My decision to write this essay began with a self-exploratory question: what was it about Marcus Zusak\u2019s The Book Thief<\/i>, Etgar Keret\u2019s \u201cCocked and Locked,\u201d and the film School Ties<\/i> that I found so gripping? The answer, it turns out, came to me only days before my first draft was due; all three narratives deal rather explicitly with Jewish understandings of what constitutes victory and defeat for men. As a Jewish man, these are concepts that affect me deeply, so engaging with them on a more intense intellectual level has been quite enjoyable. Though \u201cCocked and Locked\u201d didn\u2019t make the final cut, it remains one of the most fascinating pieces of literature I\u2019ve ever read and its influence on my thought in this paper is immeasurable.<\/p>\n
LEVI MASTRANGELO<\/strong> is a CAS Religion major at BU with a minor in Judaic Studies. When he\u2019s not engaged in his studies (and even when he is), Levi can usually be found at BU Hillel, where he is president of the Orthodox Minyan Group and an active member of the Religious Life Council. In addition to all those who read this essay and offered feedback, a special debt of gratitude is owed to Rabbi Ben Greenberg, whose Passover D\u2019var Torah on oscillating narratives provided the thread that tied the various literary elements of this paper together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My decision to write this essay began with a self-exploratory question: what was it about Marcus Zusak\u2019s The Book Thief, Etgar Keret\u2019s \u201cCocked and Locked,\u201d and the film School Ties that I found so gripping? The answer, it turns out, came to me only days before my first draft was due; all three narratives deal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4801,"featured_media":0,"parent":6720,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6816"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7597,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6816\/revisions\/7597"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}