Shmuel to his family back in Poland (if they were still alive) about his life in the camp and his best friend Bruno.
Dear family,
I am still very sad about all that has happened to us back home and I can never forget how I was taken away and the trip coming here to camp. For days and nights I was awake thinking about what will happen and whether I will ever come home to see your faces once again. I am now struggling to survive and I am always hungry and i am always picked on and beat by the other people and soldiers for doing nothing wrong. It's really sad to see the other people fight in the camp as of right now we are making hut's to live in and everyone is constantly fighting and this reminds me of home and how I always would start fights and how now I look back and see how I wish I could change everything and live everyone moment to the fullest knowing know how quickly everything can change.
Just one day as I was sitting behind the concrete rubble by myself I cam across a new Friend called Bruno. Bruno is very different to me and he lives on the other side of the fence, the first day I met him he came across quite rude but I knew that he was the only friend I will have so I had to make sure i was very nice to him. Every afternoon now Bruno comes to visit me and we sit and talk for hours about home and how our lives changed. This sometimes make me very sad but I can see that he is trying his best to listen because he understands how It felt in some regards to be taken away from home to a different place without any choice.
I hope one day I will be able to leave this place and become much better Friends with Bruno as he has asked me for dinner and for a play. But I don't think yet he understands why I am on the other side of the fence and I feel that it should be kept that way as our unlikely friendship is only able to work if Bruno is kept innocent about the whole situation. I hope despite everything that has happened Home is still the same and one day I will return to you when everything is back to normal.
Loving regards Shmuel
Bruno to his Grandmother right before going on his final adventure (imagine she was still alive)
Dear Grandmother,
I am very sad that you weren't able to visit us at our new house although I dont really think you would've enjoyed your stay I still miss you very much. Our new house Is completely different to our old house I thought that since our last house was so great that our new house would be even better but when we arrives here is 'out with' I came to see that the house was much worse so I began to think why would we move into a much worse house.
Time moved along and I realised that my opinion shouldn't be voiced as much as I normally do, I discovered this when during dinner the horrible Lt Kotler who was always around the house in Father's absence had Pavel a waiter here pour him another glass of wine when he accidentally dropped it on Kotler's lap and after that I only remember crying after Kotler beat Pavel severely for just an accident. From them I realised that living here was something much more than changing houses I felt like I was here for a job also and my job was only to keep quiet and do as I was told.
Despite all the negativity I found only one thing that I would mainly spend my time on which was making a new friend. When we first arrived at the house I noticed an odd type of camp with huge fences that went on for miles and different types of buildings which let out a huge amount of smoke daily which I thought was very strange and also very horrible I decided to start exploration since there was nothing else to do around the house. On my first day I say something very amazing a boy, out my window I could see people but I was told by my father that the people in pyjamas actually weren't people at all so when I say a boy in pyjamas I felt like saying to dad that I found a boy in pyjamas but I then I thought about not causing trouble so I decided to keep it to myself.
From that point on I spent every afternoon of every day talking to this new friend, I discovered his name was Shmuel and he was from a family in Poland which wad further evidence that he was a person. During our conversations we talked about home and friends and life before we both were taken away to a different place. I discovered that Shmuel was also taken away from his home which made my feel better that I wasn't the only person who had to go through that. Months went on but after all I learned still one question hadn't been answered why couldn't he leave the camp and why he was wearing pyjamas. Naturally I left it alone becuase I didn't want to upset my new friend but now I think to myself I should ask father for Gretal and myself to go back to Berlin for a day to visit you since you couldn't get here last visit and hopefully I will be able to see you soon.
From your loving Bruno
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Chapter 15 Boy in Striped PJ's
(163) Why doesn't Bruno like Kotler? What does he observe and not understand about Kotler when his father is away?
He doesn't like Kotler becuase he is so aggressive and intimidating. Bruno doesn't understand why when his Father has to go for an overnight trip back o Berlin why Kotler Immediately thinks that he is in charge of the house when his father is gone.
(163) What is meant when Kotler uses the cliche 'Don't worry, this one knows which side his bread is buttered on.'?
We don't exactly know who he is talking about but he means that the person know what his or her interest in life and know what her or she doesn't like.
(165) How would you describe the interaction between Kotler and Bruno?
