First off, I hope you all weren't waiting in the classroom for me, and I further hope that none of you contracted this same stomach flu. Please see the previous post for an explanation regarding what you should read for Tuesday.
Here are the discussion questions you should ponder while reading Delbo's None of Us Will Return, the first book/section of Auschwitz and After:
1. How is your reading experience different while reading Charlotte Delbo's Auschwitz and After from that you experienced while reading Primo Levi's Survival in Auschwitz? What narrative strategies does she use?
2. How is the book set up? How might you characterize her narrative strategy as a whole?
3. In the epigraph to the book, Delbo notes that "Today, I am not sure that what I wrote is true. I am certain it is truthful." How does this impact your reading of the text (or does it impact your reading at all)? Why would she choose to include such an inscription?
4. There are a number of extremely graphic, visceral scenes in None of Us Will Return. Which scene sticks out in your memory, and why?
5. Camp life in None of Us Will Return is both different from and similar to the camp life Levi outlines in Survival in Auschwitz. How specifically is her account similar to/different from the previous text we read?
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