Passages
Analyze this passage: The boy’s room, where Mama had gone, was barely six meters away and separated from them by only two thin walls. Mama’s shadow was still with them, and it oppressed Marketa. (49)
cool
Someone that feels tired of always being the strong one
Who is Marketa
Beauty - Explain how the theme of beauty is explored in this chapter, use AT LEAST one example from the text
What role does having and forgetting memories play in Karel and Mama’s lives?
good
Analyze the middle 2 paragraphs on page 53. Focus on Karel and Marketa’s Quotes. The passage starts with “Eva meanwhile tried to persuade…” and ends with “‘I’m getting tired of it. Tired. I’ve had enough of it.’”
good job
Someone that feels desire for women, sometimes seeing them as figures from his past
Who is Karel
Time/age - Explain how the theme of time is explored in this chapter, use AT LEAST one example from the text.
woohoo
On page 73 Karel defines beauty. What are the limitations of his definition of beauty and what does this definition reveal about his character?
yuh
Putting it another way: every love relationship rests on an unwritten agreement unthinkingly concluded by the lovers in the first weeks of their love. They are still in a kind of dream but at the same time, without knowing it, are drawing up, like uncompromising lawyers, the detailed clauses of their contract. O lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once you’ve brought breakfast in bed you’ll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal. (51)
wowza
Someone that feels love for many people without jealousy or attatchment
Who is Eva
Love - Explain how the theme of Love is explored in this chapter, use AT LEAST one example from the text.
wonderful
What does the chess analogy on page 67 reveal to us about Karel’s view of relationships and definition of love?
amazing
Analyze this paragraph: But are tanks really more important than pears? As time went by, Karel realized that the answer to this question was not as obvious as he had always thought, and he began to feel a secret sympathy for Mama’s perspective, which had a big pear tree in the foreground and somewhere in the distance a tank no bigger than a ladybug, ready at any moment to fly away out of sight, Ah yes! In reality, it’s Mama who is right: tanks are perishable, pears are eternal. (41)
terrific
Someone that worries about how their memories often deceive them
Who is Mama
Childhood/children’s relationships with their mothers - Explain how the theme of childhood/children’s relationships with their mothers is explored in this chapter, use AT LEAST one example from the text.
superb
What is the significance of the masks Marketa mentions in part 12 and what does this reveal about her character/relationships?
yay
Analyze this passage: Yes, as the years went by, man and wife became twins, with the same vocabulary, the same ideas, the same destiny. Each had given the gift of Eva to the other, each to make the other happy. Each had the impression of having to push a boulder uphill. Each one was tired. Karel heard water gurgling and the two women laughing in the bathroom, and he reflected that he had never been able to live the way he wanted, to have the women he wanted and to have them the way he wanted them. He longed to run away to a place where he could weave his own story, weave it by himself to his own taste and out of the reach of loving eyes. And deep down he did not even care about weaving himself a story, he simply wanted to be alone. (57)
awesome
Who is someone that was once an idol to Karel
Who is Nora
Sexual exploration and shame - Explain how the theme of sexual exploration and shame is explored in this chapter, use AT LEAST one example from the text.
outstanding
How does Marketa and Karel’s relationship mirror David’s relationships in Giovanni’s Room?
spectacular