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= Heart Song = = =

__WE ARE THE PEOPLE__

We can remember swimming in December, Heading for the city lights in 1975, We share in each other, Nearer than father, The scent of a lemon drips from your eyes

We are the people that rule the world. A force running in every boy and girl, All rejoicing in the world, Take me now ? We can try.

We lived an adventure Love in the Summer, Followed the sun till night Reminiscing other times of life, For each every other The feeling was stronger, The shock hit eleven ? Got lost in your eyes

I can’t do well when I think you’re gonna leave me, But I know I try, Are you gonna leave me now, Can’t you be believing now.

Can you remember and humanise, It was still where we’d energised, Lie in the sand and visualise Like its 75 again,

We are the people that rule the world. A force running in every boy and girl, All rejoicing in the world, Take me now ? We can try. I know everything about you, You know everything about me, Know everything about us

Why did I choose this song and what is its connection with me……? I choose this song because it reminds me of the good time I have with my family and friends. It reminds me of going to the beach with my friend Catherine and going to the beach with my family, it reminds me of birthdays when all our family comes together to celebrate and it reminds me of holidays and warm summer mornings. I am not even sure why THESE memories flood in to my mind as I listen to the song. The song has had no significance during the time in which the memories were made. I think it is the choice of words and adjectives like swimming, lemon, adventure, summer, energised, sand etc that really jog my memory to remember these things. = = = = = = = = = = =  Responsibility Memory  = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I am David = BACKGROUND- What life was like in Europe after World War II. It will help you understand the  //world David travels through in order to find his way home. //  After World War II ended in 1945, much of Europe lay in ruins. Cities, rural areas, communications, and transportation systems were destroyed. Over fifty million people were dead, including over six million Jews, many of whom had been murdered in Nazi concentration camps. Led by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, the Allied forces had worked together to defeat dictator Adolph Hitler’s Germany and Germany’s ally, Japan, along with other Axis countries in their bid to take over the world. But almost immediately after the War, relations between Allied countries began to fall apart.

By the end of World War II the __Soviet Union__ had driven German soldiers back to Germany. However, Soviet soldiers were still in many Eastern European countries. The leader of the Soviet Union, dictator Joseph Stalin had promised the Allies that as soon as possible he would allow free elections in these Eastern European nations and withdraw his soldiers. But right after the War, Joseph Stalin broke his promise. The Soviet soldiers did not withdraw, and by 1948, every Eastern European country was under the control of the Soviet Union.

The government of the Soviet Union was //communist //, which comes from the word “communal,” meaning “of the group.” Communists believe that practicing religion and holding private property should be forbidden. The communist government of the Soviet Union did not believe in a free press. Disagreement by citizens with the government was against the law, and people could be put in prison if their beliefs were different from what the government wanted people to believe. The rights of individuals did not matter. In practice, the government of the Soviet Union was a dictatorship of the proletariat (//proletariat // means “the poorest class of working people”). A very small group of leaders controlled the lives of all citizens. In countries with Communist governments, the government owned all factories and workplaces. There was no independent economy, no independent newspapers, no independent courts, and no independent legislature.

But now, after World War II, on one side was the United States and Great Britain and on the other bwas the Soviet Union. In fact, on March 5, 1946 the Prime Minister of Great Britain,Winston Churchill, made a famous speech at Westminster College, in Fulton,Missouri.With United States President Harry Truman in the audience, Winston Churchill warned about Eastern Europe becoming separated from the rest of Europe because of what the Soviet Union was doing. To make his point more forcefully, Churchill used the image of a giant iron curtain coming down on Eastern European countries, separating them from the rest of Europe: 

//**“From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, **//  //**an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. **//  //**Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient **//<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> //**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">states of Central and Eastern Europe.Warsaw, Berlin, **//<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> //**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Vienna, and Sofia; all these famous cities lie in what **//<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> //**<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">I must call the Soviet sphere.” **//<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">

<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Behind the “iron curtain,” the Soviet Union was establishing repressive governments and labor camps. In labor camps, people who were thought to disagree withvthe government were imprisoned, forced to do hard work, tortured, and sometimes even put to death for their beliefs. In the year 1952, the year in which the film //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I Am David // takes place, over two and a half million people were in labor camps in the Soviet Union. In Bulgaria alone, between 1948-1954 there were 99 forced labor camps. This is the backdrop against which the story //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I Am David // takes place. <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> DUE THE 1ST OF JUNE 1) Over 50 million people died in the second World War <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">  2) A dictator is person exercising absolute power, esp. a ruler who has absolute, unrestricted control in a government without hereditary succession. 3) <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin were the main dictators in this piece. Adolph Hilter was from Germany and Joseph Stalin was from Russia. <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> 4) The pharse "the iron curtain" was said by Winsten Churchill in his speech and it means a barrier separating them from the rest of the continent. 5) <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">A labour camp was somewhere that people went to do hard work. They were taken by the Nazi’s and I think David was put in a labour camp because he was a Jew <span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> 6)What does “communist” mean? The word communist comes from the word “communal,” meaning “of the group.”

