Chapter 11+12 Boy in Striped PJ's

What are the main themes of the novel so far?
Juxtaposition
symbolism 
alliteration
Irony  

Think of 5 important questions for each of these two chapters about how important motifs and themes play a role in each chapter.

Chapter 11 Questions
Why is Hitler called The fury?
Using the way he is depicted when he enters the house and when he is talking to Bruno and Gretal what do you think Hitler was like?
How does Hitler symbolize the German people?
When Hitler remarks to Gretal why would you speak French do you think this has any relevance to the war? 
Does the title of the chapter have any impact on what is going to unfold? 


Chapter 12 Questions 
Does the the title worry you about the future relationship between Bruno and Shmuel? 
How does the lack of knowledge about the visuals that are given in the chapter highlight a motif so far in the book?
What is the irony about the armbands? 
Using the story that we are told by Shmuel do we have any indication that Shmuel knows why he's been separated and taken away?
How different is Lt Kotler depicted by Bruno and Shmuel?

Chapter 10 Boy in Striped PJ's

(105) What does the progression of 'dot' to 'boy' tell us about the role of exploring and meeting the people in the camp? What does this represent about how other Germans view the Jews? The description used by a German perspective being Bruno further communicate to us that the German's view the Jews not as people. The juxtaposition which is the holocaust story of the contrast of the Nazi's and the Jews is further explored in this description when Bruno is first describing what he discovers to be Shmuel as a dot and a blur.
(109) What effect does the boys both having the same birthday have? This detail gives us a sense that even though the Jews and Nazi's are portrayed as so different in the way they live apart and are treated differently this is a microcosm of how the Nazi's and Jews aren't really so different. 
(113-4) What do Bruno and Shmuel 'argue' about? What does Bruno decided to stop the argument? Bruno and Shmuel start to argue about which place is better Berlin or Poland. Bruno decides to stop the argument becuase he doesn't want to argue with his new friend.
(115) What does Bruno's last question reveal to Shmuel? What do you think Shmuel thinks of Bruno because of asking this question? Bruno's last question to Shmuel was asking why are so many people on that side of the fence, and what are they doing there. This question revels to Shmuel that Bruno is part of the group of the soldiers and has really no idea why they are separated.

Chapter 9 Boy in Striped PJ's

(pg95-96) How is Lt Kotler portrayed? Why is he portrayed this way? (remember that 'how' is asking about literary techniques) Lt Kotler is portrayed as very mean and rude to Bruno and he acted like no one else matter but himself. The author has used alliteration to highlight the characteristics that Lt Kotler displays. "Lieutenant Kotler 'still strode' around in his 'black boots' as if there was no one in the 'whole world' of any more importance than him"
What is Herr Liszt going to 'change' for Bruno? (98) Herr Liszt wants to change the way Bruno thinks and he wants to change his own interests around the importance of the war. ":Then this is what I am here to change... To get your head out of your storybooks and teach you more about ...."
(100) What connection does Bruno make between the people in the camp and the people that come and visit his house all the time? Bruno juxtaposes the people in pyjamas and the soldiers relating to the balance of power that is present. He realities that the soldiers have the power over the people in pyjamas and they 'Jump to attention whenever the soldiers approach' Bruno makes this connection when he decides why one has power of the other and then how he describes them as being similar.
What some of the things that Bruno begins to take notice of regarding the relationship between the soldiers and the people in 'pyjamas'? Bruno starts to notice that the people in pyjamas act very differently around the soldiers and for some reason they are treated differently around the soldiers.

