Study Guide to Tomorrow and Yesterday and Other Works by Heinrich Böll

by Intelligent Education (Created by)

Overview

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by Heinrich Boll, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972. Titles in this study guide include Like A Bad Dream, And There Was The Evening And The Morning, The Balek Scales, The Death of Elsa Baskoleit, The Thrower-Away, Murke's Collected Silences, Action Will Be Taken, This Is Tibten, My Uncle Fred, Group Portrait With Lady, The Clown, Billiards At Half-Past Nine, and Tomorrow and Yesterday. As an author of the twenty first-century, Boll's short stories gained him a reputation as one of the "most respected voices on political and social issues in Germany" at the time. Moreover, his writings incorporate villains based on authority figures such as businessmen, politicians, and church leaders. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of Heinrich Boll's classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645424321
Publisher:	Dexterity
Publication date:	07/10/2020
Series:	Bright Notes
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.26(d)

About the Author

Intelligent Education is a learning company with a mission to publish accessible resources and digital tools to educate the world. Their mission drives every project, from publishing books to designing software and online courses, film projects, mobile apps, VR/AR learning tools and more. IE builds tools to empower people who love to learn. Intelligent Education offers courses in science, mathematics, the arts, humanities, history and language arts taught by leading university professors from Wake Forest University, Indiana University, Texas A&M University, and other great schools. The learning platform features 3D models and 360 media paired with instructional videos for on-screen and Mixed Reality interaction that increases student engagement and improves retention. The IE team is geographically located across the United States and is a division of Academic Influence. Learn more at http://intelligent.education.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS 1) Introduction to Heinrich Böll 1 2) Tomorrow and Yesterday 6 3) Commentary 15 4) Character Analyses 17 5) Billiards At Half-Past Nine 22 6) Commentary 32 7) Character Analyses 34 8) The Clown 38 9) Commentary 48 10) Character Analyses 49 11) Group Portrait With Lady 52 12) Commentary 64 13) Character Analyses 65 14) "My Uncle Fred" (1951) 68 15) "This is Tibten" (1953) 73 16) "Action Will Be Taken" (1954) 77 17) "Murke's Collected Silences" (1955) 81 18) "The Thrower-Away" (1957) 87 19) "The Death of Elsa Baskoleit" (1951) 90 20) "The Balek Scales" (1952) 94 21) "And There Was the Evening and the Morning" (1954) 97 22) "Like A Bad Dream" (1956) 101 23) Criticism 104 24) Essay Questions and Answers 108 25) Bibliography 113