I would describe the interaction as a very bad relationship between the two characters. Kotler is very rude and mean to Bruno and we get evidence of Kotler trying to torment Bruno when he takes his book away from him. We can understand Kotler does this to Bruno purely becuase he can.
(166) What surprise does Bruno get?
Bruno realizes that Shmuel is at the house.
(167) How is juxtaposition used when Bruno compares his hand to Shmuel's?
The juxtaposition between the hand of Bruno and the hand of Shmuel represent the lives that they live. Bruno being very healthy and living a nice life with a house and family and food, where as Shmuel living of a life of hardship, starvation and being constantly hurt by soldiers has made him looked very deprived and sick.
(168-9) Does Bruno understand the pressure that Shmuel is under?
No becuase when Bruno gives Shmuel the three slices of chicken and he eats it incredibly quickly when Bruno says 'You didn't have to eat it that quickly'. We definitely understand that Bruno doesn't understand if he gets caught eating food in the house he will be punished severely by Kotler.
(171-2) What dramatic situation unfolds and what is Bruno's reaction?
Kotler comes in and finds the two boys talking and discovers that Shmuel has eaten some food. Kotler gets really mad and shouts at Bruno asking him if he knows and Shmuel becuase Shmuel says that they are friends. Unfortunately Bruno has to deny this so he is able to leave this tense situation.
(173-4) What does Bruno think of himself because of the way he reacts? How is the major theme 'fear' portrayed in this scene? What does it do to Bruno and Shmuel?
Bruno thinks of himself as a coward and a bad friend. Fear is portrayed in this scene by one character Kotler. I think Kotler in this book symbolizes fear and this makes Bruno answer and act differently than he normally does all becuase of fear.
(175) What does Bruno say that prompts Shmuel to offer his hand in friendship? How is this symbolic?
He doesn't like Kotler becuase he is so aggressive and intimidating. Bruno doesn't understand why when his Father has to go for an overnight trip back o Berlin why Kotler Immediately thinks that he is in charge of the house when his father is gone.
(163) What is meant when Kotler uses the cliche 'Don't worry, this one knows which side his bread is buttered on.'?
We don't exactly know who he is talking about but he means that the person know what his or her interest in life and know what her or she doesn't like.
(165) How would you describe the interaction between Kotler and Bruno?
I would describe the interaction as a very bad relationship between the two characters. Kotler is very rude and mean to Bruno and we get evidence of Kotler trying to torment Bruno when he takes his book away from him. We can understand Kotler does this to Bruno purely becuase he can.
(166) What surprise does Bruno get?
Bruno realizes that Shmuel is at the house.
(167) How is juxtaposition used when Bruno compares his hand to Shmuel's?
The juxtaposition between the hand of Bruno and the hand of Shmuel represent the lives that they live. Bruno being very healthy and living a nice life with a house and family and food, where as Shmuel living of a life of hardship, starvation and being constantly hurt by soldiers has made him looked very deprived and sick.
(168-9) Does Bruno understand the pressure that Shmuel is under?
No becuase when Bruno gives Shmuel the three slices of chicken and he eats it incredibly quickly when Bruno says 'You didn't have to eat it that quickly'. We definitely understand that Bruno doesn't understand if he gets caught eating food in the house he will be punished severely by Kotler.
(171-2) What dramatic situation unfolds and what is Bruno's reaction?
Kotler comes in and finds the two boys talking and discovers that Shmuel has eaten some food. Kotler gets really mad and shouts at Bruno asking him if he knows and Shmuel becuase Shmuel says that they are friends. Unfortunately Bruno has to deny this so he is able to leave this tense situation.
(173-4) What does Bruno think of himself because of the way he reacts? How is the major theme 'fear' portrayed in this scene? What does it do to Bruno and Shmuel?
Bruno thinks of himself as a coward and a bad friend. Fear is portrayed in this scene by one character Kotler. I think Kotler in this book symbolizes fear and this makes Bruno answer and act differently than he normally does all becuase of fear.
(175) What does Bruno say that prompts Shmuel to offer his hand in friendship? How is this symbolic?
Bruno says to Shmuel that he shouldn't of acted so cowardly and he shouldn't never denied that they were friends and he let Shmuel down and he will never do it again and he said sorry. When they shook hands this represents the strong friendship that they have and how these two juxtaposed characters could be friends disregarding everything that is happening around them.
