Time's Arrow | Topics for Discussion & Projects

Time's Arrow Topics for Discussion

Point out several backwards events that have opposite meanings backwards and forwards.

Why did Odilo's wife leave him?

Name and differentiate the prison/death camps that Odilo worked in.

Explain the meaning of the "stormy / sunny weather" postcards from Reverend Kreditor.

How did the narrator know he couldn't commit suicide?

Why did the narrator feel proud to have worked at Auschwitz?

What reasons did John Young have to change his name to Tod Friendly?

What aspects of everyday life did the narrator find hardest to understand in his backwards frame of reference?