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The War between the Classes - Chapter 7
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Chapter 7
Daniel, Florian, and Falko
Content
- Summary
- Exercises
- Quiz
- Handout and questions
Content
Summary
Friday
Friday - Phone call with Carol & Lunchtime
- Amy asks Carol to meet at the mall next saturday
- Carol doesn't agree immediately because of the Color Game, but in the end she even agrees to leave their color bands and journals at home
- At lunch, Amy tries to convince the other blues to help her cheating the game, but they don't want to
Saturday
Saturday - Meeting Hideo and Sue
- Amy asks about their relationship
- At first, Hideo tried to avoid Sue because of her color
- In the end, color never influenced anything in their relationship
- They hope that prejudice will go away in the future
Saturday - Conversation with Carol
- Carol notices that romance book covers never feature non-white girls
- They go to a McDonald's as to not get caught in public
- Carol and Juan planned an engagement party for Carol's brother and Laura
-> Carol thinks it could be a difficult marriage for Laura
-> Amy appeases her with the example of Hideo and Sue
Saturday - Getting caught
- G4 Brian arrives and controls them
- He reads Carol´s journal aloud
-> Carol thinks negatively about Adam
- Carol accidentally says that Amy isn´t wearing her armband
-> Brian is willing to let it go, but Amy insists on resisting against the color game
-> Amy is reported
Exercises
"You'll have to report me." (P.64 l.27)
- Amy says that to Brian
- Amy shows him her missing armband
Phrasework
- Explains that she purposely doesn't wear it
- Brian is going to report her
The posters
- Amy doesn't like the way her friends and classmates are changing
The posters
- She wants to hang up posters as a protest
- This decision is influenced by the others
Paul
- "It's only a game"
- They have to play their role, so the "rich ones" learn their lesson
Paul
- "Being blue makes me feel like someone."
- He likes the things just like they are
- He wants Amy to leave Adam for him
Raúl
- Amy would behave like that even if she was an upper-class person
Raúl
Gwen
- Thinks that society is just like in the game
- Men don't understand women
Gwen
- It's the same with whites and other ethnic groups
- Likes the way she can use her power and gain advantages
Comprehension
What changes take place in Paul Thomas's behavior?
- More talkative
- "You've been quite as a mouse and all of a sudden you got opinions" (p. 58, ll. 35 ff.)
- Spite towards other colors
- "How will those rich dudes know what oppression's like if we don't play our part?" (p. 58, ll. 6-7)
How do Hideo and Sue prove to be exceptional?
- There were prejudices from their families and from society
- At the beginning, both were scared because of their difference in color
- But after they got together, color never mattered in their relationship (cf. p. 60, ll. 12-14)
Compare Carol's and Amy's reactions when they are caught by Brian.
- Carol
- Obedient: immediately gets her journal
- Joyful: "with a kind of glee" (p.63, l. 20)
- Amy
- rebellious: wants Adam to notice her breaking the rules
- nervous: "with pounding heart and wet palms" (p. 64, l. 19)
Quiz
Quiz - Question 1
What does Amy want to do together with the other blues?
She wants to cheat the Color Game and start a revolution.
Quiz - Question 2
What is Carol doing for her brother?
She organises an engagement party for him and his girlfriend.
Quiz - Question 3
Why does Amy get reported?
Because she doesn´t wear her color band on purpose to resist the Color Game.
Quiz - Question 4
Why does Amy oppose the Color Game?
She thinks it is wrong to treat people differently based on color.
Quiz - Question 5
Why did Hideo hesitate to approach Sue?
Because he wanted to keep the family's tradition and obey his father.