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 __**I am David**__

1.**During World War two roughly over more than** **50 million people died including over 6 million Jews.** 2.**A dictator is a person exercising absolute power.** 3.**Two dictators from the passage ‘I am David’ were Adolf Hitler of Germany and Joseph Stalin of Japan.** 4.**Winston Churchill first used the expression 'Iron Curtain,' meaning that the iron curtain is coming down, separating Eastern European countries from the rest of Europe.** 5.**Jews were put into Labour camps because Adlof Hitler thought they were different. Labour camps are camps for Jews where they have to do lots of hard work and they are treated poorly. David is in a Labour camp because he is not to deep in his beliefs.** 6.**Were people who did not express strong religious beliefs put into concentration camps or labour camps? No they weren't. Only Jews and people who were ‘different’ were put into concentration or labour camps.

__CHAPTER ONE-__  **__Vocabulary__: Look up the following words and give the dictionary definitions **Repulsive**- causing aversion or loathing, loathsome, disgusting. **Thicket**- A clump of bushes. **Grating**- framework of parallel or crossed wooden, or metal bars. **Catastrophe**- Sudden or widespread or noteworthy disaster. **Dwell**- Keep ones attention fixed, write, or speak at length. **Dozed**- Sleep lightly, be half asleep, fall lightly asleep.

__Questions:__ Why does the author do that? Why doesn't she tell you outright who David is and where he is? //A. The author doesn't tell us much what's ahead because she set the scene very well and it gave us bit of an idea of what's to come. She also wants David's future to look unsure and mysterious.// 2. Why does David hate the man? Does this hatred seem justified, considering what the man is doing for him? Explain. //A. David hates 'the man' because he never talks or does anything worth noticing. That is why David distrusts him, thinking 'the man' is up to no good.// 3. Look up the word paranoid. Would you call David paranoid? Explain by giving examples that might explain David's odd behaviour. //A. David is definitely not paranoid, but I think he is a bit over cautious, like being afraid to cross a road.// 4. In the truck, on his way to Salonica, David experiences a moment of intense fear. How does this sudden fear come about? How does David conquer it? Who is Johannes? What does he symbolize? Why does Johannes "stay behind in Salonica"? //A. David's sudden outburst of fear is caused by hitchhiking in a truck, and he could be discovered any moment. David conquers his fear by recalling moments or imagining that his only friend from the labor camp, Johannes, is with him. The reason Johannes stays behind in Salonica is because Johannes is dead.// 5. Geographically, David has moved from wherever the camp is, to Italy. From where has he moved emotionally? //A. David has 'moved' heaps emotionally. In chapter 2, he gets over his fear of disobeying the compass.// 6. Make a short list, in point form, of the bits of information you have thus far received about David. . Quiet . Smart . Strong minded . Quiet eyes . Untrusting towards humans . Misses Johannes   **
 * 1. As in most novels, the first chapter introduces the character and sets the scene for what is to follow. But what you are told in the first chapter of I Am David is some- what mysterious, even outright confusing. A snippet of information here, a tantali- zing bit there.

Exhausting-tending to produce fatigue. Terrain-a tract of land. Dispassionately- free from or unaffected by passion. Disconcerted- to disturb the self-possession of perturb. Brevity- shortness of time or duration. Anxious- full of mental distress or uneasiness of fear of danger or misfortune. Awkward- lacking skill or dexterity. Ensnare- to capture in, or involve as in, a snare. Sinister- bad, evil, or wicked. Genuine- possessing the claimed attributed character. Conspicuous- easily seen or noticed. Lorries- a British motor truck. Hostage- a person given or held as security for the fulfilment of certain conditions or terms. Daft- senseless, stupid, or foolish. Succumbed- to give way to superior force.
 * __CHAPTERS THREE & FOUR__ ** ** __DUE 05/06/09__ **

