Chapter 7 Boy in Striped PJ's

1. How is the mother's defence of Herr Roller entirely ironic? Mother's defense of Herr Roller is entertain ironic because she defends him becuase she believes that we should take care of people who cant take care of herself when Her Husband is killing millions of Jews in the concentration camp in plain sight and she does nothing about that.
2. What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier) I think Kotler is a deeper symbol than being just a solider I believe that using the informative they give us about his appearance blond hair blue eyes etc I believe Kotler represents the German people and how historically they were depicted in this time.
3. What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters? Once again a juxtaposition is made between Paval the Jewish waiter and Kotler the Nazi soldier. We are once again given the key theme of the holocaust story about the differences between the Nazi's and the Jews. We understand about Kotler that he is a Nazi who represents the historical stereotype of treating Jews badly and papal obviously is the victim to the Nazi.
4. How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults? The interaction Bruno had with Pavel is different to all other adults becuase Pavel is the only person who listens to Bruno and is interested about what he knows and what he does all day. When Pavel asks about Bruno's exploring we can see Bruno takes a liking to him because he is interested about his exploring.
5. Why is juxtaposition a key technique employed in Holocaust texts? How has it been used in The Boy in the Striped PJ's? Juxtaposition is a key motif used in the holocaust text becuase the holocaust is all about the struggle between the Nazi's and Jew's and how they are portrayed to be so different and how they are separated from each other when they really are not so different. It has been used through boy is striped pj's first early in the book when Bruno Juxtaposes to two houses to express how wrong the house is and also the way Bruno lives and the way the Jews live in the concentration camp. Another example of this juxtaposition was in the microcosm scene where Bruno was boarding the train which was empty and had a lot of seats and the Jews were all together in a crowded train