Reading: Fatelessness Chapter 1 Analysis.

Last week I read the first chapter of "Fatelessness", which gave me a lot of information about the setting and how the story will develop in the following chapters. In this post I'll answer some questions to round up my ideas about it.


1.  What characters are introduced in this chapter?
Georg Koves (Main character), Mr Sütó, Annamarie, Georg's Father, Mother and stepmother, Granparents, and other members of his family (Uncle Willie, Uncle Lajos, Uncle Steiner, Uncle Fleischmann, Uncle Dini). Also, we are presented the Baker and his wife.

2. Choose two characters and select a quote to describe them physically or psychologically.
Uncle Willie: "His head is pear shaped, broad, bulging, and bald on top, but narrowing at the cheeks and toward the chin". (P.17)

Mr Sütó: "Yellowish red light-spots were dancing like busting pustules all over his round, brownish-skinned features with the pencil mustache and the tiny gap between his two broad, white front teeth" (P.6). Also, it's important to note that he was a jew but he didn't wear a yellow star.

3. What is the narrative technique? Provide evidence

Point of View: Narrator in First Person. ("I didn't go to school today", P.3)
Narration: Indirect  ("We were already on the upper floor when it occurred to my stepmother that she had forgotten to redeem the bread coupon. I had to go back to the baker's." P.12. The narrator talks about others and about himself, but he is not intentionally talking to the reader.)
Speech: Reported ("We were already on the upper floor when it occurred to my stepmother that she had forgotten to redeem the bread coupon. I had to go back to the baker's." P.12. The narrator tells the main events that happened by summarizing them.)
Tense: Past tense. ("I didn't go to school today", P.3)

4. Describe the setting of this chapter
The first chapter takes place in Budapest, Hungary. The character's life is affected by the Second World War that's taking place, and the common Air Raids in the city. In fact, they have a special room to hide from Air Attacks.