Chapter 1
1. How old is Anton now?
23 years
2. what reason does Anton give for avoiding the theater? And why does he react this way?
" During a scene where a man sat at a table with bowed head while a woman outside on a terrace shouted at someone, Anton was overcome by a sense of something dreadful, something elusive but so overwhelming that he had to leave at once." He had unnecessarily unrealized fear and remembrance of something he doesn't want to remember it was something overwhelming inside of him.
3. What area of medicine is Anton specializing in and why? What does this make the reader think about him?
In 1956 he passed his final exams and began to serve his internship in several hospitals. He had already decided to specialize in anesthesia. the reader will probably think that Anton has anesthesia and he probably wants to know how to get rid of it or to banish it as it gives him fear of the past he remembers randomly.
4. What are Anton thoughts about politics and why is this?
From him politics were a bunch of talks that go on forever and barely bothered to follow it especially on a national level. he reads the headlines then forgets them when a English colleague questioned him about the dutch system of Government Anton knew very little. as for the newspaper he only tries to solve the crosswords puzzles he couldn't resist them and became an expert.
Chapter 2
1.list whats happening in the world right now.
Communism, and international politics, unrest in Poland, scandals within the royal army, the french and English attack on Egypt, revolution of Hungary and the intervention of the soviet union the landing of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
2. What is happening near Anton's apartment and what is his reaction to it?
" The rumble of the Russians tanks which had rolled into Budapest still echoed within Holland, and nowhere more audibly then around the corner from Anton's apartment. There, in a large eighteenth century building called Felix Merits were the headquarters of the communist party. unruly mobs roamed the city destroying everything that had anything to do with the communists, form the bookstores to the windows of their homes." Anton was totally uninterested in all this he would never have taken part he even avoided conversations but eh couldn't help thinking that through it all it was pretty terrible.
3. What happens when Anton reaches his apartment ?
Police broke into the mob started trampling over them and hitting them with their handles of their motorcycles people ran for safety and headed for his house but Anton was relaxed and calm that he had the key and if he opened it his house will be overrun by mobs and get invaded and he will lose ll his possessions.
4. who does a Anton see and speak too?
Anton see a big fellow who was crushing him at the doorway who was also crushed by the mobs as he was holding a rock on his shoulder to avoid suffocation after the mob left Anton knew who it was and it was Fake.
Chapter 3
1. List the initial difference between Anton and his guest on pages 85-86.
Basically Anton is more of a gentleman compared to Fake because Fake didn't have a good education as Anton he lived on his own Anton had his uncle and aunt there for him he lived a better life that Fake so the initial difference between them is life.
2. Whats is the reaction of both characters to the question "is your mother still alive?"
he made look like a kind of admission as if Anton asked is you mother still alive? he hadn't meant it in that way but even as he said it he realized that perhaps it was what he meant after all.
3. what happened to his guest and his mother after the war?
5. what are the opinions of the two of them on communism on page 89?
" with his head he motioned to the ugly stone that was still lying like an insult on his grand piano. 'then you should have been a communist instead.' before Fake answered, he took his glass and poured the last drops down his throat. 'communism,' he said calmly, but with an undertone of rage, 'is the worst. just look at Budapest where an entire people's drive for freedom is being drowned with blood.' 'Fake,' said Anton irritated, ' i'm no communist either, but that doesn't mean i find it necessary to learn those headlines by heart.' "
6. how does Anton describe the way their fathers were killed?
" 'my family,' Anton said, massaging his neck with his empty hand, 'was not executed by communists but by your father's friends.' 'but those communists knew what would happen' 'therefore they were to blame? ' 'right. who else?' 'Fake,' said Anton. 'i understand that you'd want to defend your father. he was, after all, your father. but if your father had been my father, if everything had been turned around would you then be defending Fake Ploeg? let's not kid each other. your father was killed by the communists with premeditation because they had decided that it was essential, but my family was senselessly slaughtered by fascists, of whom your father was one. isn't that right?' "
as for Fake collaborator is collaborating as that hes father knew nothing about communism and Jews he only worked for the police and that is the reason they killed him his father was only talking about the problems.
