English Final S2

What does the double face symbolize?

This symbolizes Lindo and Waverley's true identities, American and Chinese, who you are on the inside vs. the outside, also about having different intentions to get your own way

What does June's Jade pendant symbolize?

This symbolizes her worth. June's mom gives her her "worth" and tells her she has best quality heart and sees her true self

What does the feather symbolize?

This symbolizes hope, the American dream, and how mothers desire to give children a better life

What does the red candle symbolize?

This symbolizes how Lindo keeps her promise to her mother and is able to find strength to be clever and leave her arranged marriage(without breaking her promise)

What does Rose's garden symbolize?

This symbolizes how Rose's life was neglected, just like she neglected her garden

"I always thought it mattered, to know what the worst possible thing that can happen to you, to know how you can avoid it, to not be drawn by the magic of the unspeakable."

Lena

"Now I have perfect understanding. I have already experienced the worst. After this, there is no worse possible thing."

Lena

"And in my memory I can still feel the hope that beat in me at night. I clung to this hope, day after day, night after night, year after year, I would watch my mother lying in her bed, babbling to herself as she sat on the sofa. And yet I knew that this, the worst possible thing, would one day stop."

Lena to herself

What is Kristallnacht?

-"The night of broken glass" -Jews are removed from homes

Max Vanderburg

-22 years old -Jewish -Hides in Hubermann basement -Writes books -On the road to Dachau and sees Liesel -reunites with Liesel at the Steiners tailor shop

Jessie Owens

-Black -American man -Won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany

Who are the minor characters in The Joy Luck Club?

Canning Woo, Wang Chun Yu and Wang Chun Hwa Chun, Tin Jong, Vincent Jong, Winston Jong, Shoshana Chen, Rich Schields, Bing Hsu, Ted Jordan, Amah, Harold Livonty

How is the accordion symbolic in The Book Thief?

Hans is leaving Rosa for war and Rosa is sitting on the bed with the accordion around her neck as it falls off of her neck, like Hans left her

What does Himmel mean?

Heaven

"I had new thoughts, willful thoughts, or rather thoughts filled with lots pf won'ts. I won't let her change me, I promised myself, I won't be what I'm not."

June

Who are the major characters in The Book Thief?

Liesel Meminger, Hans and Rosa Hubermann, Rudy Steiner, Max Vanderburg, Death, Ilsa Hermann

"I am ashamed she is ashamed. Because she is my daughter and I am proud of her, and I am her mother but she is not proud of me."

Lindo to herself

What day was Himmel Street bombed?

October 7th

What is the narrative structure in The Book Thief?

Short chapters, lots of colors, drawings, omniscient narrator(Death), story within a story, informal conversation, tone, small definitions, German words, lots of imagery and figurative language

"Our problem worser than yours. If we ask Jing-Mei wash dish, she hear nothing but music. It's like you can't stop this natural talent."

Suyuan

Who are the major characters in The Joy Luck Club?

Suyuan Woo, June Woo, An-Mei Hsu, Rose Hsu Jordan, Lindo Jong, Waverly Jong, Ying-Ying St. Clair, Lena St. Clair

"Only two kinds of daughters." She shouted in Chinese. "Those who are obedient and those who follow their own mind. Only one kind of daughter can live in this house. Obedient daughter."

Suyuan to June

What significant literary devices are displayed by the author in The Book Thief?

Symbolism, foreshadowing, flashback, imagery, direct/indirect characterization, personification, metaphors, similes, hyperbole, onomatopoeia, irony, dialect, tone

What significant literary devices are displayed by the author in The Joy Luck Club?

Symbolism, imagery

What is the symbolism in The Book Thief?

The accordion

What do the piano songs that June plays on the piano symbolize?

They symbolize her state of mind at two different times in her life, "Pleading Child" and "Perfectly Connected"

Johann Hermann

-Ilsa's son -Died in 1918

What are some major themes in The Joy Luck Club?

-Power of storytelling -American/Chinese identity crisis

Why are the conflicts in The Joy Luck Club?

-Daughters want to be Chinese but don't understand their mothers

Suyuan Woo

-Died 2 months ago from brain aneurysm -Frenemy with Lindo(brag about daughters) -Started Joy Luck Club in China and San Francisco -Had a previous husband and twin girls in China. She left them behind and left for US -Left China during war in 1949 -Believes you can do anything in America -Believes June is capable of more but doesn't try

Liesel Meminger

-Doesn't know how to read -Hans helps her learn to read -Steals books -10 years old -Delivers laundry to the Hermanns

Reinhold Zucker

-Doesn't like Hans -Switches spots with Hans on train and dies

Rudy Steiner

-Fast runner -Died at 14 during Himmel Street bombing -Loves Liesel -Authorities want him to attend a Nazi school after he wins a race at the Hitler Youth carnival

Michael Holzapfel

-Frauz's son -Loses three fingers in Stalingrad -Hangs himself in Molching because he is guilty that his brother died and he survived

Tommy Muller

-Friend of Liesel and Rudy -Lives on Himmel Street -Severe hearing problems -Dies in Himmel Street bombing

An-Mei Hsu

-Had 7 kids -Her mother was 4th wife to Wu Tsing and married him due to rape, outcast to her family, takes An-Mei to live with her, takes opium and dies, giving her daughter a stronger spirit -Pearl necklace almost bought her love -She and her brother honored as main children -She learned her worth and how to speak up for herself -When at the beach, her son Bing disappeared in the ocean -Son dies and she loses her faith -Teaches Rose to value herself, think about her role in marriage with Ted -Nenghan; They can do anything they put their mind to, strong will

Rose Hsu Jordan

-Indecisive, doesn't know her worth, lets her husband decide everything for her -Husband wants divorce -She sees the garden and decided to fight to keep the house -Met Ted, her husband, in college -She is a graphic artist, he is a dermatologist -Ted wants to marry another woman and move on with his life -She talks to too many people about her situation with Ted, changes her mind often, easily influenced(depressed to talk to therapist)

What are the major themes in The Book Thief?

