PAAE: 148-175

Free write: "Her every belonging, Madam van Seyveld said, has been replaced by something that resembled its predecessor but was fundamentally different" (123). This same sentiment was shared by many people after the war. We can even see this happening to Max as he is trying to replace Rose/their relationship and his father's paintings.

Option 1: Think about your character for the scrapbook project and write about something that was replaced in their lives with a similar yet "fundamentally different" item.

Option 2: Think about your own life and write about how something was replaced with something similar but "fundamentally different."

Jacques Jaujard and more

Discussion

** Let's look at some slides, first (up to 36)

1. In what ways is Chaim's refusal to have his passport stamped "Deporté" a sign of his struggle with identity, a struggle with its dynamics and what define him?

2. p. 124: the resourcefulness of the art dealers (I love this story!)

3. p. 129: Chevalier's "Valentine"

4. What does Sara contrast of Chaim and Max's war time experiences on p. 131?

5. In what ways has Max receded from the foreground of the action?

6. Exactly what did Rose do during the water (p. 148-152, 158, 170-175)?

7. Do you think Max needs Rose or wants Rose? Justify your response.

8. Recovery of one painting ... p. 162

9. Dream p. 165

10. Rose's rebuttal: p. 169

**How has Max's voice changed over the course of the novel thus far? How would you describehis voice in Parts 1 & 2? Part 3?

Journal Entry #1

Guidelines for Journal Entry Submission

At the top of every journal entry, please include your character's name, age, gender and role in war.

File Name: Name_Journal1.pdf (please save the file as a PDF)

Where to drop it: DropItToMe.Com/mcollie

Password: EnglishRocks

Due by the end of class.

PAAE: 57-80

From last class: Please respond to the quotes on the board. Think about what they reveal about Max or Daniel or some recurring image/theme in the novel. This is the time to practice some literary analysis.

Slides: 11: Rose's house; 12: Bertrand; 13: Louvre from the garden; 14: Winged victory; 15: Louvre Grand Gallery after evacuation; 16: Winged Victory being evacuated; 17: Fanny Reinach @ start of war

Some creative writing
p. 43: Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade (walking between paintings), Gnome (first painting seen), The Old Castle (next painting)

"This is the closest you can ever get to that exhibition. They say all of Hartmann's paintings have been lost, so there is only the music."

What do you see?

PAAE: 24-56

Start with slideshow: slides 1-10 (skip 9)

Free write: How does absence register in our awareness? When we miss something or someone, how do we know that?

When Max notices his curiosity about Rose, it comes through the hot water he misses in his shower, from the outline of light cast from her window at night, from the empty chair at meals.

By what means do you measure what is not there? How is that someone or something known in its absence? Think about the phrase “the room was empty” and think of what an empty room contains that makes us know it as “empty”. Use all your senses. If you closed your eyes, for example, what would tell you about a room and it’s being empty?

Board work: Please respond to the quotes on the board. Think about what they reveal about Max or Daniel or some recurring image/theme in the novel. This is the time to practice some literary analysis.

More training: The character's voice

How do you as a writer capture someone else's voice? What make one voice different from another?

Break out the headbands and the sneakers, it's time for some creative writing training.

PAAE: 1-23

Free write:
In what way does memory influence our identity? 

Discussion
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. — Degas

First section: The 3-read (1. class, 2. silent, 3. class)

What kind of tone does the narrator create?
What is your dominant impression of the narrator?
What kinds of details does he convey?
Where can we find a sense of loss in this section?


Let's look at some artwork: slides 1-6

1. Let's look at the narrator and how he is telling his story.

• Tone?

• Dominant Impression?

• What details are conveyed and how?

3. The relationship between Max and his father is somewhat tenuous. Why doesn't Daniel want Max to inherit the family's art gallery? Why did Daniel make Max rehearse the art of the gallery's past exhibits?
4. What insights about the family do we gain from Rose, our first outsider looking in?
5. When does Max speak in art & music? (find specific examples) What does this reveal about his character?

Pictures at an Exhibition begins

Welcome back! Quick check-in: give me one word to describe your spring break. ONE WORD!

A look at the remainder of the semester: B Block/F Block

Writing fun.