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Question 1) What do you think motivated Borowski to write "Silence"? What makes you think so? What responses did he elicit from you with his "This Way to the Gas Chamber"? Try to put yourself into the shoes of readers in the late 1940s and the 1950s, when his collection appeared and consider: Did Borowski succeed with his original audience? What forms of literary criticism do you find helpful in understanding Borowski's work?

Question 2) Valenzuela implies that oppressive regimes maintain their power not just by killing and jailing their opponents, but by corrupting and co-opting them as well. Do you think she overstates her case? Why or why not? What forms of literary criticism do you find helpful in understanding Valenzuela's work?