How did you imagine the story’s main characters before you saw the film
1. In the novel, and even more so in the film, the opening and the closing episodes/scenes offer two different approaches to introducing and finalizing the narrative. It may even be claimed that the film’s beginning and closing scenes actually offer a neat general frame
of the entire work (a frame inside which the entire narrative is being presented).
2. Note the actual titles given to the story and the film. Discuss the the role of the story’s title. How significant is the film-maker’s different choice of titles and chapters for her cinematic reconfiguration of Cahan’s original work?
3. How is the old/new (i.e. Yiddish versus American) private names issue is being treated in each case? What’s its role in the protagonists’ inherited, perceived and changed personas? Are there characters whose names are not being an issue and how are they
called?
4. Which aspects, episodes, or moments of the original story remain outside of the film adaptation and conversely what does the film offer or adds to the story’s narrative?
5. How did you imagine the story’s main characters before you saw the film? Were you reassured, disappointed, or positively (conversely: negatively) surprised? Offer concrete
examples.
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