(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.
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