Chapter 3 Boy in Striped Pj's

1. Describe how Bruno and Gretel's relationship is introduced in the chapter. At the start of this chapter Bruno and Gretel's relationship is introduced as very weak as they are very different. Bruno describes Gretal as hopeless in the ways of the world and what makes Bruno not like Gretal as much is because she was older and he admitted to himself he was a little bit scared of her. And also she had a lot of nasty habits that he didn't like.
2. List quotes that show how the new house is described."I don't like it here" he said for the hundredth time. "As long as it's just for the foreseeable future and not for a month. I hate it here" "Gretel looked at her little brother and found herself agreeing with him for once" 
3. It was very hollow and he decided that he better not go jumping around this house too often or it might collapse around their ears. What is the significance of this quote?
4. What is Bruno's reaction to the new house? Bruno defiently doesn't like this house, during this chapter he is saying to his sister that he is glad that they are only staying in the house for a short amount of time becuase they both agree that it defiantly is not a very nice place. 
5. How does it compare to their old house? Both Gretal and Bruno agree that the new house is horrible compared to the old one and they want to spend as less time as possible.
6. How does Gretel relate to her father? Gretal relates to her father becuase we can infer she is very proper and very disciplined and she always see's parts of her life as a job to do. When the family moves into the new house Gretal evaluates that they are here for a job and once they have completed the job they will go back home. Gretal is lining up to her father and Bruno is lining up to her mother. Also Gretal is very similar becuase she likes to control Bruno and she likes the idea of power which is very similar to her father as he has power over the Nazi soldiers. A parallel being made by the end of page 21 with Gretal's Dolls it gives us a sense that Bruno is being portrayed as a Jew and the dolls are solders and Gretal is the commander.
7. Does Bruno understand where they are? What makes you believe this? I don't believe that Bruno understands where they are becuase of his age representing innocence he doesn't understand whats going on. During the chapter we can tell this when he says none of the other children look all that nice, when he says this we know he doesn't understand why the family moved houses.
8. Does Gretel understand where they are? Explain. I think at the end of the chapter how she is described before she looks out the window and the last sentence "but after a moment her eyes adjusted and the sun disappeared again and she saw exactly what Bruno had been talking about" We can infer from this last statement that Gretal understands exactly what is happening which is why we are given such a dramatic lead up before she looks out the window.
9. How is Bruno's description of 'Out-with' represent a motif? What is darkly ironic about this? The dark irony of this motif is that Bruno thinks that 'out-with' means that the old owners have left to live in another place but as the reader and our knowledge of history we can infer that either the old owners were not good enough for the job and were killed or they were Jewish owners and they had been taken away or killed by the Nazi's.
10. Read pgs 27-29. How are Bruno's and Gretel's reaction to 'the children' Bruno sees through the window different? What does this tell us about these two characters and their perception/understanding of where they are? Once again we are given evidence that Bruno is still the innocent character becuase he reacts the way a young kid would by using his mother's rules like 'don't judge a book by its cover' we can understand that Bruno doesn't understand why the kid's are there. In comparison to Gretal we as the reader get the feeling with the dramatic lead up to her looking out the window that she is shocked and horrified on whats happening and we get the sense that she understands exactly whats happening where as Bruno is still naive about the whole situation.