Next look at Call It Sleep. In what ways do the Schearls assimilate (or escape their past) and in what ways do they cling to Jewish tradition in the host country/look backwards to Austrian Galicia? Find specific quotations and see if you can identify any techniques Henry Roth uses to create effects. Ways in which the Schearls Technique Ways Schearls maintain Jewish Technique assimilate tradition David speaks English on the English transcribed phonetically so I think when you come out of a Yiddish is transcribed in live on de top-fluh. that it looks like a foreign language house and step on the bare earth syntactically correct, formal, almost streets: ‘I I did’n’ my to the reader. It sounds coarse among the the same poetic English. wan’ modder sh’d hea’ me.’ fields you’re (299) compared to the formal man you were when you were The Schearls assimilate in some transcription of the Yiddish the inside the house. But when you respects, but maintain Jewish Schearls speak at home. step out on pavements, you’re heritage in the home. someone else. You can feel your The language is easier to read than face change.’ (31) the phonetically spelled English. Is our relief at being able to read
Next look at Call It Sleep. In what ways do the Schearls assimilate (or escape their past) and in what ways do they cling to Jewish tradition in the host country/look backwards to Austrian Galicia? Find specific quotations and see if you can identify any techniques Henry Roth uses to create effects. Ways in which the Schearls assimilate Technique Ways Schearls maintain Jewish tradition Technique David speaks English on the streets: ‘I live on de top-fluh. I did’n’ wan’ my modder sh’d hea’ me.’ (299) English transcribed phonetically so that it looks like a foreign language to the reader. It sounds coarse compared to the formal transcription of the Yiddish the Schearls speak at home. I think when you come out of a house and step on the bare earth among the fields you’re the same man you were when you were inside the house. But when you step out on pavements, you’re someone else. You can feel your face change.’ (31) Yiddish is transcribed in syntactically correct, formal, almost poetic English. The Schearls assimilate in some respects, but maintain Jewish heritage in the home. The language is easier to read than the phonetically spelled English. Is our relief at being able to read
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