Holocaust Response Entries

Response #1 Remember always to write the Response number, date, and the Response topic. Answer in complete sentences. How do people form opinions of groups of people? What are the characteristics of the type of person who does this? Explain How do such stereotypes escalate to something as extreme as the Holocaust?

Response #2 Remember always to write the Response number, date, and the Response topic. Answer in complete sentences. There are plenty of examples of bystanders in Maus. Do you believe that people who stand by and watch injustice happen are just as guilty as the perpetrators? Explain your answer.

Response #3 Remember always to write the Response number, date, and the Response topic. Answer in complete sentences. In chapter 5, Vladek and his family are forced to leave their home and live in the Srodula ghetto. If you were suddenly told that you would be leaving your home forever and could only take five small items that you could fit in a backpack, what would you choose to take and why? (Make a list with an explanation)

Response #4 Remember always to write the Response number, date, and the Response topic. Answer in complete sentences. In chapter 6, even children are involved in the oppression of Jewish people. At what school age do you believe that children are the most impressionable? Explain. At what age should children know the difference between right and wrong? Why that age? 5

Response # 5 How did it feel to hear Vladek’s story in his own voice? Did this help to validate the story for you or was the story already credible? Anja proclaims after Richieu’s death that she wants to die, and Vladek responds, “To die, it's easy...but you have to struggle for life."  What does this show about Vladek’s character? The interviewer states that Art’s “simple black and white drawings speak with the power of literature.” Do you think that viewing disturbing images in black and white makes a difference in your reaction to them? What is the most graphic image you have seen in black and white? Color?

Response # 6 Artie wonders why Jewish people did not resist. What keeps people from resisting oppression? If you were in a similar situation, would you resist? Explain. Use 3-4 action/effective verbs in your response. Underline them.