8. What is a fascist?
someone who empathizes with fascism or a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.
9. Who does the guest blame for the shooting and why?
" And because of that his conviction they shot him for nothing else and that what costs your family their lives if the communist hadn't done that your mother and father would be here today"
10.what does the guest do with the stone and why and what does Anton think of this?\
the guest threw his stone probably when Anton mention that his father's name is carved on a monument and that triggered his emotions and thought that his name would be on it too so then he threw the stone as Anton thought he would get attacked by the guest.
11. Why does the guest return and what is Anton reaction?
The guest came back as Anton grabbed a tennis racket to defend himself but the guest came back with the memory of Anton coming to his classroom and hes in a monkey suit as he wave and left Anton house.
12. Loo at the last sentence, what has he found out in this episode?
"one more thing he would never have found out if it hadn't been from Fake"
the stone he threw had a label and it was a celebration of something sacred made Anton remember something in his past thanks to Fake.
1. How old is Anton now?
23 years
2. what reason does Anton give for avoiding the theater? And why does he react this way?
" During a scene where a man sat at a table with bowed head while a woman outside on a terrace shouted at someone, Anton was overcome by a sense of something dreadful, something elusive but so overwhelming that he had to leave at once." He had unnecessarily unrealized fear and remembrance of something he doesn't want to remember it was something overwhelming inside of him.
3. What area of medicine is Anton specializing in and why? What does this make the reader think about him?
In 1956 he passed his final exams and began to serve his internship in several hospitals. He had already decided to specialize in anesthesia. the reader will probably think that Anton has anesthesia and he probably wants to know how to get rid of it or to banish it as it gives him fear of the past he remembers randomly.
4. What are Anton thoughts about politics and why is this?
From him politics were a bunch of talks that go on forever and barely bothered to follow it especially on a national level. he reads the headlines then forgets them when a English colleague questioned him about the dutch system of Government Anton knew very little. as for the newspaper he only tries to solve the crosswords puzzles he couldn't resist them and became an expert.
Chapter 2
1.list whats happening in the world right now.
Communism, and international politics, unrest in Poland, scandals within the royal army, the french and English attack on Egypt, revolution of Hungary and the intervention of the soviet union the landing of Fidel Castro in Cuba.
2. What is happening near Anton's apartment and what is his reaction to it?
" The rumble of the Russians tanks which had rolled into Budapest still echoed within Holland, and nowhere more audibly then around the corner from Anton's apartment. There, in a large eighteenth century building called Felix Merits were the headquarters of the communist party. unruly mobs roamed the city destroying everything that had anything to do with the communists, form the bookstores to the windows of their homes." Anton was totally uninterested in all this he would never have taken part he even avoided conversations but eh couldn't help thinking that through it all it was pretty terrible.
3. What happens when Anton reaches his apartment ?
Police broke into the mob started trampling over them and hitting them with their handles of their motorcycles people ran for safety and headed for his house but Anton was relaxed and calm that he had the key and if he opened it his house will be overrun by mobs and get invaded and he will lose ll his possessions.
4. who does a Anton see and speak too?
Anton see a big fellow who was crushing him at the doorway who was also crushed by the mobs as he was holding a rock on his shoulder to avoid suffocation after the mob left Anton knew who it was and it was Fake.
Chapter 3
1. List the initial difference between Anton and his guest on pages 85-86.
Basically Anton is more of a gentleman compared to Fake because Fake didn't have a good education as Anton he lived on his own Anton had his uncle and aunt there for him he lived a better life that Fake so the initial difference between them is life.
2. Whats is the reaction of both characters to the question "is your mother still alive?"
he made look like a kind of admission as if Anton asked is you mother still alive? he hadn't meant it in that way but even as he said it he realized that perhaps it was what he meant after all.