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold;">Repulsive – causing aversion or loathing Thicket – a tangle of shrubs or trees Grating – sounding harsh or discordant Catastrophe – a great and sudden disaster Dwell – live reside Dozed – sleep lightly, be half asleep <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">intermingled - lithe - irresolutely - irksome - intervals - spurs - verge - clamber - credit - arancia - apfelsinen - intricate - passionate <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msospacerun: yes;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold;">Intermingle – mix together, mingle Lithe – flexible, supple Irresolutely – Hesitantly Irksome – tedious, annoying, tiresome Intervals – an interesting time or space Spurs – a device with a small spike or a spiked wheel worn by a riders for urging the horse forward
 * __<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #0f0fc7; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">CHAPTER ONE - __**<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #0f0fc7; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> **__<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">DUE 04/06/09 __**<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #0f0fc7; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * __<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Vocabulary __****<span style="font-size: 13.5pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">: ****<span style="font-size: 15pt; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Look up the following words and give the dictionary definitions **<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">repulsive - thicket - grating - catastrophe - dwell - dozed -
 * __<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: #0909b9; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">CHAPTER TWO - __****__<span style="font-size: 24pt; color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">DUE 04/06/09 __****<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

Verge – an edge or border Clamber – climb with hands and feet Credit – a source of honour, or pride <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt;">Arancia - Type orange Apfelsinen - Orange Intricate – very complicated <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Passionate – dominated by or easily moved to strong feelings especially love or anger

<span style="font-size: 7pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * __<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: #0505c2; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">CHAPTERS THREE & FOUR __**<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: #0505c2; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> **__<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: red; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">DUE 05/06/09 __**<span style="font-size: 19.5pt; color: #0505c2; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
 * <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Vocabulary: Look up the following words and give the definitions **<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">exhausting - terrain - dispassionately - disconcerted - brevity - anxious - awkward - ensnare - sinister - genuine - conspicuous - lorries - hostage - daft - succumbed <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Exhausting – use up the strength, tire out <span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt; msobidifontweight: bold;">Terrain – a stretch of land especially with regard to its physical features Dispassionately – calm, free from passion Disconcerted –disturb the composure agitate, fluster Brevity – economy of expression Anxious – troubled, uneasy in the mind Awkward – embarrassed Ensnare – catch in or as in a snare, entrap Sinister – suggestive of evil, looking malignant or villainous Genuine – really coming from the heart

Conspicuous – clearly visible, striking to the eye Lorries – trucks Hostage – a person seized or held as security for the fulfilment of a condition Daft – silly, foolish, crazy <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt;">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. Why does the author do that? Why doesn't she tell you outright who David is and where he is?
 * __<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 11.0pt;">Questions: __**<span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"> I think that the author wants you to create your mental picture and keep you guessing. <span style="font-size: 14pt; color: red; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt;"> 2. Why does David hate the man? Does this hatred seem justified, considering what the man is doing for him? Explain. <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"> David does hate the man because he has always known that he hates him. He also hates him because he has known so much hate and sadness that he has leant not to trust people because of his environment. In a way I feel that this is justified. If I put myself in David’s shoes I would feel the same way. 3. Look up the word paranoid. Would you call David paranoid? Explain by giving examples that might explain David's odd behaviour. I don’t think that paranoid is the best word to describe David’s behaviour. I would say he’s being careful and really lonely. If it were me I would feel anything but calm, relaxed or in control! <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt;">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"? <span style="font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;"> David has a flash back of his time in the labour camp. He is reminded by of this because he feels that the van he is sitting in is like one of the cells described to him. Johanne’s is the person who dies in this flash back. David reminded that he is not alone. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">5. Geographically, David has moved from wherever the camp is, to Italy. From where has he moved emotionally? He has moved from capture to freedom. He now feels free.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 6. Make a short list, in point form, of the bits of information you have thus far received about David.

He is 12, untrusting, lonely, uncertain, at the start he did not even want to live but he is now understanding that life is important.

<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontsize: 18.0pt;">1. The Chapter begins with a descriptive paragraph. List the descriptive words. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt;">Beautiful, blueness, curving, many, greens, gold, red, towards, melted, blue, over. <span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">2. David gives himself a good scrubbing. But he is doing more than just washing himself. Re-check the meaning of the word symbolic and explain what is symbolic about David cleansing himself. Why is it so important to him? What effect does it have on his relationships with his surroundings? List the words that indicate a change in David. He felt that everything had been washed away, the concentration camp and its smell. He was free! No more dirt, free!
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 3. Why had David thought at one time that he might be Jewish? <span style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">Because Jewish people were the people that were sent to the camps 4. Why had there been scarcely any difference between the men and the women in the camp? Find an image showing what people in the concentration camps looked like and upload it to your wiki site.

