Metal is a symbol in “Magneto Testament”.
·Circle the words that you associate with metal: hard, cold, strong, shiny, bright, valuable, jewellery, war, grey, steely. You can select as many as you wish.
· An association like this is called a connotation.
· Here is a list of metal items in the novel. Sort them into three lists. One associated with positive things (for instance gold), one associated with negative things (for instance guns), and one that indicates the item is neutral or positive and negative at the same time (for instance the javelin).
Max’s dad makes and sells jewellery, javelin, gold medal, weapons (guns, tanks, planes), nails, barbed wire, train, Magda’s necklace, coins Max finds, fence in the cemetery, bullets, hoe, “Work Makes Free” sign at the entrance to Auschwitz, door on gas chambers, spectacles, tin of Zyklon B, furnace, gold teeth Max uses for to trade, carts which take away the ashes from the furnace, canister Max puts his message in. (There may be more examples please add them in).
· Which list has more items in it? What does this say about the symbolism of metal in the text? Which words from the first question best describe the way the symbol has been used?
· Max’s surname, ‘Eisenhardt’ means ‘iron hard’ (from Endnotes in the text). Why has the author, Greg Pak chosen this name?
· Using all the above evidence, answer this question: In what ways is metal used as a symbol in the graphic novel. Write 150-175 words using specific evidence form the text.
·Circle the words that you associate with metal: hard, cold, strong, shiny, bright, valuable, jewellery, war, grey, steely. You can select as many as you wish.
· An association like this is called a connotation.
· Here is a list of metal items in the novel. Sort them into three lists. One associated with positive things (for instance gold), one associated with negative things (for instance guns), and one that indicates the item is neutral or positive and negative at the same time (for instance the javelin).
Max’s dad makes and sells jewellery, javelin, gold medal, weapons (guns, tanks, planes), nails, barbed wire, train, Magda’s necklace, coins Max finds, fence in the cemetery, bullets, hoe, “Work Makes Free” sign at the entrance to Auschwitz, door on gas chambers, spectacles, tin of Zyklon B, furnace, gold teeth Max uses for to trade, carts which take away the ashes from the furnace, canister Max puts his message in. (There may be more examples please add them in).
· Which list has more items in it? What does this say about the symbolism of metal in the text? Which words from the first question best describe the way the symbol has been used?
· Max’s surname, ‘Eisenhardt’ means ‘iron hard’ (from Endnotes in the text). Why has the author, Greg Pak chosen this name?
· Using all the above evidence, answer this question: In what ways is metal used as a symbol in the graphic novel. Write 150-175 words using specific evidence form the text.