Real+Time+1

by Pnina Moed Kass

Discussion Time: 2B Thursday January 13, 7:55-9:25

Group 1 Members: Braden S Patrick McL Everett G Joey M Alex Ku Lydia R Janet Ly*



Discussion Facilitator and Participant's Names

(1) Why are there no chapters and instead in some way passages? (2) What were the real reasons everyone went to Kibbutz and were they related in any way? (3) Why do you think Pnina Moed Kass chose to make the title //Real Time//? (4) Since the story is being told by many different characters, How does this effect the way you read and understand the book?
 * Clarifying Questions:**

(1) Thomas Wanninger- He is a 16 year old boy who lives in Berlin and went to Kubbitz with hope to learn about his Nazi Grandfather.- (2) Vera Brodsky- She is a 19 year old girl from Odessa (3) Omar Joulani - He is a friend of Sameh (4) Dan Oron - He is an Israeli soldier, and is Vera's boyfriend (5) Sameh Laham- He is a boy who works illegally in a diner in Isreal. (6) Baruch Ben Tov- An old man who was a Holocaust survivor. (7) Lidia Adler - Friend of Vera's, is from Argentina, and she works in the kibbutz.
 * Characters:**

(1) Thomas Wanninger (2) Dan Oron (3) Sameh Laham (4) Baruch Ben Tov (5) Vera Brodsky (6) Various Radio Stations and Interviews
 * Narration:**

(1) During the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict (2) Berlin (3) Kibbutz
 * Setting:**

(1) During the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
 * Themes/Motifs:**

(1) Very different and structured (2) No Chapters but sections of view points (3) Very emotional
 * Style of Writing:**

"Can you imagine, my rachel, that I am in charge of a German boy, responsible for his well-being? I am the only one at Kibbutz Broshim who can speak German." (98) ''God please, please let her live. A breeze lifts up the leaves of the small ivy kkplant. Is that the answer?'' (106)
 * Significant Passages:**

~ http://fiftybooksproject.blogspot.com/2008/10/real-time-by-pnina-moed-kass.html ~ http://thewholemegillah.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/real-time.jpg ~ Q and A with Pnina Moed Kass link: http://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/2010/07/29/authors-notebook-pnina-moed-kass/' ~ http://biography.jrank.org/pages/2222/Moed-Kass-Pnina.html ~ http://www.historyguy.com/israeli-palestinian_conflict.html ~[]
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