Questions that I have after the seminar:
Was the characteristic of the father being "cheap" stereotype based, or was it actually a trait of the father?
I think it may be a trait, but it is also a stereotype of Jews, which makes is slightly odd to throw into the description because it is so stereotpical.
Were the masks just used as a symbol of the writer "being in the others' shoes?" So that he could write the story better, he took their viewpoint.
I think the masks were used as a symbol of the writer transporting himself into the shoes of the victims to allow him to write better.
Why were animals chosen, particularly mice?
This is a question I am still quite confused about. I think that the story would have been the same without the animals. However, there was a discussion about how the animals were used to classify the different groups of people, but this could have been left out, or done in another manor and made plenty of sense.
Why do you think the books starts with such a long introduction?
I don't think the book needs such a long introduction. I think that it should be cut down, and go straight into the description of the Holocaust, then it can spend more time in "real life" later in the story, after we have been exposed to the real plot.
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