Chapters 11+12

What are the main themes of the novel so far?

The main themes of the novel are the Historical theme about how this event actually happened as well as this can never happen again. another theme is the fact that in Nazi Germany the Jews and the Nazi's were living so close together yet were separated so much

What are the main techniques?

Juxtaposition, Dramatic Irony, alliteration.

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. Why is there such a fuss when the 'fury' comes over and who is the 'Fury'?
2. Why is it Ironic that he is called the 'Fury'?
3. Why is it Important that the 'Fury' came right before they left for Out-With?
4. Who might Eva be?
5. Why does Eva seem to be able to ignore the 'Fury'?

Chapter 12:

1. What is the Juxtaposition on Pg127 Why is the Juxtaposition important on Pg 127?
2. Why is it Interesting that Bruno wants an armband worn by his father showing his ignorance?
3. What is Ironic about the way they both moved to Out-With?
4. What is the Other Juxtaposition in PG 129?
5. Why is this Important?

Chapter 10: The Dot That Became a...

(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?
It tells us that before they are meet them they are just dots but when they meet they become people. This represents that other Germans view the Jews as just Dots
(109) What effect does the boys both having the same birthday have?
It makes the Boy seem more life like and more like a Human
(113-4) What do Bruno and Shmuel 'argue' about? What does Bruno decided to stop the argument?
They argue whether Germany or Poland is a better country and Bruno decides to agree to Disagree
(115) What does Bruno's last question reveal to Shmuel? What do you think Shmuel thinks of Bruno because of asking this question?
The Last question reveals to Shmuel why are they on that side and why are they wearing Pyjama's. I think that Shmuel thinks of Bruno as an ignorant person who just cannot understand anything

Chapter 9: Bruno Remembers That He Used to Enjoy Exploration

(pg95-96) How is Lt Kotler portrayed? Why is he portrayed this way? (remember that 'how' is asking about literary techniques).
Lt Kotler is Portrayed as a arrogant self centered person there is also some alliteration with him with his Black boots, he is also a symbol for the other Soldiers it seems because he is the only one described in much detail therefore he seems to be what the whole of the Wehrmacht is cold heartless and selfish. He is portrayed this way to show what a majority of German Soldiers would be like.
What is Herr Liszt going to 'change' for Bruno? (98)
Herr Liszt is going to get Bruno out of story books and stories and teach him history
(100) What connection does Bruno make between the people in the camp and the people that come and visit his house all the time?
that they work and live together but he can't figure out how they choose who is in a uniform and who is in a Pyjama
What some of the things that Bruno begins to take notice of regarding the relationship between the soldiers and the people in 'pyjamas'?
that it looked like a game because some of the Guards would look like they are having fun and the Pyjama people wouldn't.

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

• How is the mother's defence of Herr Roller entirely ironic?
• It is Ironic because she is saying that they should take care about the less able while Hitler and her Husband are exterminating the less able and retarded (not Retarded in the mean way but Retarded as slow)
• What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier)
• Kotler represents what allot of the Nazi followers were like even outside of the Army, he represents this idea of undying loyalty, bravery, believing in everything Hitler said.
• What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters?
• Kotler is juxtaposed with Pavel the butler because he orders Pavel to come over and there is a lengthy description of Pavel.
• How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults?
• Bruno's interaction to Pavel is more like talking to a friend rather than the adults which he thinks are higher than him and therefore won't tell them much
• 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 a key technique in Holocaust texts because it shows how similar the 2 sides where and as well how different they are. It is used in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas to highlight certain elements of Humans and places.

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Chapter 6 - The Overpaid Maid

• On pg 60 Bruno reveals a radical shift in his perspective and understanding of Maria. What is this radical shift? What does this show is developing in Bruno?
• His Radical change is that he finally thinks of Maria as a human and not just a maid. This shows that Bruno is growing up.

• Compare how Bruno and Gretel treat Maria.
• Bruno Greets Maria as a person who has feelings while Gretel treats Maria as a slave and less than a Human
• (pg 65) What is Maria's advice to Bruno about 'keeping safe'? Why do you think that she gives this advice? Do you think that it is good or bad advice?
• Maria's advice to Bruno is to keep safe and only care for yourself and care about no one else. She gives him this advice because on the way Bruno is heading with outbursts of his actual feelings will get him in trouble if not killed. I think that I cannot say whether it is good or bad advice because I have never bin in a situation like that so I cannot say whether this is good or bad.
• (65-6) What is Bruno's reaction to his new thoughts/feelings? Why do you think that he reacts this way?
• His reaction to his new thoughts and feelings are awkwardness and a feeling to get away.

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Holocaust Imagery - Hitler at a Nazi Rally

This is an image of a political rally in 1934, a staple of the Nazi regime. In your own blog post answer the questions below and include the image.

• How are vectors used in this image? What effect does it have?

The vectors in this image is the Nazi Banners which draw your eyes to the centre of the picture which is Hitler and his party. The Vectors are used in this image to make Hitler who is at the very front of the Generals seem more important and/or higher than everyone else

• Describe the composition of the image and what is tells us about the Nazis and Hitler.

