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=**Real Time**= by Pnina Moed Kass Discussion Time: 4B, Thursday January 13, 10:55-12:25 __**Group 2 Members**__ Discussion Facilitator: Sam Dennis E Kellen T Eric S Josh B Lucas D Pau C Alex C Sam T Nick D Kimberly S* __**Clarifying Questions:**__ Do you believe that his grandfather participated in the massacre? Were you surprised by the bus attack? What do you think about how the persons interact with each other throughout the book? Can you understand why Baruch did what he did to his own son? Would you ever be able to do that? Why do you think Pnina Kass chose the title "Real Time"? What do you think of the conflict that currently is going on in Israel? What is the most touching part in the book for you? Why do you think Omar is able to blow up the bus when Sameh can't? Do you sympathize with Sameh? __**Characters:**__ Thomas Wanninger - A sixteen-year-old from Berlin - looking for an answer to the uncertainty of his Nazi grandfather. Vera Brodsky - A nineteen-year-old from Odessa, of Jewish heritage. Baruch Ben Tov - A Holocaust survivor. Sameh Laham - A Palestinian who is employed illegally at the Diner. Omar Joulani - Sameh's friend Dan Oron - An Israeli soldier, and Vera's boyfriend Lidia Adler - Argentinian girl, who works in the kibbutz. __**Narration**__ Why did the the author use many different character's points of views instead of just having one? How does having the book told in "real time" add to the story, to a point where it's significant enough to make it the title of the book? Did you like the way that the narration switched between characters? __**Themes/Motifs**__ What is the most touching theme in the story? Do you see any connection between the conflict between Arabs and Hebrews in Israel and the conflicts every character has with himself or family? Do you think that the book gave good insight of how it feels to be racially discriminated against? How did the multiple themes in the story connect? __**Style of Writing**__ Did you like the way it was written? Why did Pnina Kass use the time instead of using chapters? Did you like the flashbacks that took place with in the story? Took place in the time of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Berlin, and Kibbutz. Could there be a better place to site the story? And a better time? Did the description of the setting give you a good image or do you think that it could have been improved? __**Important Quotes:**__ "It's equal to living in a tragic land. To live in a tragic time"(Foreword, Wallace Stevens) Omar: "Not everyone hates Palestinians, you know." (Page 43) Dan Oron: "The only thing is that nothing's certain". (Page 60) Sameh's boss: "We all like alike in this damn place". (Referring at the similarities between Jews and Palestinians) (Page 97) Baruch Ben Tov: "The irrationality of the Germans made her irrational". (Page 152) Sameh: "All over the world sixteen is paradise, opportunity, girls, cars, everything. I watch television in Omar's house and see sixteen...here sixteen is the magic age of death...a sixteen year old is a walking grave. Why give a job to someone about to die? Kids who explode themselves and kill Israelis have no future, so don't give them a future" (22) Would you like this book to become a movie? Would it be feasible? If so, would you make any changes in the book? Would you like to see a sequel to this novel? __**Outside Resources**__ __**[|History of the conflict in Israel]**__ __**[|Pnina Moed Kass Biography]**__ __**[|Reviews of Real Time]**__
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