Literature Exam Review: Cowboy and Zelda

Flashcards covering the short story 'Cowboy' by Rabbi Chaim Sabato and the poem 'Every Person Has a Name' by Zelda, focusing on themes of identity, immigration, and compassion.

The story 'Cowboy' by Rabbi Chaim Sabato takes place in the winter of __________ in Jerusalem.

$1959$ ($תשי"ט$)

Chaim, the young protagonist and narrator, is a new immigrant who came to Israel from __________.

Egypt

Chaim resides in the immigrant housing of __________, located near the 'Asbestonim' transit camp.

Beit Mazmil

The principal of the Talmud-Torah, Rabbi __________, is described as a tall man with a carefully groomed beard and eyes full of love for children.

Leuchter

Rabbi Leuchter reveals that he was the only child who returned to his village after surviving the __________.

Hell (Holocaust)

During the holiday of __________, the students were instructed to come to school in costume.

Purim

Chaim's father bought him a cowboy hat made of __________ from Kadosh's kiosk.

paper

On his way to school, the heavy rain melted Chaim's hat into a __________ of paper.

pulp (עיסה)

The boy who dressed as a __________ mocked Chaim, claiming he didn't actually have a costume.

judge

The literary term for the narrator in this story, who tells the events from his own perspective using 'I', is a __________.

First-person narrator / Hero narrator

In Zelda's poem, the 'name' represents an individual's __________.

identity

According to the first stanza of Zelda's poem, a person's name is given by God and their __________.

father and mother

The poetic device used in the repetition of 'that gave him' (שנתנו לו) at the beginning of stanzas is __________.

Anaphora

The poem 'Every Person Has a Name' contains __________ stanzas.

$$9$$

The final line of the poem states that a name is given to a person by their __________.

death

The structure of Zelda's poem is __________, as it returns to the themes of God and parents from the first stanza in the final stanza.

circular

The poem has become a symbol for __________ Memorial Day to help commemorate and revive the names of the murdered.

Holocaust

The contrast between the American symbol of a 'Cowboy' and the poor neighborhood of __________ represents the gap between imagination and reality.

Beit Mazmil