The Composition is that there are the Common people out to the side of the Nazis who are separated then you have the normal Wehrmacht or the Nazi normal soldiers who again were separated from Hitler by an invisible barrier but then the most important is the fact that Hitler is in front of his official party which indicates that he is higher and thinks he is more mighty than everyone else

• How is symmetry used? What effect does it have?

The symmetry in the picture are the crowds who are in complete order which in the black and white look exactly same also the Wehrmacht soldiers look symmetrical apart from the swastikas on their arms they could be almost the same this creates this idea of power and influence because people will think that if they can make that all symmetrical than what can't they do

• What effect does this picture being in black and white have?

The Effect of the Picture being black and white makes the people seem almost more menacing and also it allows there to be more symmetry because you don't see the colour

• Discuss the use of line in this image. What effect does it have?

The Line in the Image is the the line of SS which keep the Citizens in control and don't allow them to pour out onto the parade ground there is also the line of Wehrmachtwhose lines are Symmetrical.

Capter 3 the boy in the striped Pyjamas

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

There relationship is like most siblings relations the older one tries to take much power and act older thinking the yunger is anoying whie the younger thinks the older is aboying because they act like that

• List quotes that show how the new house is described.

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.

• 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 Quote is significante becuase Bruno feels that if he does anything fun the whole house will be destroyed becasye of how lifeless it was which is completely opposite of what happened back in his old house where he would be able to do anything they want.

• What is Bruno's reaction to the new house?

His reaction is that he dosn't like it because the house is empty and univiting, boring strickt

• How does it compare to their old house?

their old house seemed inviting while this new house his univiting, the old house had people the new one dosn't the street  in Berlin had people and had other houses and had vendors on the street.

• How does Gretel relate to her father?

Gretel relates to her father because she thinks very high of him becuase she thinks that he does everything for the good of them which might harm other people but dosn't care and he has power therefore she wants to have power over people like Bruno

• oes Bruno understand where they are? What makes you believe this?

No because he keeps asking stupid questions over and over again indicating that he doesn't understand even when he gets the answer

• Does Gretel understand where they are? Explain.

Meagrely because she seems to know more about where they are while Bruno has to ask about everything while Gretel seems to know more

• How is Bruno's description of 'Out-with' represent a motif? What is darkly ironic about this?

It is a motif because they keep on repeating that this house has been abandoned and/or forced out it is darkly ironic because the people where more likely killed than anything else, also because Out-with sounds like Auschwitz which is where they are.

• 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?

Responding to a Poem

You played, You laughed you were loved and then you were ripped from the arms of your parents. You were no older than children when this happened. you had a future but you were ripped away from your families. You had hope for the future, you were going to have jobs, lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers. you had hopes and dreams then they were shattered on the rocks of despairs. you were hearded into these cars like soldiers to be exceuted. . you were seperated from the rest of the world to be excecuted. You who did nothing sufered everything your pleas are heard, this attrocity to any race anywhere can never happen again.  We remember you, we remember your struggles and your strife, you whoes dreams, hopes and lives were stolen and smashed. you are remembered.

Holocaust Poetry

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 reaction to this poem is sadness because they are ripped from their parents and killed.
2. How does the author use 'we' in this poem?  The Author uses 'We' as a binding of all the Jewish Children
3. What are the verbs used in the first sentence? Played, Laughed, Loved,
4. What are the verbs used in the second sentence? How do they contrast with those used in the first sentence? Ripped, thrown. It contrasts because the 1st sentance is all good and huggy kissey while the next is violent and not nice.
5. What effect does the listing of 'lawyers, rabbis, wives, teachers, mothers'? What is it meant to signify? It signifies that the children could have had normal lives and had normal jobs but becuase of the hollocaust they cannot have normal lives
6. What simile is used in the poem and what effect does it have? The simile is 'We were taken away in the dead of night like cattle in cars' which represents that the children had suffering even when they were sent to the Concerntration camps they were mistreated and abused.
7. How has the poet represented herself in the last sentence? Remember us, for we were the children whose dreams and lives were stolen away. THe Last sentance shows that she was one of the children becuase she says 'Remember us' which is a heavilly including statemeant meaning she was one of them
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 don't think I could say anything becuase I have no clue on what she went on. I don't think I would do anything as a response to this poem 

The boy in the striped pyjamas Chapter 2

• Using quotes, how is the new house described?

The new house is described as a lonely house in the middle of no where with no one nearby and being small compared to the house in Berlin. "The house in Berlin had stood on a quiet street and alongside it were a handful of other big houses like his own, and it was always nice to look at them because they were almost the same as his house but not quite, and other boys lived in them who he played with (if they were friends) or steered clear of (if they were trouble). The new house, however, stood all on its own in an empty, desolate place and there were no other houses anywhere to be seen, which meant there would be no other families around and no other boys to play with, neither friends nor trouble" Which shows that Bruno thought that the house was lonely but it had someupsides because it had no people who he disliked

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

It compares to Berlin Because in Berlin he had friends and enemies, he had a big house which he never found out everything that was there. It is Juxaposition because they are Contrasting the house in Berlin with the new 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?

