Reading: Miron Białoszewski: A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising
Choose just 2 of the following prompts to reply to using 100 words for each.
1. Find 2 specific examples of the so-called “reversal of the quotidian” at play in the “Memoir.” Explain how they fit into this theme.
2. In a short paragraph (3-6 sentences), give your overall impressions of the book.
3. Compare the “Memoir” to one other work we’ve read this semester that drastically differs from it. How do they each fit into the genre of Eyewitness literature? What do they each accomplish in their own way.
4. Discuss Bialoszewski’s disillusionment as he expresses it at the end of the book. Especially pay attention to page 244. (The paragraph beginning “In addition to eating” and ending “under the occupation.”