1. David feels he still has to obey the man even though he isn’t there because the man has been right about everything so far, and so David feels he should still take his advice. 2.After losing his compass, David decided that he must have a God. (a) The purpose a god would serve David is hope, and someone to talk to when he is lonely or needs help with something. (b) The kind of god David chooses is the ‘God of green pastures and flowing waters. The types of factors considered by David are mostly whether the god is the right god for him and his situation and whether he can help David through important problems. (c) The most important factors to David would be whether the god can help him through the situations he faces. (d) David expects from his god that he will help him and prevent them from catching him again. He also wishes that he understand that David cannot do much in return. (e) David chooses the God of green pastures and flowing waters over the Jewish God and the Catholic one. This tells us that David wants to keep his freedom. 3. When David helps the couple he feels “a strong impulse to do something quite voluntary for another person,” it felt almost like possessing something so big he could give some of it away he means he felt a strong feeling to do something for another person for the sake of helping them, and not getting any reward for doing it. The feeling is so strong inside him that he feels he could give some of the feeling away. 4. David has a method of deciding whether a country is a free one or not. This method bases on whether they like them or not, and what they look like. Personally I don’t think this is a good method because they might hate that country, but that country still mightn’t be free. 5. David cannot teach himself to smile because he has never been smiled at, and cannot teach himself to smile because he has never been taught. David decides he needs a mirror. 6. David, until he meets Angelo, had thought that all good people must be clever. He thought this because he thought all good people came from rich families and that they could also afford good education. But it surprised him that Angelo wasn’t clever. This suggests that Angelo came from a poor family. 7. The prisoners in the camp had said “Don’t tell the boy anything they may try to worm it out of him afterwards” because they thought the prison guards would try to get David to tell them what the prisoners had been talking about. 8. When David meets the mean little boy, he doesn’t fight back because that would give the little boy even more reason to fight him. This is what the prison guards would do, bully a prisoner, then if the prisoner fought back and tried to hurt them, that would give them a reason to shoot the prisoner.
 * Questions **


 * CHAPTERS FIVE & SIX **
 * Vocabulary **

Lather- froth of soap. Gracious- kind, indulgent and beneficent to inferiors. Deception- deceiving or being deceived. Absurd- incongruous, inappropriate, unreasonable, ridiculous, silly. Rebuffed- rejection of one who makes advances, proffers help and sympathy, shows interest or curiosity, makes request. Contempt- act or mental attitude of despising. Wretched- miserable, unhappy, afflicted. Sorrow- grief, sadness, caused by loss of good or occurrence of evil.


 * Questions**

1.Chapter 5 starts with an analysis of the word beautiful because there are different levels of beautiful and David has used the wrong beautiful word to describe something.

2.The book had to be published before 1917 so that they couldn’t have made it up because in 1917, that was the year that WW1 started, and David wanted a book that wasn’t a lie by the Germans.

3.David’s hatred for Carlo is described as pure. This means whatever Carlo did to try and get on David’s good side, David would ignore. David’s actions toward Carlo aren’t normal for a 12 year old boy.

4.The reason Andrea’s questions were more threatening to David than Maria’s was because he was friendly and fair, and very nice. David always thought that if he talked to much with Andrea he might let something slip that would arouse suspicion, unlike Maria, who he felt completely relaxed with. She would often ask his ideas on something.

5.I don’t think the children are aware that David is different. Here are some examples from the book: **1**.Maria did not care much about going to school, and David thought it sounded wonderful. **2**.They would often spill things on the white cloth, and sit so restlessly and be so clumsy and awkward with their knives and forks that they soon brought disorder to the beautifully arranged table.

6.Chapter 6 ends with a discussion on the word sorrow, because Signora Bang was telling David about another David she once knew, who was killed. Sorrow to Signora Bang means this: Sorrow has its life just like other people. Sorrow is born and lives and dies. And when it’s dead and gone, someone’s left behind to remember it. Exactly like people.


 * Directions**

Determine what the characters listed feel about each of the following topics. You may use quotes, paraphrases, or inferences (logical conclusions) in your responses.

1. **Escape from the Camp**

a. David-David must feel happy and free when he escapes from the camp and must feel a little thankful to the man.

b. the Man-The Man must feel happy for helping David escape from the camp.

2. **Helping out**

a. the American couple-The American Couple are grateful David helped them with their petrol and helped him out by paying him with money.

b. David-David was glad to help the American Couple, but for no reward. He was surprised to find money in his pack later.

3. **Trust**

a. the American couple- The American Couple didn’t trust David at first, but when he said he’d leave his pack with them, they agreed to let him help them.

b. David- David wasn’t happy about not being fully trusted, but realised the American Couple had their reasons to be wary of him.

4. **Aggression**

a. Carlo-I think Carlo is the type of boy who is aggressive towards other people if he finds their behaviour suspicious, like when he found David.

b. David-David hates aggression, and he has his reasons for it.

5. **Gratitude**

a. the di Levana del 'Varchi parents-The di Levana del ‘Varchi parents are very appreciative of David for saving Maria from the fire. But they know nothing of this boy…

b. David-David didn’t think about the possible reward for rescuing Maria, the only reason being because he thought she was really gentle and pretty, and helpless.

6. **Understanding David**

a. the di Levana del 'Varchi parents-The di Levana del ‘Varchi parents do not understand David at all. And he won’t reveal anything about himself. He is a mystery to them.

b. Signora Bang-Signora Bang does understand David. Even though he didn’t tell her anything, she seemed to understand him and think he was clever. She knew he’d had a troubled past, and didn’t push him for answers.

** __Memories__**!