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...