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

Holocuast

Holocaust Poetry

Read the poem and answer the question below. Include both the questions and the poem in your blog post.

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 feeling when reading this poem is a feeling of immense sadness and a immense disgust in what the Germans did to these poor innocent children.
2. How does the author use 'we' in this poem? The use of "we" in this poem makes it more personal as it make it feel like you did this to her not just the the children but actually to this person (collective pronoun) it is also using repetition 
3. What are the verbs used in the first sentence?  laughed and played loved 
4. What are the verbs used in the second sentence? Hot is do they contrast with those used in the first sentence?  the words are ripped thrown these are negitive words that are the exact opposite of loved and laughed. one is with neutering and the other is getting rid.
5. What effect does the listing of 'lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers'? What is it meant to signify? these jobs are respectable law abididing jobs that could of had a massive positive effect on the whole of mankind. that you are tearing people loved ones away from humanity. It also helps it to relate to the reader.
6. What simile is used in the poem and what effect does it have? Like Cattle in cars the effect is that they were herded to the slaughter (alliteration) 
7. How has the poet represented herself in the last sentence? she represents herself as one of these children that had this terrible harm brought upon them at such a young age (direct speech)
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 say sorry for everything that has happened what they did and that no one not even the people that did this to you deserve this. Dont give up on your dreams as we are gifted enough to be able to reach them

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

Bruno's Voice, introduction of characters, and victims

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

Bruno's voice is a voice that is soft and innocent he also speaks in a very polite educated way this is because when he does not do what his parents say he gets into a lot of trouble an example of this is 'Say goodbye to Karl and Daniel and Martin?' he continued, his voice coming dangerously close to shouting, which was not allowed indoors. 'But they're my three best friends for life!'

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

Bruno he is a small boy that comes from a very wealthy family he is well educated and very polite 'Mother,' said Bruno, marching towards her, 'what's going on? Why is Maria going through my things?'Mother she is the mother and says all is equal but actually likes Bruno more than his sister'He would miss you both equally,' said Mother, for she was a great believer in not play-ing favourites, which Bruno respected, especially since he knew that he was her favourite really."

• 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?

Bruno and the mother are represented in this chapter as the victims in this chapter they are the victims of the allies bombs and shells I believe that it is fair to consider them as victims as Bruno is just a young boy and him and his mother have not done any harm to anyone. Also a lot of books and movie's are very one sided about the holocuast because not all Germans believed that killing Jews and doing the terrible thing that happened the right thing to be doing.

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

Irony is used in the first chapter as the Bruno and mother are the victims but the father is a Nazi high person and causing so much pain and anguish. but we are meant to feel sorry for someone that is very well of financially. 

• How is the setting presented in this chapter?

The setting in this chapter is of a wealthy family with a high ranking German official as the father and living in a large expensive house in the wealthy part of Berlin during the war time.

Key Visual Techniques

Key Visual Techniques

There are some powerful visual techniques being used in this photo. Take 5 minutes to point out at least 5 aspects of the photo which stand out to you and how they relate to the great anguish that was experienced at this site (create a post on your blog with the photo - don't try to copy and paste photo it won't work).

http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2010/auschwitz/auschwitz_1.jpg 

The dark lighting shows the cold merciless type of people that would send people to work and die in terrible situations. The sun is covered by clouds and is placed on outside of the fence which show that on the other side of the concentration camp there is a glimmer of hope a chance of freedom. All the straight line of the centre fence , the fence on the left hand side and the row of small brick houses all point towards the guard tower which symbolises the control and power of the people watching over the camp. the contrast of the brightness on ether side of the camp on the outside of the fence is much lighter symbolising the glimmer of hope for the people that escape, while the darker side, the side that all the prisoners are staying and sleeping show the sadness and oppression in the times of the camps. Another thing that shows the effect of the German might and the great anguish that was felt in the camp is the methological placing of all the houses and fence posts show that the place was well planned to cause pain and terror.