' is your mother still alive?' Fake
nodded. 'yes,' he said after a silence. he made it sound like a kind of
admission." " ' after the war they arrested my mother and put
her in a camp. i ended up in a catholic boarding school. so i had to
go there, even though i wasn't catholic." "what was your
mother accused of?" " ' ask the gentlemen of the
special judiciary they probably suspected her of being married to my
father.' from his tone Anton could tell that Fake had said this
before, and it didn't sound as if he had thought it up himself,
either." " ' so that's the difference right?
we're in the same class, your parents are shot, but you're doing medical
studies all the same, whereas my father was shot and i repair water
heaters." "besides, isn't there
a difference between your father's and my parent's deaths?"
" 'what difference ' Fake asked aggressively. ' my parents were
innocent.' ' my father too,' he said in a moment's hesitation, his eyes on
Anton. Anton, amazed, kept silent."
3. what happened to his guest and his mother after the war?
his guest repaired water heaters, and after the war his mother
got arrested and put in a camp. he also ended up in a
catholic boarding school.
4. what
is the difference between them according to the guest and how does Anton react
to this statement?
"so whats
the difference right? we're in the same class, your parents are
shot, but you're doing medical studies all the same, whereas my father was shot
and i repair water heaters."
"besides isn't there some difference between
your father's and my parent's deaths?"
"what difference?" 'Fake asked aggressively.'
"my parents were innocent."
"My father too," 'he said without
a moment's hesitation, his eyes on Anton. Anton, amazed, kept silent.
5. what are the opinions of the two of them on communism on page 89?
" with his head he motioned to the ugly stone that was still lying like an insult on his grand piano. 'then you should have been a communist instead.' before Fake answered, he took his glass and poured the last drops down his throat. 'communism,' he said calmly, but with an undertone of rage, 'is the worst. just look at Budapest where an entire people's drive for freedom is being drowned with blood.' 'Fake,' said Anton irritated, ' i'm no communist either, but that doesn't mean i find it necessary to learn those headlines by heart.' "
6. how does Anton describe the way their fathers were killed?
" 'my family,' Anton said, massaging his neck with his empty hand, 'was not executed by communists but by your father's friends.' 'but those communists knew what would happen' 'therefore they were to blame? ' 'right. who else?' 'Fake,' said Anton. 'i understand that you'd want to defend your father. he was, after all, your father. but if your father had been my father, if everything had been turned around would you then be defending Fake Ploeg? let's not kid each other. your father was killed by the communists with premeditation because they had decided that it was essential, but my family was senselessly slaughtered by fascists, of whom your father was one. isn't that right?' "
7. what
is the guests view of collaborators?
Anton's view of a collaborator is that Fake's father was a collaborator who worked for someone else and spy on communism Jews and whats happening and trying to fix the problem
as for Fake collaborator is collaborating as that hes father knew nothing about communism and Jews he only worked for the police and that is the reason they killed him his father was only talking about the problems.
8. What is a fascist?
someone who empathizes with fascism or a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.
9. Who does the guest blame for the shooting and why?
" And because of that his conviction they shot him for nothing else and that what costs your family their lives if the communist hadn't done that your mother and father would be here today"
10.what does the guest do with the stone and why and what does Anton think of this?\
the guest threw his stone probably when Anton mention that his father's name is carved on a monument and that triggered his emotions and thought that his name would be on it too so then he threw the stone as Anton thought he would get attacked by the guest.
11. Why does the guest return and what is Anton reaction?
The guest came back as Anton grabbed a tennis racket to defend himself but the guest came back with the memory of Anton coming to his classroom and hes in a monkey suit as he wave and left Anton house.
12. Loo at the last sentence, what has he found out in this episode?
"one more thing he would never have found out if it hadn't been from Fake"
the stone he threw had a label and it was a celebration of something sacred made Anton remember something in his past thanks to Fake.
