Questions

These are questions that have come up in class. If you have a missing answer (or a different/better answer), please submit it to me.
Q: Which volcano erupted in the late 1800s, possibly influencing Munch's depiction of the sky in The Scream? A: Krakatau in 1883. For more information, see [|Krakatau]

__**Literary Analysis Unit**__ **(To respond to these questions or to post new ones, go to the [|Holocaust Texts] discussion board.)** Did Jews kill Germans? Did they want revenge? Did German soldiers really want to kill Jews or were they forced to? Why? Why did Hitler think what he did about Jews? How long did the Holocaust last? 1939-1945 Why the focus on Jews? Could genocide ever happen again? Where have other genocides occurred? Rwanda/Darfur/Native Americans How could anyone kill others like that? Do you have to be evil to participate in something like the Holocaust? Did German soldiers have a choice? How many were drafted? What were German soldiers/guards experiences like after the war? How did war change soldiers on both sides? What about Jews who became guards in the ghettos and camps? What happens to familial and friendship units? What happens to the "us"? What happens to human kindness? And to human emotions in general? How long did Hitler rule? Why didn't the Jews see this coming? Did they? Was there anything that could have been done to stop it? What effect on Hitler did the death of his mother have and the care she received from a Jewish doctor? How did Hitler rise to power? What did he do to help Germany? What effect did economic depression and desperate times have? Who removed gold teeth in the camps (from the dead and the living)? Why did they do this? How did it effect them? How did the Holocaust end? Why did Hitler kill? Why were families separated in the camps? Why did people go to the showers? Why didn't they refuse? Why didn't people refuse to go to the camps? Why didn't they fight back? Was there a resistance? What happened when people in the Warsaw ghetto resisted? How many people lived in the Warsaw ghetto and how big was it? Would I resist? Is resistance to tyranny always a possibility? What's the origin of the swastika?

Q. What does chit chat mean? A. chit - small child chit chat - duplication of chat (meant to sound like senseless chatter?) Q. Is Pluto a planet? A. This question is still debated as recently as June 2008. The term "plutoed" means something that was once considered important but is no longer (Scott D./Tommy W.). Q. What's an auger? A. A boring tool; a bit rotated by a handle.

Q. Where is George Ella Lyon from?

Q. What is the origin of the term "red herring"?

Q. Who is Booker T. Washington?

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