Facebook Satire interpretation

Type of Satire - exageration

What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?

- How facebook controls our lives.

Are there any real known personalities depicted in the cartoon? Even if this is not the case, what type of person is being depicted?

- This may be depicted the type of people that rely on facebook to much for everything.

Are there symbols and/or signifiers in the cartoon? What are they and what do you think they represent?

- There is a big sweat drip coming off the girls forehead to show her frustration over something so little.

What do you think the cartoonist's opinion is about the topic? Do you think it is his alone or expresses the view of the publisher too? Why?

- His opinion on facebook is very true and he is not the only person to thikn of it this way. His opinion represents how facebook controls people and there opinions others and how obsessed people are with it. It also points out how stupid facebook ideas can be and how the addicted users use it.

Do you agree with the cartoonist's opinion? Why??

- I agree with this person opinion on facebook because I know some facebook users that only post to see who or how many people like their status.

Conversation with my parents

1. What is ironic about the way the author and the father become close? What has to happen to the father?

-  The irony about the father and daughters relationship is that they only became close when her father became ill.

2. How would you characterise the conversation that the author has with her parents?

-  The phone calls the daughter has with her parents are very brief and pointless. There conversation was as if they had just met for the first time. Her parents end the call before she even gets a chance to say goodbye.

3. What is it that worries the author most about these conversations?

-  She is most concerned because she has never been able to tell her parents how she feels about them and that she loves them because she is so far away.  She also does not know how to tell them how she feels because their conversations are so bleak.

4. There is a gap between the author’s need to express feelings common in western countries and her family’s lack of desire to express their feelings verbally. How does the family still express their feelings for their child, just not verbally?

-  They express their feelings for their child by calling her and telling her to keep calling. This lets us know that they want to keep in contact and that they want to keep checking if she is okay. They also show there feelings for there daughter by letting her know that they will be eating the meal that is her favourite: " this weekend I am cooking banh xeo. You like to eat banh xeo so much. We will remember you."

short essay form story review : Chinese Lessons

Chinese lessons
By Ivy Tseng


The author of the story 'chinese lessons' presents a unique and revealing view of her child hood and her difficulties and desires.

This short story of the authors childhood reflects her frustration and urge to change the way she lived. The author is faced with terrible difficulty since moving to Australia, every Saturday morning she has to take chinese lessons. Whilst trying to accomplish the understanding of chinese history to keep up the family tradition through her fathers side, she barely has any comprehension of the English language and struggles to find room to learn that aswell: " I couldn't understand why I had to learn chinese when everyone around us seemed to speak, think, dream and do in English."

The authors desire to fit comfortably in society like other Australian people around  her is constantly repeated throughout her story.The commitments she is faced with only increases her passion to live and speak like other English people." while i was supposed to be committing to memory the intricate characters and sounds for words such as "snow" and "blood", I'de be staring out the kitchen window, looking the the gum trees swaying over the tiled rooftops, wishing I was whit or Aussie and doing little athletics or watching tv....... I fantasised about having parents who spoke perfect English.."

This story is important because of the unique perspective of Australians and how much some Chinese people appreciate our lifestyle and the desire live the same way. This story points out the how we take our easier lifestyle for granted.

Teenage Dreamers by Phillip Tang

1. What are the first two sentences of the story and how do they create a tension in the story?

-  " My father had a sixth snense. he knew when people would die". This is an over exaggeration but is said seriously which creates tension.

2. What has happened to the author’s father as a result of his wife’s death?

-  Since his wife's death he became obth sessed and emotionally attached with Leslie Cheung.

3. How does the description of the father removing his hands from his face as ‘unmasked’ related to the seriousness of his following statement?

- This description of his father removing his hand from his face " unamsked" realtes to his following statement because he make a serious prediction about the person's death. " He is going to die next month."

4. Consider how the father lives his life and conducts himself and the other people in the theatre for the film the author and his father are watching. How does this relate to the title of the story?

-  The father is very emotional in the movie. He is given tissues by other people because he is crying. He also make  a prediction about someone death because he think the person will die. This relates to the title of the story " teenage dreamer" because of this accurate prediction.

My First Kiss by Lian Low

1. How does the author describe Malaysia in regards to showing affection?

-  The are very sensitive to affectionate behavior. They have censored out any mouth to mouth kisses, tongue kisses and homosexuals from Malaysian Muslims. Non Muslims are allowed to kiss and hug romantically in public but are not allowed anything to be considered indecent.

2. What happens to the author when she hits puberty?

-  her relaitonships with guys change. She no longer saw hersef as a "tomboy". She didn't didn't contribute in the "oooooh he's so hot "conversations anymore and she began tospend most of her lunchtime in the library reading lord of the rings.

3. What is the author’s experience at school when she first arrives to Melbourne?

-  She is placed in ESL ( second English)  with other Asian people even though she had spokenenglsih her whole life. She was only approached by other Asian people until year 11 when she joined literature class.

