The Slave | Ideas for Group Discussion
Group discussions should include two integral topics: anti-Semitism and fate versus free will. Religion and religious persecution play major roles in Singer's novel. Cossacks decimate Jewish shtetls simply because they hate Jews. The hate is based on ignorance and prejudice. The pogroms impoverish the Jews, causing them to turn against themselves. Discussions may involve the question why the gentiles hate the Jews and how Jews respond to that hate. What in the novel triggers this anti-Semitism? Why do some characters hate Jews more than other people in the novel do? Do church teachings...
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