Chapter 12

(126) How would you compare Shmuel's voice to Bruno's? Shmuel's voice knows a lot more as he has been told what is happing while Bruno doesn't really know what is going on around him.

(128-130) How would you describe the way that Bruno acts and reacts to Shmuel tell his story about coming to the camp? He is jealous this is showing irony as he lives the best life a that a young boy could live but he wants to be like Shmuel and have lots of friends and finds himself wanting to be o the other side of the fence.

(131) When Bruno and Shmuel talk about chocolate how is Bruno portrayed? Bruno is portrayed as a spoilt boy that has everything that he needs and more while Shmuel has a much harder life in fitting in.

(132) Do you think that Bruno understands the situation that Shmuel is in? No Bruno has no idea what Shmuel's situation is in and just thinks that he lives in a town with lots of people and many friends in funny clothes while he has no one but Shmuel to talk to.

(133) What is ironic about Bruno thinking 'the last think he wanted to do was be unkind to Shmuel'? yes this is ironic as he is a German and that his people are being very mean and killing and torturing Jews like Shmuel everyday for no reason but Bruno just wants to have friends and Shmuel is doing that.

(133) What is ironic about the statement - 'Bruno was of the opinion that when it came to parents, and especially when it came to sisters, what they didn't know couldn't hurt them.'?  that this is exactly what they are doing to them by not telling them what is really happing in the world and keeping him from knowing the true story of what they are doing to the Jews.

Chapter 11

(118) What does the mother's obsession with her 'list' represent? What does the list distract her from? What do you think about meeting Adolf Hitler? she looks over that this is going to make them move i think that it is ironic that Hitler wanted to create a perfect race when he was the exact opposite of this "perfect race"

(120) What is ironic when the father says 'The last thing we need is for either of you to start behaving like children.'? it is ironic that the father says this as they are both small children and so telling them that they shouldn't act like children is like telling a dog to stop acting like a dog or a cat to stop acting like a cat.

(121) How is juxtaposition used in the introduction of 'The Fury'? juxtaposition is used in the introduction of the fury as him a short ugly man with a mean personality and wife that is tall elegant and shows great kindness in ignoring the most powerful man in Germany and saying nice thing to the children even contradicting what her husband had just said.

(122) How is the 'Fury's' behavior juxtaposed with everyone else'? The Germans before this chapter had been shown is  a much nicer light so it was harder for us to see the evil that they were committing but know that Hitler is shown it makes us see the sort of Germans that are making these things happen.

(123) Is this a stereotypical representation of Hitler? Why/why not? Yes this is a stereotypical view of Hitler as everyone thinks that Hitler is a bad man that committed horrible things and this meeting just more firmly plants that sort of image into your mind.

(124) We are given a very abbreviated discussion between the mother and father. What are they talking about? What are their views on the topic? What effect does showing the parents conversation in this manner rather than the whole conversation? They are arguing about whether or not to move house the mother is against moving out while the farther is all for it keeps Bruno innocent than removing it and putting it into ignorance.

Chapter 10 the dot that became.........

(105) What does the progression of 'dot' to 'boy' tell us about the role of exploring and meeting the people in the camp? What does this represent about how other Germans view the Jews? that to Bruno they were just a dot in his life but after he went to investigate the dot became a blur and then a person this shows that the Germans viewed Jews as dots and as they never got to know them as they did not care they never became anything other than a dot to them this can be shown in today's time as a sale assistant never knows the people they are selling stuff so they dont remember things about them but a doctor gets to build a relationship with the person so the image clears and becomes a person.
(109) What effect does the boys both having the same birthday have? it gives them something to relate to and as they are both  young the same birthday has a massive effect on the possibility of them liking each other and gives them a common thing.
(113-4) What do Bruno and Shmuel 'argue' about? What does Bruno decide to stop the argument? they argue about Wether Berlin or Poland is better and were it is Bruno decides to stop the argument as he doesn't want to argue with his new friend.
(115) What does Bruno's last question reveal to Shmuel? What do you think Shmuel thinks of Bruno because of asking this question? it revels that Bruno is very sheltered and dose not know very much at all i think that Shmuel thinks that Bruno is innocent not ignorant as he doesn't act mean about it.

