Reading No. 4 "Growing up in a Jewish Neighborhood" by Richard Chess


Title: Growing up in a Jewish Neighborhood

Richard Chess


Author: Richard Chess



Date: 1992



Setting (time and place):  By its title, one could infer that the settings of this poem is a Jewish neighborhood and all the difficulties that it represents.





Event (conflict, important information, touching passage, question): This poem is describing how difficult it was for people to grow up as Jewish some time ago and how these people lived sacred of an uncertain future and in bad conditions. The poem shows how Jewish people always wished for something better and all the struggles they had to come through. 



Characters:


He: The only things that are known are that the main character is a he and that he is Jewish. He seems to be a person who is always dreaming about good things to happen since his whole life he has been suffering because of his surroundings.


Memorable quote / favorite part: "He wants to go / Where no one freezes/ When the phone rings."


How did it make me feel? / can I make any connection to my life?


This poem made me feel very sad. The conditions in which Jewish people lived are incredible for me. Just by knowing about the holocaust and their story one can understand a little the way in which they lived. I can't imagine myself living traumatized because of the ringing of a phone, as expressed in the poem. They also had to live with limited resources and in poor conditions. The saddest part is that all their suffering was caused because of discriminations. Just because they were different and basically hate went out of control. There everyone can see the importance of teaching values to new generations in order to avoid situations like this one to occur. 

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