Josef CH 31

Open Ended

Something to consider: Josef doesn't know how to swim. Do yo think he would have jumped in to rescue his father if he had known how to swim? Why or why not?

Multiple Select

"The words struck Josef like slaps to the face, and tears sprang to his eyes.

Identify the TWO types of figurative language

• simile

• personification

• metaphor

• alliteration

Open Ended

"But Josef's heart lurched when he saw his father kick away the man trying to help him. Papa lunged for the side of the small boat, trying to get back to the sea. "Let me die! he cried out again."

What does the word lunged mean in this context?

What does it reiterate that we know about Josef's father?

Open Ended

"But now Josef felt more stunned than sad. His father was gone. In many ways, his father had never really come back from the concentration camp. Not the father Josef knew and remembered. Not the father he loved. He had come back in body, but not spirit." (pg. 186)

Why is Josef "stunned?" Explain his point of view.