Boy in the Striped PJ's Chapter 4

• (pg 31) How does the author continue to use juxtaposition in regards to the two housing situations? (the Jews and Bruno's family)  The author Shows that the Jews houses and  living area is very unhealthy place to be living this is compared to the out with house that Bruno hates but compared to the conditions that the Jews are living with it is like a palace
• 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? they have had a very sheltered lifestyle so that they don't know about the things that is happening to certain people from the dads job.
• Summarise how Gretel describes what she sees. She says that she sees a farm with all the people working there to supply food to the people that live in the city but Bruno proves her theory wrong as there is no animals or plants
• What does Gretel attempt to do when she sees the Concentration Camp? How does she attempt to understand what she sees? she invents a story about them being farmers she attempts to understand what she sees with a theory with no proof.
• 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) No it is not successful as Bruno proves her wrong as there is no animals or plants she tries to prove to Bruno that she understand but he sees thru her.She says that she sees a farm with all the people working there to supply food to the people that live in the city but Bruno proves her theory wrong as there is no animals or plants
• 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? 
• How does the author use understatement through the children's description of the Concentration Camp? the author uses understatement in this part of the children describing what they see as it shows the innocence in them how they are not aware of the horrible crimes that are happing to the humans in the concentration camp.