing i know is that i like silence, i am a man of few words.

 Patience: well, i chose this word becose this is one of my special qualitys, i can say this becose of my family....; i have 5 brothers 3 younger than and i had to start using my patience to "survive"in some way to my younger brothers, not trying to offend them but some times the ge really annoying.

Sports: sports are part of my life becose of my school, the only place that sports can be played with friends and start training different ones, the sports that i like the most are rugby and football, both official sports in my school.

Caring: i chose this word becose of my interest in helping other people, i guess that comefrom my family specially from my mother i always see her helping others, so i started to practice empathy, and i think this will affect my future in a positive way, becose i want to study medicine,i hope i can succes in my goal.

Inteligent: well, i dont like to presume, but i always think things before doing them, i like to be smart becose i like to analyze, write, read, and learn.

Joyfull: i always like to see the positive side of things, also i dont like to be angry,i like to be happy and who dosent like to be happy?, and my last argument is that im always laughing of most of the things.

                                                                   Pygmalion

                                                                    Activity

1 .- No, im not agree with the note taker's statement becose everyone in the world are free to express how they want and that includes that you can speak the way you like, the note taker in my opinion its very rude, becose he's speaking to a woman and a man shoudnt talk like that to a woman, well in my opinion i dont judge people becose the way he or she speak and nobody should judge smeone by the way its speaks, and talking a different English doesn't determine your position in society.

2.- I think that the note taker's proposition its inpolite becose such a plan ignores her sense of identity and dignity becose she has the decision of be an educated woman or not as i said she is free to expess herself and teaching how to speak different cant transform you in somethin different.

Post watching activity

how did you feel when listening to Gloria's accent?
Well, i felt quite identificated with Gloria becose i have accent too, so it was quite funny to saw her speaking Spanglish becose  sometimes i speak just like her for example when ai forget a word, and when i get annoyed.

Is this variation of language identifying a particular community for good or bad?
This variation of language of identifying the latins in USA, wich is a common community in USA i could identify this becose she use a lot of Spanglish. Well, in my opinion i think shes not identifying her community for bad becose tv progam shows the funny side of spanglish and in my opinion shes the most funny character in the tv show.

 Is this an inferior variation of the english language?
This is an inferior variation becose nobody in the video understood her, in fact sometimes not even me could understand her.

Do yo usually  judge people accent's?
Well if i understand a accent i really dont care much of the accent, but if it is an accent that i cant understand i usually judge it.