Chapter 3: The Hopeless Case

Chapter 3: The Hopeless Case

1)      Describe how Bruno and Gretel's relationship is introduced in the chapter.

Bruno and Gretel relationship is one of a typical brother/sister on the outside they hate each other but on the inside they like each other

2)      List quotes that show how the new house is described. Bruno jumped off the bed and landed with a thud on the carpet. He didn't like the sound it made. It was very hollow and he better not go jumping around this house too often or it might collapse around their ears.

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? The significance of this quote is that it shows the age of the house and age is commonly placed in the same column as damaged and unwanted.

4)      What is Bruno's reaction to the new house? Bruno’s reaction toward the house is as if it was a sad boring place with no people nice or mean and the very opposite of the 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. "

5)      How does it compare to their old house? 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 also doesn't have the culture that the old won had with all the different people and there shops and the likes the new won has no other shops and not even another house.

6)      How does Gretel relate to her father? Gretel relates of her father as having a very sure knowledge of what is going on an effect that she just expects what is going on and so gives up on trying harder to understand.

7)      Does Bruno understand where they are? What makes you believe this? No I don’t think he is sure where they are as if he was he probley would be much sadder and question what happens in everything.

8)      Does Gretel understand where they are? Explain. No she doesn’t either fully as she is also surprised with the children outside in the “bad houses”.

9)      How is Bruno's description of 'Out-with' representing a motif? What is darkly ironic about this?

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? They both see them as a  weird thing to have and that they don’t have very good houses this is both agreed how they want to leave the place after that encounter