Bruno's reaction and disscussion of the new house is not taken kindly by the other characters mainly his mum who just shuts him up and sends him to hhis room. It is ironic about how he is treated because at the begining his mum is treatin g him kinldly and it seems that she might actually take his ideas onboard but then she just gets really angry and sends Bruno to his room

• Do you feel empathetic towards Bruno's new home? Why/why not?

I do because it seems that the home family is just being forced into this house without any forewarning to the children and it evokes empathy towards me because it seems unfair to treat the family so horribly.

Donald Duck in 'Der Fueherer's Face'

• How are the Germans (and Japanese) portrayed in the opening sequence? How is irony created?

It is Ironic because they are all not perfect while they say that they are the greatest race while they are actually not the best people in the world

• How is propaganda and the effect of propaganda portrayed with the introduction of Donald Duck?

there is propaganda because all of the things he has has the Swastika on all the clock

• How is irony continued into the breakfast scene?

that some of the best food/drinks where banned, and they are singing about how good it is but it actually is very poor because he eats wood

• How is Nazi Germany portrayed in the opening shot at 3:30?

They are dancing hat and stupid people

• What is ironic about the song lyrics regarding work and what is happening in the scene?

that they work for 48 hours in a day while they are meant to be the happiest people, as well as they are not meant to be slaved and yet it looks like they are.

• What does the conveyor belt portray regarding the lifestyle of Germans?

It shows that they always work and never have breaks

• 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.
• What is ironic about the vacation?

that it is just a picture and not a vacation

• In the dream sequence, how are the Germans portrayed? Why?

The Germans are Portrayed as cannon shells and bullets they are portrayed as that because they are going to  war against every one in many countries and starting WWII

• What do the pyjamas when we see Donald in his bed tell us?

That he is back in the USA

• What is the Statue of Liberty used to convey?

it is used to convey that he is back in the USA and not in Nazi Germany

• How is Hitler portrayed at the end of the film? What is it about his face that is important?

He is portrayed as a person who is ugly and not impressive

• Why is this a representation of propaganda? Why is it actually ironic considering the way the Nazi's are portrayed?

It is Propaganda because it says that the Germans are evil and always work as slaves, while America is the land of the free and good. It is Ironic becuase the Nazis are portrayed as fat slobes who like to go to war all the time

• Who are the villains, victims, and heroes?

The Villain is the Nazi's, Victim Donald Duck, and the Hero is America

• How are the portrayed?

The Nazis are protrayed as Swastics Bayonets, Shells, and not the arien race

• 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.)

Auschwitz 65 Years Later

• Consider the use of vectors, line, contrast, composition, colour, and perspective (there are more techniques) Vectors: the vectors of the barbed wire draw your eyes to the guard tower which makes it seem neighon impossible to escape. Line: the House behind the barbed wire followes the lines of the barbed wire making everything seem ordered and followed. Colour: the colour is grey and depressing which would make it harder to make an escape making the Nazi's feel supreme. Perspective: The picture is a low angle which makes the Nazi's seem supreme because we are looking up at them. Contrast: Between the building and becuse the building colour is dark and depressing while the snow is white and nice
• How can the visual elements in the photo evoke empathy and reverence from a viewer? It evokes empathy and reverence because the landscape looks so harsh and forboding so the people who are living in the lifes today give empathy because they don't want to live there because the land looks so forboding with the barbed wire every were
• How is Auschwitz represented in this photo?  Auschwitz is represented as this snow covered hell hole with barbed wire and the watch tower.
• 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?

Colour: the picture is in black and white which makes the camp seem even more forboding. Vectors: The barbed wire draws your eye into the distance where it seems that the barbed wire goes on forever.

Chapter one Questions boy in the striped Pyjamas

• Bruno's voice is demanding and controlling like his father but he tries to always be polite and respect everyone like his mother tells him. "‘What are you doing?’ he asked in as polite a tone as he could muster, for although he wasn’t happy to come home and find someone going through his possessions". The quote Indicates that Bruno tries to be polite to people.
•  1st: Brunohe is a small, German boy whose family is very rich and his farther is a Nazi. He always wants to know whatever bothers him and he likes to keep the things that are close to him hidden and private.  2nd: Maria she is one of the maids who takes care of the house. She is a nice and kind women who isn't always given the respect she deserves by Bruno.  3rd: Bruno's  mother. She is a tall women with long red hair who has a kind and caring personality but doesn't like people to be rude to her.  Also Lars and Brunos father are mentioned but not really introduced.
•  The victims in this chapter are Bruno and the mother who do not have any power in the family because the father is a high ranking Nazi officer and so they have to follow him when he get's transferred.
•  Dramatic irony is used in this chapter as we know more than Bruno does about his father and where they will probably going. This gives us a bit more information on how much Bruno is in the dark about his fathers job and where are they going.
• The setting is presented as the house is described through the banister as it goes throughout the whole house. Bruno likes to slide down the banister through all the floors which are described as if you were sliding down the banister.