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Write a brief paragraph explaining how you see the idea of the "other" demonstrated in the readings for this unit so far ("Learning to Read" and The Book Thief). This should be virtually all analysis only (your observations after thinking critically about the text(s) ). You should draw from the information you read on the literary concept from the previous homework reading.
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Gabrielle Moreta
ReplyDeleteThe idea of the other is a statement that can best be described as "It is always greener on the other side". Because of this, there is always a person whom longs for a better life, sometimes it i a human right. For example, Liesel, even though she has a good life with the Hubermann's, wishes to be with her mother. Douglass on the other hand wants to be free and have human rights.
Peyton Adams
ReplyDeleteThe concept of 'othering' is used to describe a group of people that can be minority or majority, but it's nevertheless a form of discrimination. The 'other' group in 'The Book Thief' is referring to everyone living in Germany during the time of the Holocaust. The significance of 'othering' in that text is alluding to the fact that even though the group of people who are being discriminated against is larger than the overlaying threat itself, they have significantly less power. In 'Learning to Read and Write,' the 'other' group is referring to blacks at the time or slaves.
The other seems to be in a little bit of everything. The other in tbt are the Jews, and everyone being put in the nazi camps. The other is almost a bad guy, in some ways, not quite, but how dominant culture identifies 'the other,' is as a person they need to almost defeat. Or oppress in fear of them rising up. The people who don't fit in the dominant culture. But at the same time the other is the opposite of you. The people who seem so very different because they're not quite the same. To the black slaves 'the other,' would've appeared to be the white slave owners due to the differences between them. And to the Jews, 'the other,' is anyone who isn't Jew almost. The other is the perceived outsider or different person who doesn't fit into to the social, or cultural group that is currently the 'main group.' 'The other,' is a person who is an outsider, forced to look in.
ReplyDeleteIn learning to read and write Douglass is viewed as 'the other.' In many ways, he's the foreigner from another land who's come to this one, and even compared to the poor little white boys, he's different. He's not just poor, he doesn't have any power. Not even fully reading and writing. However, to Douglass, the other is the white people. They're different from what he's known and they don't act like his family. Therefore, despite western society/white culture, being dominant, they are still the dominant culutre.
As for the book thief, Liesel is often considered an outsider too. She can't read or write at first, and she's a poor foster girl. Despite her being blonde and German, and seemingly part of the dominant culture, at the same time she isn't. She's on the fringes. Her mother was a communist and she doesn't truly fit into societies ideas or molds.
Peyton Adams
ReplyDeleteThe concept of 'othering' is used to describe a group of people that can be minority or majority, but it's nevertheless a form of discrimination. The 'other' group in 'The Book Thief' is referring to everyone living in Germany during the time of the Holocaust. The significance of 'othering' in that text is alluding to the fact that even though the group of people who are being discriminated against is larger than the overlaying threat itself, they have significantly less power. In 'Learning to Read and Write,' the 'other' group is referring to blacks at the time or slaves.
The audience sees the concept of "others" in the text "The Book Thief" and "learning to read and write".In "the book thief we see "others" labeled as the Jews or anyone who did not believe the ways of Hitler. The method of others get is used to separate the dominate group from the subordinate group. In "Learning to read and write" Douglas considers the others as the illiterate and uneducated who are also subordinate to the educated and literate. Both texts ties in the concept of others by viewing the others as the subordinate, less powerful group.
ReplyDeleteThe term "other" describes people that make up a minority. The point of "othering" is to show the discrimination and segregation between different social classes/groups. In the Book Thief, two examples of an "other" are Max, who is a Jew, and Liesel, who is technically a criminal. In Learning to Read and Write, Frederick Douglas is the "other" , because he is a slave and greatly discriminated against by society.
ReplyDeleteJessica
ReplyDeleteThe concept of other is shown in Douglass' Learning to Read and Write and Zusak's The Book Thief. A group of individuals are labeled as "others" because they are different from the society at large. Frederick Douglass is a slave who has the desire to be literate, but because he is in the other group, his learning is looked down upon. In "The Book Thief", Liesel can be considered as a part of the other group because she is less literate than her classmates. Douglass and Liesel both realize that literacy will give them power and break down some of the barriers between them and people who surround them.