sábado, 20 de octubre de 2012

Fatelessness: Chapter 3

The third chapter of Fatelessness is about Georg being taken to what seems to be a concentration camp along with some other Jews.For this chapter I'll analyze some important quotes that state the main ideas of the chapter.
1. At the beginning of the chapter, Georg tells us that he had an "odd experience" that day and all began when Jewish people had to get off the bus in which Georg was going:
"I heard from outside snatches of a voice issuing orders, which the conductor and several passengers relayed on down to me, to the effect that any Jewish passenger who happened to be on the bus should get off"
In this quote, the policeman tells every Jew to get off the bus and after everyone was down the bus continued its way. By knowing the context of the book, we might think they are being taken to a concentration camp. This might be the beginning of the real story the author wants to tell us, but no one, not even Georg, notices what is really going to happen.
2. "I also heard him repeatedly trying the telephone, and every no and then he would even announce the outcome: 'still nothing', but with an almost plainly visible expression of dissatisfaction on his face."
Now Georg tells us that no one knew what was happening and even the policeman was uncertain. Sometimes, the policeman, when asked why they were just waiting, answered they were waiting orders from above.
3."They led us on into a maze of gray buildings, before we suddenly debouched onto a huge open space strewn with a white gravel - some sort of barracks parade ground, as I saw it." With this information, we finally confirm our initial assumption about what was going on: Georg and some other Jewish people were being taken to a concentration camp.  The reader might also deduce that it is a new place for Georg. He has never been there before. This makes us think and doubt on what the story is leading us to and the uncertainty continues.

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