Chapter 14 Boy in Striped PJ's
(150-1) What information do we get that makes the reader start to feel that he is becoming less innocent and more ignorant?
When Bruno again asks about the clothes that Shmuel wears we do get the sense Bruno is trying to convince himself to not believe what is going on.
(151-3) What is interesting about the weather and how does it relate to the overall emotion of this stage in the book?
The weather is interesting becuase rain represents sadness and dullness and normally rain ruins the day in some respect. We can use the weather as a symbol of the situation Bruno is in at this stage of the book.
(153) What does Bruno accidentally say to Gretel?
Bruno accidentally says to Gretal he should be with Shmuel
(154-5) Is Bruno able to consider Gretel's feelings? How do you know?
We know this becuase Bruno understands when he said he should be with Shmuel he understands that Gretal desperately misses her friends which is why she acted so angrily when Bruno decided not to answer her when she was asking 'who was Shmuel.
(155) What is it that motivates Bruno not to tell Gretel the truth? How does this portray Bruno as being selfish?
Bruno decides that Shmuel is his friend not Gretal's friend to he decides to tell a lie so Gretal wont be able to make any friends. This portrays Bruno as Selfish becuase he doesn't want Gretal to make friends therefore making her slightly miserable.
(158) What is it that Bruno realises when he starts recounting what Shmuel tells him? Why do you think that this is when he finally starts to realise what Shmuel is experiencing?
When he is telling the lie about his imaginary friend to Gretal and repeats what Shmuel has being saying to him he realizes 'why didn't I say anything to try to help Shmuel' he does this becuase after he repeats is to himself he realizes how horrible to situation is which Shmuel is in.
(159) What is ironic and hypocritical about what Gretel tells Bruno regarding imaginary friends?
When Bruno again asks about the clothes that Shmuel wears we do get the sense Bruno is trying to convince himself to not believe what is going on.
(151-3) What is interesting about the weather and how does it relate to the overall emotion of this stage in the book?
The weather is interesting becuase rain represents sadness and dullness and normally rain ruins the day in some respect. We can use the weather as a symbol of the situation Bruno is in at this stage of the book.
(153) What does Bruno accidentally say to Gretel?
Bruno accidentally says to Gretal he should be with Shmuel
(154-5) Is Bruno able to consider Gretel's feelings? How do you know?
We know this becuase Bruno understands when he said he should be with Shmuel he understands that Gretal desperately misses her friends which is why she acted so angrily when Bruno decided not to answer her when she was asking 'who was Shmuel.
(155) What is it that motivates Bruno not to tell Gretel the truth? How does this portray Bruno as being selfish?
Bruno decides that Shmuel is his friend not Gretal's friend to he decides to tell a lie so Gretal wont be able to make any friends. This portrays Bruno as Selfish becuase he doesn't want Gretal to make friends therefore making her slightly miserable.
(158) What is it that Bruno realises when he starts recounting what Shmuel tells him? Why do you think that this is when he finally starts to realise what Shmuel is experiencing?
When he is telling the lie about his imaginary friend to Gretal and repeats what Shmuel has being saying to him he realizes 'why didn't I say anything to try to help Shmuel' he does this becuase after he repeats is to himself he realizes how horrible to situation is which Shmuel is in.
(159) What is ironic and hypocritical about what Gretel tells Bruno regarding imaginary friends?
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Cris
How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?
Juxtaposition is used in this poem how we see at the start of the poem we see how great life was with all the colorful description used then all of a sudden life was gone by the gas chamber.
Juxtaposition is used in this poem how we see at the start of the poem we see how great life was with all the colorful description used then all of a sudden life was gone by the gas chamber.
The proportion of happiness to darkness in the poem represents how life was so great and then how quickly how life was taken away. Cruelty by ambition (loss of humanity)
Fragility of life
How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?
Descriptive language is used in this poem to enhance the reader's reaction by means of juxtaposition. "No one saw a sunrise more perfect, to her, She so vividly smells the fragrance of his hair, his ears,his breath in the morning" This description given about what we infer to be the interaction between a daughter and mother is so happy and colorful. "But this is merely the surface,As she watches her little God sheared,and stripped,For the gas chamber." Once again we are given a strong description which contains loss of humanity and cruelty. The author juxtaposes this to create a strong message about how great life was and how quickly all that changed resulting to the end of life.