Notes

Boy in striped PJ's 
Theme
Historical/ human themes

Theme (motif used to highlight theme)
- Innosence

Motif (The repeated use of technique)
-Juxtaposition
-alliteration
-Irony

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

Chapter 6 Boy in Striped PJ's

• On pg 60 Bruno reveals a radical shift in his perspective and understanding of Maria. What is this radical shift? What does this show is developing in Bruno? At start of this chapter suddenly Bruno thinks in a more adult way and has his own sense of realization of the world he lives in. Typically for a young boy or girl that age they live their life thinking that the world is all about them. But once they grow older they gain knowledge and experience and come to terms on what the world is really about. Bruno figures out himself that what he's going through is similar to what other people are going through to and he starts to think more like a worldly person . Empathy

• Compare how Bruno and Gretel treat Maria.There is a massive difference in the way Bruno and Gretal treat Maria. Bruno after suddenly realizing that people are living people with feelings, he starts to treat Maria with lots of respect and thinks of Maria as a friend after he listened to her story and how she ended up working for the family. Gretal on the other hand treats Gretal like a slave and she is very rude and selfish the way she acts and treats Maria. Gretal feels that she has a dominance over her becuase Maria works for the family and even though Maria is working for the family Gretal doesn't treat her like an elder person like Bruno does.
• (pg 65) What is Maria's advice to Bruno about 'keeping safe'? Why do you think that she gives this advice? Do you think that it is good or bad advice? Since we understand what she means because of our historical knowledge we know that she means for Bruno to stay out of trouble and not to express his feelings or ask any questions about the camp which is actually a concentration camp. She gives this advice becuase she starts to notice Bruno is very expressive about what he feels and Maria knows if he talks about of asks any questions about the camp to any higher up Nazi Soldier the whole family could be in a lot of trouble. I think this is good advice becuase it will get to a stage where father will not tolerate his behavior since he is especially nice to him because they just recently moved and father understands that is a lot to take in.
• (65-6) What is Bruno's reaction to his new thoughts/feelings? Why do you think that he reacts this way? Bruno is very surprised about his new feelings becuase he likes to express himself and he is the only character who does express himself and he feels that things will never go back to the way they were back in Berlin so he is very upset that he feels the life he had in Berlin will never be revisited. 

Chapter 5 Boy in Striped PJ's

1. What does it say that we only actually meet the father in the book in Chapter 5 even though he is the one causing much of the action in the book? We can infer that becuase we have only been introduced to father in chapter 5 we get the sense that he is very important is always on military business. It also means that becuase of the work the father does whether he wants to do it or not he is very detached from his family and therefore is always away and is even though a major character is also at the same time a minor character
2. the mother says: ‘We should have never let the Fury come to dinner. Some people and their determination to get ahead.’ What theme does this introduce regarding the role of ambition and causing harm? The theme that we can pick out from this quote is that some sort of army officers had come over to the house to have dinner with the family in order to get popularity with the father. Instead of going to dinner to get closer to the family they had gone just to try to get a promotion or to get favored over all the others.
3. How does Bruno's father speak to him? Give an example to support your answer. "Well, i don't think you can be very good at your job if it means we all have to move away from a very nice home and our friends and come to a horrible place like this." "You don't understand the significance of such a position" father said. Prior to this chapter we get the image of father as being a typical Nazi officer who is dark and evil and emotionless. But from this chapter we feel that his father is very considerate of Bruno and his feeling about all the changes so he is very nice ans supportive of Bruno to do his best to make him feel at home.
4. How would you compare the way Bruno speaks about the world to his father's? Do they both comment about what is going on around them the same? We could say Bruno speaks exactly what he see's and what he doesn't like in his world where as his Father speaks like a politician who speaks around the truth and rationalizes and convinces himself that he's doing the right thing for the good of Germany.
5. How does the father rationalise every concern that Bruno has? Bruno's father has a good tway of understating everything that happening and changing. For example when Bruno says that he hates the new house and asks why would they move from such a nice house to a horrible house Bruno's father just says it could be better if you do more exploring and take the best
6. What is ironic about what the father says when he comes around the desk and talks to Bruno about his childhood?
7. Do you think that the father really cares about Bruno? Why/why not? Yes I believe he cares deeply about Bruno but the job he has been asked to do has made him very distant from his family as he is trying to keep them away from his work. In this chapter we get the sense that he is trying to help Bruno get through all the changes that have happened.
8. Do you think that Bruno understands what he is saying when he says 'Heil Hitler!'? No becuase as he reader we know the historical facts on why they say 'heil Hitler' and the fact is he forgot to saw it as he was leaving his fathers office we get the idea that he doesn't exactly understand what that means.
9. How is juxtaposition used in Bruno's description of their boarding the train to Auschwitz? The juxtaposition between Bruno's way of living and the Jews between the trains they are taking to Auschwitz where Bruno is very comfortable and the Jews are all crowded in one train. This scene is a microcosm of the main theme how he doesn't do the right thing because Ill get in trouble and his dad and Germany whether he should do the right thing or not about the treatment of the Jews.
10. What is Bruno's reason for not saying anything to the Jews on the crowded train? How is this a representation of the greater German population? Bruno's feeling at that point represent the larger scale freedom of speech which is happening all around Germany. We know from previous chapters that what differs Bruno from all the other characters is that when something happens he is the only character who expresses his feeling while everyone else just stays silent. this is another example where he has to follow the crowd being his family so he wont get in trouble.