review of JW

- participation
3
- what questions/answers they ask
he answered a Question
 he debated a question about the irony of the forcing on to the train
 another debate about Bruno complying and no empathy
- do they know what they are talking about`

Yes
- overall what is your impression of their understanding of what is happening in the chapter
i think they have read and looked at the chapter unlike Andrew Jeroigen


8.54639/10

Chapter 9

(pg95-96) How is Lt Kotler portrayed? Why is he portrayed this way? (remember that 'how' is asking about literary techniques)  he is prtrayed as a young strong solider the exact sort of person that Hitler or the "fury" wanted by making this "perfect race" he portrayed this way so we get to see the sort of thing that Hitler was trying to create thru all this bloodshed.
What is Herr Liszt going to 'change' for Bruno? (98) he is going to get Bruno to follow the Nazi party and make sure that he turns out to be the perfect boy that his father wants him to be so get rid of the fiction books and make him read history and Nazi rules.
(100) What connection does Bruno make between the people in the camp and the people that come and visit his house all the time? He makes very little connection but realises that they are both wearing striped PJ's.
What some of the things that Bruno begins to take notice of regarding the relationship between the soldiers and the people in 'pyjamas'? He starts to realise that the relationship between the guards and the people are not friendly and that the guards hold a lot more power and authority than the people and the guards are very mean

Evaluating your Partner's Performance

Today in class we are going to listen to a discussion for 5-10 min on each chapter (11 + 12).

During the conversation you are to take notes on:

- participation
- what questions/answers they ask
- do they know what they are talking about
- overall what is your impression of their understanding of what is happening in the chapter

Give your partner an HONEST score out of 10 (10 being the best).

Questions misinformation "what u dont know wont hurt them (father and mother)

Think of 5 important questions for each of these two chapters about how important motifs and themes play a role in each chapter.

Chapter 11

1. Does your stereotypical Nazi change after seeing what the fury is like?
2. Does it change again when the fury's wife is introduced?
3. How effective is imagery used on p.63?
4. Does Bruno's conversation with his father make you think he is more or less innocence?
5.  What does the italics say  about the fury's wife?

 Chapter 12

1. Does Bruno innocence start to change with finding out more about Shamaul?
2. How is juxtaposition used in this chapter?
3. How is it ironic that Bruno want to go to Shamauls house for dinner?
4. Do you think that Shamaul think that Bruno is arrogant  for what he says about how harsh his life?

Chapter 7: How Mother Took Credit for Something She Hadn't Done

How is the mother's defence of Herr Roller entirely ironic?  she repersentes a german person and there vaules at the time were of a perfect race with no problems or physical defects so her defending him is not what the stereotypical German would do. 

What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier) he is  the typical teenager making fun of everyone and doing his job not to the best he can do but the fastest he follows there ideas but are scared of the gustopo and they are represented as the heroes but in everyone's else's eyes as the enemies  

What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters? he is juxtaposed with the fat sergeant as he is young and fit will the fat sergeant is fat and old but  the young guy can make jokes but the fat sergeant can destroy him it shows that the sergeant likes the easy life and the young guy is a "smart guy"

How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults? Pavel treats him as a much better and more equal even sometimes as a superior this is different with all the other adults as the other adults treat him as a much lower being that deserves the smallest amount of attention that can be given to someone.

Why is juxtaposition a key technique employed in Holocaust texts? How has it been used in The Boy in the Striped PJ's? Juxtaposition is very important in Holocaust texts as it help to distinguish the difference between the victims and the heroes and it is used many times like the Nazis and the Jews