Daniel
Laura Crist
And the child held her hand
A child tiny for almost eight,
Deep blue eyes that dominated his face,
When he explained new events to her,
that funny doggy,
that pretty rock,
And the freckles on his cheek,
No one saw a sunrise more perfect,
to her,
She so vividly smells the fragrance of
his hair,
his ears,
his breath in the morning
She vividly hears that little heartbeat,
that was hers
always hers,
and the laughter,
that raspy little laugh,
when he caught her in a conundrum.
All this,
But this is merely the surface,
As she watches her little God sheared,
and stripped,
For the gas chamber.What visual techniques are employed in this painting?
How do these visual techniques highlight major thematic elements of holocaust art and literature?
The use of color and representation black being evil and red being the hope of the Jews that the evil is overpowering the hope of the jews which represents the greater picture of the Holocaust how in the end the Jews were helpless against the Nazi power and Brutality
The use of lines and colour are used by the artist to symbolise the struggle
evil and hope between the Nazi's and the Jew's in the Holocaust. The dark evil black and white colour which is used to represent the Nazi people and the red usedto symbolise the Jew's hope is being infected by the black colour seeping throughto the red. These vectors makes us come to the conclusion that the Nazi's are strangling all hope from the Jews and the evil is overpowering the Jew's Hope.
Notes:Techniques quotes (How used) How relates to themeHolocaust themes (Loss of innocence, loss of humanity, Nazi Brutality, fragility
Chapter 13 Boy in Striped PJ's
(134) How does the initial paragraph frame Bruno's state of mind?
At the start of the chapter Bruno is feeling quite fine about the new changes in his life since he had spent all of his afternoons with Shmuel he is quite happy now with his new life.
(136) What does the question Bruno asks Maria show about his development?
The question he asks shows that Bruno is starting to grow up and he starts to want to know more about what is going on rather than just going along with all the changes in his life.
(137) What is important about Maria's reaction to Bruno's question?s
Maria's reaction tell us that she didn't expect Bruno to ask such a question and she doesn't know how to answer the question without telling Bruno too much about what is going on becuase she knows she could get in serious trouble.
(138) Why does Bruno want to tell Shmuel about Pavel? What does this highlight about Bruno's understanding of what is going on?
When Bruno tells Shmuel about Pavel it really assures us that Bruno still doesn't know whats going on becuase when he tries to tell the story he is aiming to try to relate to Shmuel by telling him one of his people is living in his house.
(140) What do the boys argue about? Who does Bruno defend? Who is right/wrong? Why?
The boys argue about if there are any good soldiers in reality Shmuel is right becuase he has first hand experience on what the soldiers are really doing but Bruno only defends his dad becuase he doesn't know what he is really doing and what kinds of things he is in charge of becuase of his new promotion.
(140) Shmuel says 'You don't know what it's like here.' and Bruno reacts by saying 'You don't have any sisters, do you?' He says this to avoid an answer to Shmuel. What does this show about Bruno's understanding of what is happening?
This further gives evidence that Bruno is still naive about the situation, we know this becuase Bruno believes that his situation is a lot worse becuase he has an older sister his is a hopeless case. But really Bruno has no idea what Shmuel is going through so he just guesses that he is going through worse
(141) What connection do the boys have regarding Lt. Kotler?
The only think they agree on is Lt Kotler is a intimidating angry person and they both dislike him.
(142) What has changed in the the way Bruno sees Pavel?
As Bruno understanding of people has progressed unfortunately his idea about the bigger picture is still the same he sees Pavel in a new light and he can see by the way he looks and walks that something is going on and Pavel doesn't look very well.
(143) What important words are used to describe the way the father eats and addresses Bruno? What makes them important? How do they relate to the scene and the father as a character?
Bruno describes Father in two very important examples 'attacking a leg of lamb' 'leaning forward and pointing his knife at the boy' these two examples really symbolism Bruno's father hidden personality in his line of work. Bruno obviously doesn't know what his father is really doing for his job and these two descriptions are an exact representation of what he has to do.
(145) We learn Lt. Kotler's first name - 'Kurt'. What is it about the sounds in his full name that are important? 'Kurt Kotler'
His name has a similar sound to 'hurt' which really is ironic relating to his personality and what he does to Pavel at the end of the dinner.