Holocaust Poerty

Homeland
Lois E. Olena

It was Christmas eve
and there was no room in the inn,
the Oswiecim inn,
so the Arrow Cross
took the children,
barefooted
and in their nighties,
out to the Danube
and filled their little bellies
not with bread
but bullets
flipping them
like tiddlywinks
into the congealing, icy river below.

It was the Red Danube
that night,
choking on the blood
of orphan Jews
whose little Blue faces
floated downstream
touring even all of Europe
until they washed up
on the shores of Eretz Yisrael (Jewish homeland)
and came back to life,
their little blue and white
bodies
raised high,
flapping in the wind.

1. How is imagery used in this poem?
   

   Imagery is used in this poem to describe how the Nazi soldiers treated the Jews

     in particular the Children. Throughout the Poem we are given a horrible image of death 

   and suffering represented by use of similes. 

   "And filled their little bellies not with bread but bullets flipping them like tiddlywinks into the congealing, icy river below"

2. Discuss the effect of the simile in this poem. The effect of the simile used in the question above expresses the treatment given to the Jewish children by the Nazi soldiers as much more personal and dramatic rather than just saying they were killed. This simile gives us the sense that what the children went through was ultimate suffering.
3. How is alliteration used in the poem? What is the effect? ?
4. How does the author juxtapose the innocence of the children to the cruelty they experienced? The author represents the children as being innocent on Christmas eve with their 'nighties' on. The Author juxtaposes this with the Nazi soldiers being the obvious opposite of this and how suddenly being taken and brutally killed.
5. What is meant by 'touring all of Europe'? The author uses this as a pun to describe how when the Children are killed and dumped in the river their bodies will float through the current and travel around Europe. The author uses understatement of this action when really we know that this would be unthinkable.