• 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?

http://www.jamesadonis.com/images/auschwitz.jpg

The straight lines of the train track point toward the main vocal point being the entrance. This works well with the lighting as the exit or "escape of this place" is much lighter than guard house showing the glimmer of hope that is on the other side of the gate and fence. It is done in black and white this makes the contrast between the the darkness of the camp and the lightness of the out side even more confronting. The entire picture makes you feel as if this is a sad place even without knowing where it is. The visual element in this picture help to press that sad feeling of this place.

   

Donald Duck

1. How are the Germans (and Japanese) portrayed in the opening sequence? How is irony created?They say they are a superior race while the characters are the exact opposite they are singing how amazing they are but they are looking like the clumsiest and weirdest group alive.
2. How is propaganda and the effect of propaganda portrayed with the introduction of Donald Duck? by having no sleep he has a harsh life under the rule of Hitler and the Nazi regime it is showing that they are not what the Germans say they are. they are force to live a life of only the Nazi regime.
3. How is irony continued into the breakfast scene? He lives of wood and the smell of bacon and eggs and a coffee bean dipped in water. They are only feeding the army to control the other people.

1. How is Naxi Germany portrayed in the opening shot at 3:30? As a environmentalist ugly smelly place with no happiness at all
2. What is ironic about the song lyrics regarding work and what is happening in the scene? they have to work 48 hours a day and be happy that vacation is a picture and being chosen to work over time they will never be slaves even if they are being treated and being forced just like a slave constant never ending work
3. What does the conveyor belt portray regarding the lifestyle of Germans? being worked and expect to be happy while "hailing Hitler constantly"
4. 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. it seems as they are more important faceless mass of germans and more emphasis on donald duck all the culture is against them
5. What is ironic about the vacation? it is a picture and it is trying to encourage them to work harder for the Nazi regime Its not a vacation at all
6. In the dream sequence, how are the Germans portrayed? Why? as evil people that will ruin all that the allies have worked for they are portrayed as evil people
7. What do the pajamas when we see Donald in his bed tell us? that it was a dream and that he is actually American
8. What is the Statue of Liberty used to convey? freedom hope and happiness
9. How is Hilter portrayed at the end of the film? What is it about his face that is important? he is very ugly and has a massive nose
10. Why is this a representation of propaganda? Why is it actually ironic considering the way the Nazi's are portrayed? as it is all one sided and that it is ironic because the Nazis want everyone to think of them as professional soldiers and more elite that the normal person
11. Who are the villains, victims, and heroes? villain Germans Hitler victim and hero is Donald Duck
12. How are the portrayed?one as the very tip of evil and the other as the poor defenceless victim
13. What can you conclude about how these characters are portrayed knowing that this was produced in 1943 USA? (write a short essay including a discussion of the director's use of film techniques.)

The characters a portrayed in a way to make everyone believe that the Nazis were the worst thing in the world and that if they did not win the war there life would be ruined. This was very one-sided but that is what the director wanted as it would make the Germans less confident in there army and the allies most notably the Americans would be more patriotic and put more effort into helping the war cause eg working harder and enlisting to the army to fight.

Visual Techniques

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?
 Joshua uses a high camera angle to show the weakness in Joshua while the low camera angle of the German waiter shows that he is much more stronger and more superior. 

(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)
It is a eye level with a slight low shot at a medium shot. The composition to the state in the movie is that German is curios and wondering while Guido is fearful and worried.

(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.
The German looks superior with a massive vocal point and the symmetry and the lines all point towards the vocal point making him much more superior and he shows no emotion showing the perfect nature of them while the Guido has an off centre show and less perfect and easier going.

(5:02-05) How is the shot of the German's contrasted to that of Guido teaching the children to say 'Thank You'? 
The Germans have a slightly low angle showing there perfection and superior nature while Guido's has a smaller bent over talking at there level sort of nature.