(146-7) What do we learn about Kotler's father? What is Bruno's father's reaction/suggestion regarding Kotler's father leaving Germany for Switzerland?
Bruno's father is suggesting that the reason why Kurt's dad left Germany because he was a Jew.
(148) What happens to break the tension at the dinner table? What does Kotler do and what are everyone's reactions? What does Bruno decide regarding disagreeing with anyone anymore after seeing what happens to Kotler? What does this relate to historically in regards to the Nazis?
The tension is cut by Pavel accidentally spilling wine of Lt Kotler's lap once this happens we don't get the full details but we know that Lt Kotler hits Pavel properly very severely becuase we know Bruno starts to cry. What is especially sad about this is nobody not even mother or father stopped Kurt from doing this. Bruno is starting to understand for his best interest all he has to do is get on with his life and not disagree with anyone just go along with everything that happens. This relates exactly to the historical situation of the Nazi's, we know at this time the Nazi's is history punished all people who had a different view about all the changes that Hitler made so we get to understand how this Dinner represents a larger historical theme.
At the start of the chapter Bruno is feeling quite fine about the new changes in his life since he had spent all of his afternoons with Shmuel he is quite happy now with his new life.
(136) What does the question Bruno asks Maria show about his development?
The question he asks shows that Bruno is starting to grow up and he starts to want to know more about what is going on rather than just going along with all the changes in his life.
(137) What is important about Maria's reaction to Bruno's question?s
Maria's reaction tell us that she didn't expect Bruno to ask such a question and she doesn't know how to answer the question without telling Bruno too much about what is going on becuase she knows she could get in serious trouble.
(138) Why does Bruno want to tell Shmuel about Pavel? What does this highlight about Bruno's understanding of what is going on?
When Bruno tells Shmuel about Pavel it really assures us that Bruno still doesn't know whats going on becuase when he tries to tell the story he is aiming to try to relate to Shmuel by telling him one of his people is living in his house.
(140) What do the boys argue about? Who does Bruno defend? Who is right/wrong? Why?
The boys argue about if there are any good soldiers in reality Shmuel is right becuase he has first hand experience on what the soldiers are really doing but Bruno only defends his dad becuase he doesn't know what he is really doing and what kinds of things he is in charge of becuase of his new promotion.
(140) Shmuel says 'You don't know what it's like here.' and Bruno reacts by saying 'You don't have any sisters, do you?' He says this to avoid an answer to Shmuel. What does this show about Bruno's understanding of what is happening?
This further gives evidence that Bruno is still naive about the situation, we know this becuase Bruno believes that his situation is a lot worse becuase he has an older sister his is a hopeless case. But really Bruno has no idea what Shmuel is going through so he just guesses that he is going through worse
(141) What connection do the boys have regarding Lt. Kotler?
The only think they agree on is Lt Kotler is a intimidating angry person and they both dislike him.
(142) What has changed in the the way Bruno sees Pavel?
As Bruno understanding of people has progressed unfortunately his idea about the bigger picture is still the same he sees Pavel in a new light and he can see by the way he looks and walks that something is going on and Pavel doesn't look very well.
(143) What important words are used to describe the way the father eats and addresses Bruno? What makes them important? How do they relate to the scene and the father as a character?
Bruno describes Father in two very important examples 'attacking a leg of lamb' 'leaning forward and pointing his knife at the boy' these two examples really symbolism Bruno's father hidden personality in his line of work. Bruno obviously doesn't know what his father is really doing for his job and these two descriptions are an exact representation of what he has to do.
(145) We learn Lt. Kotler's first name - 'Kurt'. What is it about the sounds in his full name that are important? 'Kurt Kotler'
His name has a similar sound to 'hurt' which really is ironic relating to his personality and what he does to Pavel at the end of the dinner.
(146-7) What do we learn about Kotler's father? What is Bruno's father's reaction/suggestion regarding Kotler's father leaving Germany for Switzerland?
Bruno's father is suggesting that the reason why Kurt's dad left Germany because he was a Jew.
(148) What happens to break the tension at the dinner table? What does Kotler do and what are everyone's reactions? What does Bruno decide regarding disagreeing with anyone anymore after seeing what happens to Kotler? What does this relate to historically in regards to the Nazis?