Donald Duck

1. How are the Germans (and Japanese) portrayed in the opening sequence? How is irony created?
   The Germans and Japanese are portrayed and big and the best and the others or weak, irony is created because that wasn't always the case as they don't look like it.
2. How is propaganda and the effect of propaganda portrayed with the introduction of Donald Duck?
   Propaganda is portrayed with the introduction on Donald Duck by having all the Nazi stuff around him, and example of this is his clock with no numbers only Nazi symbols.
3. How is irony continued into the breakfast scene?
   Irony is created into the breakfast scene is that they're not allowed coffee in the master race.
4. How is Naxi Germany portrayed in the opening shot at 3:30?
   Nazi Germany is portrayed as the greatest race on earth.
5. What is ironic about the song lyrics regarding work and what is happening in the scene?
   ...
6. What does the conveyor belt portray regarding the lifestyle of Germans?
   That they need a lot of bombs and they get people to sit there and make them.
7. Why do you think that there aren't actually any people that force Donald to work? We only see the ends of bayonets and a speaker. I think they only use bayonets symbolise that they only associate themselves with people by danger.
8. What is ironic about the vacation?
   The irony about the vacation is that its only for about 10 seconds then he had to work again.
9. In the dream sequence, how are the Germans portrayed? Why?
   The Germans are portrayed as bombs to show their danger. they do this because they evil.
10. What do the pajamas when we see Donald in his bed tell us?
    That he loves America and is proud to be American.
11. What is the Statue of Liberty used to convey?
    The Statue of Liberty is used to convey his American pride.
12. How is Hilter portrayed at the end of the film? What is it about his face that is important?
    He is portrayed as a little cowardice man that couldn't lead a race.
13. Why is this a representation of propaganda? Why is it actually ironic considering the way the Nazi's are portrayed?
    This is a representation of propaganda because they are proud to be a Nazi and wish to express it, its ironic because its almost like they need to prove it to themselves.
14. Who are the villains, victims, and heroes?
    Villains - Nazis
    Victims - Donald duck
    Heroes - America/statue of liberty
15. How are the portrayed?They are portrayed as being the 'bad' people pushing Donald Duck around which also makes him the victim, but then at the end of the clip is shows Donald Duck with his American pride saving him from the dream.

Visual Techniques in Life is Beautiful

key words/focus:
camera angle (low, high, eye-level), vectors, lighting, composition

(4:20) How are camera angles used when Joshua says 'Thank you' (not in German)? Which angles are used to view each of the characters? What does each of these angle signify?
This shot is a high angle shot because it is looking down at the food and Joshua. The high angle is less dominate to Joshua because he is below eye level.
(4:45) What shot distance and angle is used to show Guido's concern for Joshua when the German waiter leaves the room? Describe the composition)
An eye level shot with a medium length shot because it has some background of the door. This is a long shot. We have geometric shapes and with a balance of shapes on each sides. On the other hand Guido is not symmetrical and it is not balanced, With a close up shot.
(4:46) How is shot of Guido contrasted to the shot of the German waiter walking away to tell someone what has just happened? Describe the composition and compare it to the previous shot of a concerned Guido.
Everything on the German side was very sharp and neat when on Guido everything was unbalanced.
(5:02-05) How is the shot of the German's contrasted to that of Guido teaching the children to say 'Thank You'? The German's have a low angle shot with very strong posture, to represent the power of the Germans. On the other hand Guido has a high shit with Guido leaning over making him less dominate with kids around him. This is contrasting the two types of people because Guido is very movable when the German is Very stiff.

Visual Techniques

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2. How are vectors used in this image? What effect does it have? The vectors that are most obvious to us are the lines created by the Nazi flags both sloping down to the focal point (Hitler).  This vector has the effect on creating Hitler as the most important figure in the picture.
3. Describe the composition of the image and what is tells us about the Nazis and Hitler. In this photo we have Hitler in the middle ground which give us a sense of Symmetry and line which lead us to the focal point which is Hitler and how he is separated from his party and all the soldiers. Also in the background the symmetry that the crowd seems to go on forever which give us a sense of infinite power.
4. How is symmetry used? What effect does it have? Symmetry is used in this picture as it represents the formality of the Nazi Germans. We can see in the photo that all the Nazi's are all in lines perfectly in form which give us a sense that they were very precise and disciplined. 
5. What effect does this picture being in black and white have? The absence of color represents a absence of emotion. The contrast of the black being the soldiers and the white being the public we get the sense of an evil and the crowd look like they are looking to the Nazi's for leadership and salvation. Also the sense of time and lack of color and absence of life distances the us from the photo due to the still image effect that the photo has.
6. Discuss the use of line in this image. What effect does it have? The use of lines of the soldiers frame Hitler. Also the line which connects the banner lines and the lines from the carpet make a X marks the spot right on Hitler which give us a further sense of focal point for Hitler. 

