AS AM 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cockstock Incident, Executive Order 9066, Bhagat Singh Thind
Document Summary
Major conflict: ozzie & rabbi (& itzie) Ozzie talks too much and stirs trouble. Itzie never speaks his mind or opinion. Rabbi preaches religious beliefs that he thinks are correct (authority) Roth"s concerns in the story are presented on the first page. Humor as aesthetic - a central part of how this story operates. Questions that get to the heart of judaic beliefs. Question #1: the first time he had wanted to know how rabbi binder could call the. Jews the chosen people" if the declaration of independence claimed all men to be equal (141). That ozzie shouted that he wished all fifty-eight were jews. (142). This means that ozzie wanted to know why people grieve more when their own kid had been in a tragic accident, but they do not care about the others who are not their own. Question #3: binder has presented jesus as a historical figure.