<span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Because the woman were also dirty and un-kept. In the camps the woman used to have their heads shaved as well <span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">5. What is strange about David's eyes? He looks like he’s up to mischief <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> **<span style="font-size: 18pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Questions ** <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 1. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Why does David feel he still has to obey the man and go north to Denmark, even though the man can no longer control him? <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">Because he is learning to trust and if the man lead him to safety, it must be safe in Denmark <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; msobidifontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">2 After losing his compass, David decided that he must have a God.

(a) What purpose would a God serve? A God would protect David from the Nazi’s. (b) What kind of God does he select for himself? What factors are considered by David as he makes his choice?

He considers being Jew but decides not to because had so many demands in return and he considers being a Catholic but decides not to because they left to women. He selects the God that Johannes believed in. (c) Which factor do you think is the most important to him? Explain. The fact that Johannes believed in this God is really important to David because he cared her (d) Read David's prayer and tell what he expects from God. He expects to be protected and for this God to look after Johannes, <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">(e) Compare his God with those he rejects. What does this tell you about David? <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">He is a little derogatory to women and feel he has nothing to give to the God the Jews pray for. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 2. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">When David helps the couple he feels: "... a strong impulse to do something quite voluntary for another person... It felt almost like possessing something, something so big that he could give some of it away." (p.63) Explain what he means with that. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">He wants to do something for others that will not help him. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 3. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">David has a way of deciding if a country is a free one or not. What is his method? Do you think it is a good one? Explain. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">

<span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 4. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Why is it that David cannot teach himself to smile. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 5. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">David, till he meets Angelo, had thought that good people must also be clever. Why did he think so and why was he puzzled? <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman';">He has known alot of bitterness but not a lot kindness. He grew up in a concentration camp. I would think that the people there would not have been nice. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 6. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Why had the prisoners in the camp said: "Don't tell the boy anything they may try to worm out of him afterwards"? <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Because they were afraid if they told him things, the Nazi’s would have made David tell them what he had heard. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; msobidifontfamily: Calibri; msobidithemefont: minor-latin; msolist: Ignore;"> 7. <span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">When David meets up with the mean little boy, he doesn't fight back. Explain why he doesn't and why he compares the boy with the camp guards.


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Lather – foam or froth made by a detergent, esp. soap, when stirred or rubbed in water, as by a brush used in shaving or by hands in washing.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> Gracious – <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">deception – the act of deceiving; the state of being deceived.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> absurd – utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: // an absurd explanation. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> // <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">rebuffed – a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> contempt – the feeling with which a person regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> wretched – <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable. <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">sorrow – <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;"> distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret. __<span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">Bibliography __ <span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">[] <span style="color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU;">

1. Why does Chapter 5 start with an analysis of the word beautiful? I think it is because he is learning that the world is not all bad and cruel. He is learning to trust and care. 2. Why did the book have to be published before 1917, so that they couldn't have made it up? Check what famous historical event - "that shook the world" - took place in that year. America joined WW1 and the book had be published by 1917 because the Germans couldn’t control or change what had been written. 3. David's hatred for Carlo is described as pure. What does that mean? Are David's actions toward Carlo "normal" for a twelve-year old boy? Explain. If you have a pure hate for someone it means that you hate this person with a passion and are sure you won’t change your mind. I suppose he is normal because not everyone that you meet, you like but also it is not normal because a normal 12 year old could hate someone because they didn’t share or because they stole etc not because they sore them as “evil”. 4. Why are Andrea's questions more threatening to David than Maria's questions?
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5. Do you think the children are aware that David is different? Explain, using examples from the chapters. They know he is different because he doesn’t know how to play, loves having bathes and loves to read books. To a normal child these things are somewhat boring and dull. 6. Why does chapter 6 end with a discussion on the meaning of sorrow. What is the meaning of sorrow according to Signora Bang? She wants David to realise that sadness and sorrow doesn’t last forever and one day he will be happy.


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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 escapes from the camp with the help of the man b. the Man the man gives David the opportunity to escape from the camp 2. **Understanding**

a. the priest and the villagers (pp.48-49) the priest is understanding when David asks if he can look at the church b. David David is understanding when the child’s Mother calls him strange and says he acts more like a adult 3. **Helping out**

a. the English couple

b. David To earn money, David helps an American couple fill their car with petrol. 4. **Trust**

a. the American couple The American couple trust David when they give him money to go and buy petrol b. David David trusts the children’s Mother and Father. He trusts that they are good people 5. **Aggression**

a. Carlo Carlo is aggressive to David when he bashes David up for being on their land

b. David David acts a little aggressively towards Carlo because he got beaten up by him 6. **Gratitude**

a. the di Levana del 'Varchi parents The children’s parents show gratitude to David by letting him stay in their house, eat their food etc b. David David shows gratitude to the American couple when he says no to the money 7. **Understanding David**

a. the di Levana del 'Varchi parents The children’s parents understand that David needs space b. Signora Bang Signora Bang understands that David would rather be treated like an adult than a child