Chapter 4 Boy in Striped PJ's

• (pg 31) How does the author continue to use juxtaposition in regards to the two housing situations? (the Jews and Bruno's family) The traditional juxtaposition of the Holocaust story was the Juxtaposition of the Jews and Nazi's. Once again the Author places another juxtaposition in when the family is placed in a house which is even though described as horrible by Bruno and Gretal it is still a house and the Jew's in a dirty concentration camp. Even though the Nazi's view the Jews as so different to themselves they are actually not even though they went through so much to separate by means of the huge fences both around the house and around the camp.
• What is it about the children that makes it difficult to understand exactly what they see through the window and just how bad it is? As the reader we cant really tell how bad the situation is with the Jews in the concentration camp becuase of the lack of knowledge of the kids. Bruno is the symbol of innocence and we get he sense that he doesn't fully understand whats happening at the camp becuase his perspective is 'why are all those people wearing striped pajamas'. Even though Gretal is a bit older and more knowledgeable we still get the sense that she is naive about the whole situation when she concludes that the Jews are dirty and disgusting becuase they haven't been taking regular baths.
• Summarise how Gretel describes what she sees. We get mixed signals about what Gretal sees and how she concludes about what she sees. From what I said in the previous question this is an example of a naive thought but when she tries to convince Bruno it is the countryside we can infer that she is trying to convince Bruno into a different conclusion to hide him from the truth.
• What does Gretel attempt to do when she sees the Concentration Camp? How does she attempt to understand what she sees? We get the sense that she is trying to understand what she is seeing directly from a educational point of view. As soon as she saw the empty land she thought of what she was being taught in Geography at school which can also be evidence of her trying to convince herself into believing something else to hide the horror of  what she's really seeing.
• Is her attempt successful? Does she convince Bruno that she understands? What does she eventually give in to? What does she say/or not say? (pg 32) 'Gretal looked at it again and nodded, because she was not so silly she insists on being in the right all the time when it was clear the argument stood against her' from this quote we get confirmation that she has unsuccessfully tried to convince Bruno that the land around their house and where they are living is a holiday house in the country.
• What can't the children do when they see the Concentration Camp that the adults seem to be able to do? Which group can understand what they see? Why do you think that this is the case? I think the Adults are able to understand what they see obviously becuase they either have some part in whats happening or they are going along with all the actions that are being taken against the Jew's. Part of the reason why the children cant understand what is happening becuase of the freedom of speech that was absent in Germany at this time. We can infer from this story so far that adults don't like being asked questions and we get evidence from this at the end of the chapter when Bruno asks his dad about the camp and all he says is 'they aren't really human and they don't have anything in common with you' from this quote we can understand why the children have no idea about whats going on because the Adults don't like it when people ask questions and have their say in whats going on.
• How does the author use understatement through the children's description of the Concentration Camp?

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.

The Boy in the Striped PJ's - Chapter 2

• Using quotes, how is the new house described?

Bruno describes the new house as boring, nasty and the complete opposite of his old house. "He put his face to the glass and saw what was out there, and this time when his eyes opened wide and his mouth made the shape of an O, his hands stayed by his sides becuase something made him feel very cold and unsafe"

• How does it compare to the house in Berlin? How is this an example of juxtaposition?

The comparison of Both Buno's houses is an example of a juxtaposition becuase Bruno's whenever he describes the features of his house he always contrasts it to his old house. Similarly in this chapter the old house and the new house become a symbol of two very different lives. Bruno describes his new house as the exact opposite being cold, isolated, boring and by comparing it so drastically to his old house the reader gets a sense that there is something drastically wrong with the house.

• How is Bruno's reaction and discussion of the new house taken by the other characters? What is ironic about the way people treat Bruno's comments regarding the new house?