The tension is cut by Pavel accidentally spilling wine of Lt Kotler's lap once this happens we don't get the full details but we know that Lt Kotler hits Pavel properly very severely becuase we know Bruno starts to cry. What is especially sad about this is nobody not even mother or father stopped Kurt from doing this. Bruno is starting to understand for his best interest all he has to do is get on with his life and not disagree with anyone just go along with everything that happens. This relates exactly to the historical situation of the Nazi's, we know at this time the Nazi's is history punished all people who had a different view about all the changes that Hitler made so we get to understand how this Dinner represents a larger historical theme.
Chapter 12 Boy in Striped PJ's
(126) How would you compare Shmuel's voice to Bruno's?
We are given the feeling that Shmuel is a very shy polite boy who has learnt unfortunately from being so harshly treated from the soldiers to not speak his mind and just to be as quiet as possible.
(128-130) How would you describe the way that Bruno acts and reacts to Shmuel tell his story about coming to the camp?
Bruno is very quiet when Shmuel starts to talk about his life before he came to camp. Before Bruno though that Shmuel and himself were quite similar in how both of them were taken away from their nice homes but after he asks a few questions why he was taken away we get the sense that Bruno has a slight understanding that his situation is very different to the situation Shmuel is in.
(131) When Bruno and Shmuel talk about chocolate how is Bruno portrayed?
Bruno is portrayed as very rude and arrogant, he is shown to not feel any empathy towards Shmuel but we can understand this becuase of Bruno's innocence and lack of understanding.
(132) Do you think that Bruno understands the situation that Shmuel is in?
Even though we do get some hints during the chapter when Bruno reminds to himself not to be rude and no to ask certain questions. We still get the sense when Bruno asks Shmuel to come over to dinner and when he tried to lift the fence up, he still doesn't understand the situation Shmuel is in.
(133) What is ironic about Bruno thinking 'the last think he wanted to do was be unkind to Shmuel'?
What is ironic about that is from the book we conclude since Bruno's dad is a Nazi soldier who is very high up commander we understand that Bruno's family is Nazi influenced who obviously for the Nazi is first Priority is to kill and get rid of the Jew's for the good of the country. What is ironic about this is since we as the reader understand from a historical prospective what the Nazi's actions to the Jews are, when Bruno says ''the last think he wanted to do was be unkind to Shmuel' it is ironic how he wants to be kind to Shmuel when everyone around him is doing the complete opposite.
(133) What is ironic about the statement - 'Bruno was of the opinion that when it came to parents, and especially when it came to sisters, what they didn't know couldn't hurt them.'?
Whats is ironic about this statement Bruno really thinks that this small detail which in fact is a huge secret could be kept from them without any harm when in fact everyone around Bruno including his Parents are keeping huge secrets about that camp from him so in fact since Bruno is been kept in the dark from the secret about that camp he can't quite understand the significance of what he is doing.
We are given the feeling that Shmuel is a very shy polite boy who has learnt unfortunately from being so harshly treated from the soldiers to not speak his mind and just to be as quiet as possible.
(128-130) How would you describe the way that Bruno acts and reacts to Shmuel tell his story about coming to the camp?
Bruno is very quiet when Shmuel starts to talk about his life before he came to camp. Before Bruno though that Shmuel and himself were quite similar in how both of them were taken away from their nice homes but after he asks a few questions why he was taken away we get the sense that Bruno has a slight understanding that his situation is very different to the situation Shmuel is in.
(131) When Bruno and Shmuel talk about chocolate how is Bruno portrayed?
Bruno is portrayed as very rude and arrogant, he is shown to not feel any empathy towards Shmuel but we can understand this becuase of Bruno's innocence and lack of understanding.
(132) Do you think that Bruno understands the situation that Shmuel is in?
Even though we do get some hints during the chapter when Bruno reminds to himself not to be rude and no to ask certain questions. We still get the sense when Bruno asks Shmuel to come over to dinner and when he tried to lift the fence up, he still doesn't understand the situation Shmuel is in.
(133) What is ironic about Bruno thinking 'the last think he wanted to do was be unkind to Shmuel'?
What is ironic about that is from the book we conclude since Bruno's dad is a Nazi soldier who is very high up commander we understand that Bruno's family is Nazi influenced who obviously for the Nazi is first Priority is to kill and get rid of the Jew's for the good of the country. What is ironic about this is since we as the reader understand from a historical prospective what the Nazi's actions to the Jews are, when Bruno says ''the last think he wanted to do was be unkind to Shmuel' it is ironic how he wants to be kind to Shmuel when everyone around him is doing the complete opposite.
