1.) Why did Jakob continue to lie to the other Jews in the ghetto that he had a radio?
He lied because he saw that the news of the war ending was keeping everybody's moral up, and he thought that was more important than telling the truth.
2.) What is an example of Jakob's selflessness?
He took in Lina when it put him in great danger; it also meant he had to provide for another person,(food, clothing, etc.) which left him without much because he didn't have alot anyway when he found her.
3.) How did Lina's pretending to be a train conductor influence Jakob to fake having a radio?
After seeing Lina pretending and using her imagination even when her parents were gone and her predicament was horrible, it inspired him to keep the spirits of the ghetto up as well, and Lina was proof it could be done.
4.) Why didn't Jakob respond when the German soldier told him to explain himself to all of the Jews at the end?
He didn't respond because the soldier was asking him to say that lying lead him nowhere and that it was stupid to rebel, but Jakob knew that it wasn't. He knew that lying to kept them from being depressed and that even though their fate was inevitable at the time, rebelling was the only thing leading the Jews to freedom in the future.
5)Why did the famed Jew cardiologist drink poison after the Germans said the would save his life if he cured the leader?
He knew that if he cured him, he would send all of the remaining Jews in the ghetto to death camps to die,and if he didn't help him, the Germans would kill him to. It was a lose-lose situation, and even though he could have survived, all of his friends and family would be dead. He didn't want to be alone, but he didn't want the humiliation of the Germans killing him and they would be satisfied, so he took his own life.
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