The irony of Bruno's reactions and discussions is that he is very emotional about all the changes that are taking place and when he tells any of the adults they are very angry about his opinion and they ignore him but the Irony is that they all feel the same way about the house but Bruno is the only character expressing his feeling this is typical for a boy his age. This idea also relates to the situation at that time in Germany where freedom of speech wasn't really taken in account and people always had to follow the leaders of people in charges instructions.

• Do you feel empathetic towards Bruno's new home? Why/why not?

Yes I feel empathetic becuase I feel that the matter of moving houses for an adult of an adolescence person is a small matter but to Bruno who is at a very young age it is a very big deal and the fact that as soon as Bruno sees the house all of these strong emotions starting pouring out the reader starts to understand that there is something very wrong about what is taking place.   

Responding to a Poem

We watched, we weeped
we witnessed love torn apart
  Our hearts sank in our chest when you were ripped from the arms of your
parents and thrown into the fire.
  You were nothing more than children. We will remember

You were helpless, defenseless against the monstrous uniformed hoard who stole your identity and gave you nothing but a pair of pyjamas and a golden star. We will remember 

You had a future. You were going to be lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. 
You had dreams, aspirations, all which were taken away in the blink of an eye.

You were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in cars, no air to breathe smothering, crying, starving, dying. We will remember

Separated from the world to be no more. From the ashes, we will hear our plea. This atrocity to mankind will not happen again. For you were the children who's lives were stolen and dreams destroyed. We will remember

Chapter 1 Boy in Striped PJ's

Boy in Striped PJ's - Chapter 1

Bruno's Voice, introduction of characters, and victims

• Describe Bruno's voice. Give examples to support.

At the start of this chapter Bruno's voice was evident that he was frustrated but in a polite tone, when he discovers that he is moving houses Bruno wants to figure out."What are you doing" he asked in a polite tone. "Mother" he insisted "Whats going on? 'Are we moving?

• What characters are introduced? Describe each and give examples to support.

In this Chapter we are introduced to Bruno, Maria, his Mother. From this chapter we can conclude that Bruno is a polite boy but is constantly left in the dark without knowing whats going on. He character is always intrigued and he always wants to explore and discover new things. This is very typical for a young boy of his age. We can tell Also from this Chapter that Maria is a servant in the House since we are told that she is always looking down and always is doing what she is told we can infer that she is probably a Jewish lady who works for the family. Bruno's Mother is a lady who seems to always be bossed around by people we can assume that she is a wife of a Nazi who is very high up in the army and has to constantly move for his work. We also know that she is constantly trying to hide Bruno from what is really going.

• Who are presented as victims in this chapter and what are the victims of? Do you think that it is fair to consider them victims?

In this chapter Bruno is described and presented as the victim of dramatic change and isolation. From this part of history we know what is happening at he time with the Jew's living in Germany being taken to concentration camps and being forced to work and also killed. I believe that depicting Bruno as a victim would be most defiantly unfair considering what the Jew's are going through.

• Irony is an important element of the story. How is it used here in the first chapter? Give examples to support your answer.

The Irony of this first chapter is that Bruno is the only character who seems to express his feeling about all the things that are happening and changing dramatically in his life but when we look at the reactions of the adults we see them to be very stubborn towards Bruno's emotions towards these changes we we later discover that the Adults also dislike all the changes in the house and feel the exact same way as Bruno but Bruno is the only character who expresses this.

• How is the setting presented in this chapter?

The setting in this chapter is juxtaposed to his old house Bruno contrasts in his head both his houses and realizes that his new house is the exact opposite to his old one and he feels unsafe, alone and isolated. 

Auschwitz 65 Years Later

 

• Consider the use of vectors, line, contrast, composition, colour, and perspective (there are more techniques)
• How can the visual elements in the photo evoke empathy and reverence from a viewer?
• How is Auschwitz represented in this photo?
• Find another photo of Auschwitz that you feel has an important representation of this place that caused so much pain and destruction. Analyse the use of visual techniques which make it particularly engaging. How does it represent this location?

