40 Points HELP ME EUROPE 2 Unit Test

Respond in a paragraph. Answer is written in complete sentences.

World War Il and Nazism influenced many European writers. In this unit, you read selections by Milosz and lonesco. Compare the different tones and
perspectives these writers bring to bear on this subject.

In my opinion, inThe Rhinocerosthe people living in the town that weretransforming were the Nazis; more and more people were turning to them and“transforming” into Nazis. The only ones that were “immune” to this were the onesthat were not swayed, and they were hunted down and attacked even by theirlovers and family members. On the contrary, in “And Yet the Books” I felt that thebooks represented an unswaying, unstoppable force amongst the carnage anddestruction around them.In my opinion, Szymborska’s poem was more about the time period in which helived, because these “statistics” may have changed since then. I want to believethat the world is a much better place, but in the case of statistics, we’re talkingfacts, not opinions. I also thought that Milosz’s poem was more personal, talkingabout the book in such a caring manner. But as I have learned in this unit, the poetis almost never the speaker, and they may even write the poem from a point ofview far different from their own.