The Boy in the Striped PJ's - Chapter 2

The Boy in the Striped PJ's - Chapter 2

• Using quotes, how is the new house described?

the house is described as a sad boring place with no people nice or mean and the very opposite of he house or the culture of what they had in Berlin an example of this is "But there were no other streets around the new house, no one strolling along or rushing around, and definitely no shops or fruit and vegetable stalls. When he closed his eyes, everything around him just felt empty and cold, as if he was in the loneliest place in the world. The middle of nowhere. "

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

The new house compared to the new house is the very opposite where the old house was large grand and spectacular with friends and a nice and enjoyable environment the new house is a very sad depressing sort of feel to it. the new house aalso doesn't have the culture that the old won had with all the diffrent people and there shops and the likes the new won has no other shops and not even another 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?

they are saying something and doing something else

• Do you feel empathetic towards Bruno's new home? Why/why not?
• no as he has it east compared to the  Jews