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Alan GratzPrisoner B-3087
Alan GratzFiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2013A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Essay Questions
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Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the below bulleted outlines. Cite details from the text over the course of your response that serve as examples and support.
1. Throughout the novel, Yanek struggles to survive the atrocities he experiences in the concentration camps.
- How does Yanek define survival? (topic sentence)
- Find one example from the novel where Yanek highlights the importance of surviving the concentration camps.
- Does The Desire to Survive affect his relationship with other prisoners? If so, how? Summarize this point in your concluding sentences.
2. Gratz’s novel highlights the different ways in which Nazi commandants took pleasure in dehumanizing prisoners.
- In what ways do the Nazis dehumanize the prisoners? (topic sentence)
- Find one example in the novel of dehumanizing acts in the concentration camps.
- How does Yanek respond to this Dehumanization of the Jewish People as well as other prisoners? Summarize this point in your concluding sentences.
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