-It takes courage to stand against evil -Sometimes people have to make sacrifices to help others -Words can empower and destroy -Friendships can help people survive

Franz Deutscher

-Leader of Hitler Youth squad that Rudy is part of -Breaks Rudy's ribs

Arthur Berg

-Leader of fruit stealing group

What are the conflicts in The Book Thief?

-Liesel can't read -The Hubermann's show compassion towards Jews but aren't allowed to

Hans Hubermann

-Liesel's foster father -Plays accordion -Hides Max in his basement -Very close with Liesel -Helps Liesel learn how to read

Rosa Hubermann

-Liesel's foster mother -Abusive towards Liesel -Once Max arrives, she becomes kind

Paula Meminger

-Liesel's mother -Husband was a communist

Werner Meminger

-Liesel's younger brother -Died on the train on their way to their foster parents home

Erik Vanderburg

-Max's father -Died around when Max was born(1916) -Taught Hans how to play the accordion -Saves Hans life

Walter Kugler

-Max's friend who helps him find a hiding place on Kristallnacht -Saved Max's life

Heinz Hermann

-Mayor of Molching -Nazi -Husband of Ilsa

Ilsa Hermann

-Mayors wife -Helps Liesel learn how to read -Son died twenty years earlier -Witnesses Liesel steal books -Shows/Lets Liesel into her library -Takes Liesel in after Himmel Street bombing

Waverly Jong

-Motivated to be successful -Learned to play chess at 7-8 years old -Brother Vincent got chess set at church for XMAS -Mom is very proud of her, uses her to show off, makes chess her main "chore" and becomes arrogant -Becomes a young champion -named after their street, Waverly Place -Has trouble telling her mom that she is marrying Rich, many errors at family dinner, bad impression -Has 4 year old daughter -Zodiac is a rabbit, sensitive to criticism -Stopped playing chess, loses touch -Feels negatively influenced by mom -She is a tax attorney(big firm)

Death

-Narrator of the book -Haunted by humans

Fraud Hotltzapfel

-Rosa's enemy -becomes friends with Rosa once he hears Liesel's reading during bombings

Alex Steiner

-Rudy's father -Owns a tailor shop -Loses family in Himmel Street bombing and gets to leave war

Victor Chemell

-Second leader of fruit stealing group -Streals Liesel's book and throws it in the Amper River

Lindo Jong

-Wants her daughter to be the best at chess -2 kids, Waverly and Vincent -Uses Waverly to show off -Zodiac is a horse -Forced into marriage at 12 and married at 16 -Flood destroyed her house -Daughter is American and Chinese -Trick she used to get out of marriage -Wind is symbolic-power and strength -Daughter is ashamed of her but she is proud of her -Double faced -Frenemies with June's mother

June Woo

-Works as a copyright for an ad agency -36 years old, no husband, no kids, college dropout -Used to play piano, stops trying and tries to prover her mom wrong -Has a mission to visit twin sisters in China and tell them about their mom -Frenemy with Waverly -Takes her moms spot at Mah Jong table

Ying-Ying St. Clair

-Zodiac is a tiger -Her secret wish is to be found -Vacationed to Tai Lake with family -Grew up rich -Fell off boat -A fisherman found her and her family didn't, she found her family -Came back from lake as a different person -Had a bad husband -Has a bad side -She can predict the future -She grew cup with half sisters -Moon lady was a man -Passive in her current marriage -Raised by her nanny Amah -First husband was a bad man, he cheated on her and she aborted her baby -She lived with her family after leaving her husband, then goes to work in a shop -She waited till her first husband got remarried to get remarried -Black and gold tiger stripes:Black means sunning and gold means fierce heart -Changed name to Betty in USA, zodiac changed from tiger to dragon

Lena St. Clair

-Zodiac sign is a tiger -Married to Harold, mirage is uneven due to job positions and money distribution -She says she looks more like her white dad -Works with Harold, architects who design restaurants -Develops eating disorder, won't eat strawberry ice cream anymore -Harold makes 7 times more money than her -Lena gives Harold successful ideas at work but he won't promote her in order not to risk looking unfair to other employees, -By the end she is fed up with splitting bills and the unfairness in her marriage -Her mother tells her many scary stories growing up and become scared of many things -Felt responsible for Arnold dying of measles

What does the marble table with skinny legs symbolize?

This symbolizes the marriage of Lena and Harold, Harold built the table in college. It was poorly built. lines are clumsy and not smooth/fluid, unevenly cut piece of marble, too top heavy, and thin legs, so it won't be strong to hold weight. Similar to how he is in charge. He won't give her a promotion, he makes more money. She is crumbling under unevenness of their distribution of money, and how unfair it actually is

What is the narrative structure in The Joy Luck Club?

Told in first person

"Why do you use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don't you learn to play chess?"

Waverly

"All around this house I see the signs. My daughter looks but does not see. This is a house that will break into pieces. How do I look? I have always known a thing before it happens."

Ying-Ying