English 10H: Final Exam

Hitler

German Nazi dictator during World War II (1889-1945), Nazi leader and founder

Nazism

German brand of fascism

Axis Powers (WWII)

Germany, Italy, Japan

Allied Powers

Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.

Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)

Unsuccessful German attack on the city of Stalingrad during World War II that was the furthest extent of German advance into the Soviet Union; Germany's defeat marked turning point in the war.

Hitler-Stalin Pact

Treaty signed on August 23, 1939 in which Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to fight each other. The fateful agreement paved the way for German aggression against Poland and the Western democracies.

Two-front war

Germany had to fight to defend itself from France in the West and from Russia in the East.

Holocaust (Shoah)

The time period between 1933-1945, during which the Nazis tried to kill all the Jews of Europe

Auschwitz

Nazi extermination camp in Poland, the largest center of mass murder during the Holocaust. Close to a million Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and others were killed there.

Dachau

First concentration camp

1936 Olympics

The international event held in Germany in 1936 that served to be a huge propaganda opportunity for Hitler and the Nazi party.

Jesse Owens

African American who won 4 gold medals at Olympic games in Germany under Hitler (a blow to Nazi notions of a master race).

Communism

A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

Anti-Semitism

Prejudice against Jews

censorship

restriction on access to ideas and information

Stalin

Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953)

Anne Frank

Young Jewish girl who kept a diary of her experiences during the Holocaust in World War II

D-Day

Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944

Red Cross

An international organization dedicated to the medical care of the sick or wounded in wars and natural disasters

Kristallnacht

(Night of the Broken Glass) November 9, 1938, when mobs throughout Germany destroyed Jewish property and terrorized Jews.

Propaganda

Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.

Oskar Schindler

member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust by employing them in his factory so they wouldn't be taken away to death camps

Terezin (Theresienstadt)

was a model ghetto used to fool outsiders & the Red Cross as to the true conditions and purpose of concentration camps.

Judaism

the monotheistic religion of the Jews.

Star of David

Symbol of Judaism

Markus Zusak

Author of the Book Thief

William Golding (1911-1993)

The Lord of the Flies (1983 Nobel Prize for Literature)

Lord of the Flies

Is a translation of the word Beelzebub (name of the devil in the Bible).

The Lord of the Flies is connected with the symbol of the pig (or rather, the head of a pig). It is a symbolic dramatization of human evil.

Eden

earthly paradise for Adam and Eve

microcosm

a miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system

Hitler Youth/League of German Girls (BDM)

Groups used to teach Hitlers Nazi ideology to young people. Basically took the place of schools.

Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

Work written by Hitler while in prison in 1923; the book outlines his policies for German expansion, war, and elimination of non-Aryans

Luffwaffe Sonderinheit

LSE, responsible for locating survivors and collecting dead bodies after air raids in Germany

Nature vs. Nurture

name for a controversy in which it is debated whether genetics or environment is responsible for driving behavior

Survivor's Guilt

a feeling of guilt about going on with life after other people close to you have died

accordion

A portable free-reed musical instrument.

Historical Fiction

A type of writing genre that takes place in a particular time period in the past. Often the setting is real, but the characters are made up from the author's imagination.

World War II (1939-1945)

The most destructive war in human history; America entered the war in 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

Conch

large spiral shell

Piggy's Glasses

Symbolism of rationality, society, intelligence.

Max Vandenburg

A Jew that the Hubermann's hide in the basement

Liesel

main character; best friends with Rudy

loves reading and learn how to read

Erik Vandenburg

Max's father, he fought in WWI with Hans, gave his accordion to Hans

Hans Hubermann

Liesel's stepfather. He is constantly motivated to help others, and his strong sense of right and wrong causes him to act against his own best interests.

Rosa Hubermann

Liesel's stepmother. The story reveals through her treatment of Liesel and willingness to take in Max, however, that beneath her tough exterior, she is, in fact, kind and caring.

Ilsa Hermann

The mayor's wife. Once she begins interacting with Liesel, she opens up and show sensitivity and concern.

Death

The omnipresent narrator; uses colors as distraction from the stress of his job

Rudy Steiner

Liesel's Best Friend, has lemon colored hair, loved Jesse Owens

Alex Steiner

Rudy's father. Alex's inability to sacrifice his son to the Nazi training camp results in his being drafted into the army.

Frau Holtzapfel

The Hubermanns' neighbor. She initially comes across as mean and uncharitable, as she has an ongoing feud with Rosa Hubermann and is rude to Liesel. Suffers the death of both her sons.

Franz Deutscher

The leader of Rudy's Hitler Youth group. A sadist who represents the Nazi ideal, he takes special pleasure in tormenting and humiliating Rudy.

Hans Hubermann, Junior

Rosa's and Hans's son. Like Frau Diller, he is deeply patriotic, and unquestioning in his faith in Hitler and the regime.

Tommy Muller

Classmate of Liesel who has chronic ear problems; he is half deaf

Munich

A prominent manufacturing city in Germany

Ralph

The elected leader of the boys and the main protagonist. He tries to keep the boys focused on domestic order and the rules of civilization but loses his authority and almost his life to Jack's seizure of power.

Piggy

The character stands for the intellectual who tries to solve problems with logic and reason. Because he is considered "different" by the others, they pay little attention to him.

Robert

A bigun who plays the role of the pig in one of the tribal dances that reenact a hunt. He is hurt when the dance turns into a fierce beating.

Roger

Jack's "lieutenant." A sadistic, cruel older boy who brutalizes the littluns and eventually murders Piggy by rolling a boulder onto him.

Samneric

They are twins; they are the last to remain loyal to Ralph and they represent the tug-of-war within us to remain good.

Littleuns

The younger boys in the group

Naval Officer

Represents authority & salvation, saved the boys

"Beast from the Air"

A dead parachutist

The Gravedigger's Handbook

the book that the young grave digger dropped after Werner's funeral; Liesel's last connection to her brother and mother

Scar

symbol of man's destruction of God's perfection

Fire

symbol of civilization, cooperation and the hope of returning home