1) The vectors created by the barbed wire fence leading to the distance (the tower) which leads to the focal point which represents great oppression and lack of freedom
The contrast of the building on the right and the area on the left separated by the fence represents the idea of freedom and slavery. This picture also represents how little can quickly destroy all freedom.
Also the use of lines in this picture represents the discipline and formality of this center. These lines give the idea to the viewer that this center was made exactly for the reason for a prison and for death.  

2) the visual techniques used in this picture provoke empathy becuase we see how horrible it looks at this camp so we feel sympathy and compassion for the people who were forced to live, work and die in these places

3) In this Photo Auschwitz is represented as a kind of hell, due to the dull colors and the perspective we are give of the barbed wire fence and the watch tower in the distance it becomes clear to us that this place is only used for one reason being a prison. 



This second photo of Auschwitz we are given a similar feel of the first picture in the sense that this is not a very nice place. The vectors created by the railroad tracks that lead straight through the entrance gives us the sense that there is no escaping this place. When I look at this I get the feeling that the people who would of been taken here would of been terrified but in the end their fate would've been inevitable.   
The use of perspective gives us another sense of the formality and militarization of this place. We are given a low angle shot of this place and we get the feeling that the camp is looming above us which destroys all hope and gives us a sense of intimidation.  
The use of black and white photography also add to the effect on familiarization to the audience. We get a sense of difference in time which separates us from this period in history which makes us that we have nothing in common with the picture.

Holocaust Poerty

Holocaust
by Barbara Sonek
We played, we laughed
we were loved.
We were ripped from the arms of our
parents and thrown into the fire.
We were nothing more than children.
We had a future. We were going to be lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. We had dreams, then we had no hope. We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in cars, no air to breathe smothering, crying, starving, dying. Separated from the world to be no more. From the ashes, hear our plea. This atrocity to mankind can not happen again. Remember us, for we were the children whose dreams and lives were stolen away.

1. What is your initial reaction to this poem? My initial reaction to this poem is I immediately feel great compassion for these children. When the Author says "Remember us, for we were the children whose dreams and lives were stolen away." From this quote we get more of an understanding what is was like and how horrible it must of been to be harshly taken away at such a young age and it makes me think how lucky I am to expect the great privileges I have.
2. How does the author use 'we' in this poem? The Author uses 'we' to signify all the other children that went through the exact same pain. The author stresses that all these children suffered died all together rather than just a single perspective.
3. What are the verbs used in the first sentence? The verbs used in the first sentence were all of happiness played, laughed and loved.
4. What are the verbs used in the second sentence? How do they contrast with those used in the first sentence? The verbs used in the first sentence we're all and positive verbs which trigger happiness to the reader but in the second sentence they were all harsh and negative which quickly express who quickly life changed for this children.
5. What effect does the listing of 'lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers'? What is it meant to signify? The listing of professions signifies how these children that lives were destroyed were future. They were the next generation the effect this has on the reader is how these children never got the opportunity to live life and it makes  us angry and sad to understand this.
6. What simile is used in the poem and what effect does it have? The simile used "We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in cars" It expresses the harshness of the treatment given to these women men and children by the Nazi's
7. How has the poet represented herself in the last sentence? When the poet says "we were the children who's lives who's dreams and lives were stolen away" we get a sense of physically the poet saying to this to us as this last sentence is very powerful. I feel that this last sentence sums up the pain and she infers that she was a victim of this and we must understand how horrible it really was.
8. If you could communicate to this person, a victim of the Holocaust, what would you want to say? What do you feel that you must do in your life as a response to this poem? I would want to try as much as I could to help this person in any way possible I wouldn't want to discuss this person's past as it would be too painful for the victim to talk about the experiences he or she had at the Nazi concentration camp. Reacting to this poem it gives us a realization on how lucky we really are and how we must cherish all life.