(133) What is ironic about the statement - 'Bruno was of the opinion that when it came to parents, and especially when it came to sisters, what they didn't know couldn't hurt them.'?
Whats is ironic about this statement Bruno really thinks that this small detail which in fact is a huge secret could be kept from them without any harm when in fact everyone around Bruno including his Parents are keeping huge secrets about that camp from him so in fact since Bruno is been kept in the dark from the secret about that camp he can't quite understand the significance of what he is doing.
Chapter 11 Boy in Striped PJ's
(118) What does the mother's obsession with her 'list' represent? What does the list distract her from? What do you think about meeting Adolf Hitler?
Mothers list represents ambition and how it has made her so focused with impressing the fury that she has become obsessed. I would be very scared and afraid about meeting Adolf Hitler because we know from historical evidence how cruel and brutal he was I would guess that his personality would be similar to the actions he partook in history.
(120) What is ironic when the father says 'The last thing we need is for either of you to start behaving like children.'?
What is Ironic about this is Father treats Bruno and Gretal as children all the time around the house but as soon as someone of importance is coming to the house suddenly they have to grow up and act impressive when really they are children anyway.
(121) How is juxtaposition used in the introduction of 'The Fury'?
Juxtaposition is used in the introduction of the Fury how a person of his actions you would expect a big, tall strong man but instead you get a small man who in fact was smaller than the lady he was with a far shorter than Bruno's Father.
(122) How is the 'Fury's' behavior juxtaposed with everyone else'?
When the fury enters the house he is portrayed as so rude compared to everyone else this is highlighted when the woman with the fury steps over and whispers to Gretal that she speaks french too and it's a beautiful language.
(123) Is this a stereotypical representation of Hitler? Why/why not?
The Hitler representation is very stereotypical becuase we as the reader who has access to historical evidence are even not able to know how his personality was we can only infer how he was due to the actions and impacts he made on history.
(124) We are given a very abbreviated discussion between the mother and father. What are they talking about? What are their views on the topic? What effect does showing the parents conversation in this manner rather than the whole conversation?
We can infer by the information that the parents are taking about what is taking place at Auschwitz and the concentration camp. Both the Mother and Father don't exactly like what is going on and we can infer that they both want to go back home and leave this whole situation but We know that Father is in a difficult situation and he must stay is his job for the protection of the family. The effect this gives to the reader is we can interpret however way we want using the abbreviated information given instead of using information.
Mothers list represents ambition and how it has made her so focused with impressing the fury that she has become obsessed. I would be very scared and afraid about meeting Adolf Hitler because we know from historical evidence how cruel and brutal he was I would guess that his personality would be similar to the actions he partook in history.
(120) What is ironic when the father says 'The last thing we need is for either of you to start behaving like children.'?
What is Ironic about this is Father treats Bruno and Gretal as children all the time around the house but as soon as someone of importance is coming to the house suddenly they have to grow up and act impressive when really they are children anyway.
(121) How is juxtaposition used in the introduction of 'The Fury'?
Juxtaposition is used in the introduction of the Fury how a person of his actions you would expect a big, tall strong man but instead you get a small man who in fact was smaller than the lady he was with a far shorter than Bruno's Father.
(122) How is the 'Fury's' behavior juxtaposed with everyone else'?
When the fury enters the house he is portrayed as so rude compared to everyone else this is highlighted when the woman with the fury steps over and whispers to Gretal that she speaks french too and it's a beautiful language.
(123) Is this a stereotypical representation of Hitler? Why/why not?
The Hitler representation is very stereotypical becuase we as the reader who has access to historical evidence are even not able to know how his personality was we can only infer how he was due to the actions and impacts he made on history.
(124) We are given a very abbreviated discussion between the mother and father. What are they talking about? What are their views on the topic? What effect does showing the parents conversation in this manner rather than the whole conversation?
We can infer by the information that the parents are taking about what is taking place at Auschwitz and the concentration camp. Both the Mother and Father don't exactly like what is going on and we can infer that they both want to go back home and leave this whole situation but We know that Father is in a difficult situation and he must stay is his job for the protection of the family. The effect this gives to the reader is we can interpret however way we want using the abbreviated information given instead of using information.
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