Schindler's+List+5B

 **Group Members:** //Caity P. Joe R. Emily P. Lisa M. Javi VS.
 * Janet
 * Joan R.//

**Book Discussion Agenda and Questions**
 //Introduction/////Questions/Categories/Comments for Book Club// • How do the Jewish people feel when they are put into the ghettos? What does Oskar think of them? • When the story of Oskar would have happened earlier during the Third Reich, would the Jews have been able to survive?
 * Discussion facilitator decided at book discussion (Caity)*
 * Setting:**

•Why is Oskar Schindler better known then his wife Emilie Schindler, though she as well saved the life of 1,300 Jews? • Why does Emilie Schindler stay with Oskar for so long in stead of getting divorced? Why do you think Schindler joined the Sudeten German Party? Did he supported their ideas at some point? Did he joined because everybody else did it?
 * Characters/Narration:**

• How did the Jewish people feel, after they were free to leave the factory in the end of the book? • Why didn't the Jewish people react against the Nazis after they treated them like they did? Why did Emilie not leave Schindler?
 * Factual/Clarifying Questions:**

• One theme of the book is whether Oskar can be seen as a hero or not. This also links to the subject of the world not being black and white. The Lists seem to play an important role. There are the lists from the SS, that mean death to the Jews, Schindler's List that gives them hope and in the end the Jews rescue Schindler with their list of signatures.
 * Themes:**

It is very good, that some outside information about the period of the Third Reich is added to the story, so it's easier to understand.
 * Style of Writing:**

• Sometimes the book seemed to jump around a bit which made it seem unorganized. **Quotes to Note:** • "Later in the day, after he had absorbed a ration of brandy, Oskar understood the proposition in its clearest terms. They permitted witnesses, such witnesses as the red toddler, because they believed the witnesses all would perish too" (130).
 * Criticism/Commentary:**

• Oskar was ecstatic at his telegram, pushing it toward Stern and Pemper, making them read it. Pemper remembers that he made another of his outrageous statements. "It's the best birthday present i could have got. Because i know that no poor bastard has been killed by my product" (342).

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