4. What is it that made the author feel that she wasn’t Australian even though she spoke English fluently?

- The fact that she had been placed in ESL with other Asian people who vaigly understood the language and that she was only approached by other asian people made her feel non australian.

5. What else was it about the author that further alienated her from her peers?

-She spent most of her time in the library at lunch.

6. What does the use of description like ‘crash hot’ do to the audience’s perception of the author?

- The description crash hot is used to describe her perception of Ken as a chess player. This shows that she takes chess seriously and enjoys it.

7. What opportunity does university give the author? What is it about university which would allow her to express herself more freely?

-It gave her the opportunity to express herself more. She got to meet more people which gave her the opportunity to have her first proper kiss.

8. What role does creativity play for the author? Why do you think that creativity would be so important to her?

- Her creativity and personall growth became hand in hand. A year before her first kiss she was under the 25 winners of the  prestigious inaugural short film competition.

Early Settlers

1. How does this title refer to two groups of ‘settlers’? Who are they? 

- the Europeans and the aboriginals.

2. How is the first line of the poem successful at being ‘forceful’ regarding the Great-Grandfather’s presence in Australia?

- by mentioning that he grew corn cabbage in Wahgunyah, suggesting he was well established.

 

3. What action are the ‘early settlers’ doing that gives them equally a strong presence?

-  they were entrenched

4. How is the intention of the Great-Grandfather juxtaposed to the beliefs of the ‘early settlers’?

-  the grandfather just wants to farm when others think he is a devil or terrorist.

5. What action does the Great-Grandfather do that ties him both to the ‘early settlers’ and to his own culture?

-  he is farming, which is same to his own culture.
6. How does this short poem highlight the irony of the hatred that immigrants experience when they come to a 'settled' land like Australia?

-  it highlights the irony that they are still putting up with he same thing to this day and the same problem is happening. Its also ironic because they both look at each other as devils.

The Relative Advantages of Learning my Language by Amy Choi

1. The author opens the story with an anecdote. What is the anecdote and what effect does it have on the reader? 

- the anecdote describes her relationship with her grandfather and that he used to live with them when she was a teenager.

2. What is the author’s view of the Chinese language in the 2^nd paragraph?

- After a while she could not be bothered with the chinese language. Her skills with the language became worse as she listened to everyone at school, spoke to everyone at school and listened tv in English. She did not see the point of it in Australia.

3. What is symbolic about the house that the Grandfather mistakes for his own? What does it say about the assimilation of his family into Australian culture? What does it say about his understanding of Australian culture? What is ironic about the inhabitants of this house?

- the yellow rose bush made her grandfather mistake his house for someone else. It shows that he can't really tell the difference between a non Asian or Asian home.

4. What does the death of her grandfather inspire the author to do?

- The death of her grandfather incouraged her to learn to speak better Chinese again because she felt that she didn't communicate well with her grandfather.

5. Why is she motivated to know Chinese? What is it she wants to ensure she is able to, regretting that she couldn’t do it with her grandfather?

-  the death of her grandfather motivates her to speak better Chinese beacuse she felt she could of communicated better wither her grandfather if she could speak it better.

Growing Up Asian in Australia: Intro + Pigs Questions

Introduction by Alice Pung

1. What were Asian-Australians referred to as when the author was growing up?

- They Asian people were referred to as 'power points'.

2. How does she interpret this title?

- the Asian people were referred to as power points because they came across as dweeby and they has ' electrifying brain power'.

3. What did this title actually refer to? Did the author find this demeaning? Why/why not?

-  She did not find this demeaning. She in some way saw it as  a complement of her intellect.

4. ‘All that untapped potential! All that electrifying brain power!’ What techniques are being employed by the author? How does they highlight he misunderstanding?

-  the author uses repetition and adjectives in this. She misunderstands this because it is really used against her.

5. What did the teen author take away from teen fiction? What did she feel that she needed to do? Why? What does this say is essential to fitting in to a culture?

- She felt like she needed extensive plastic surgery. She decided that she needed to read John Marsden and Robert Cornier instead, beause they spoke more honestly. This says that they were suggesting that people should look and have level of intelligence and personallity to fit in to the culture.

6. Who are the authors that she turns to? Why?

-She turns to John Marsden and Robert Cornier. She thought that they spoke more honestly.

7. In the third paragraph how does the author use repetition. How does it highlight the focus of this book?

- she uses repetition of " the first ....." e.g. the first  love, the first heartbreak, the first epiphany etc. This highlights what the whole book is about but from an Asian perpective.

8. What metaphor does the author use to highlight the writers and the writing style in the third paragraph?

" plucking the most garish fruit from the lowest hanging branches of an exotic cultural tree" She is trying to highlight that all the authors are labeling all Asians as the same. She also says that all Asains are different through her metaphor.

9. Why does the author use a quote in the 4^th paragraph? What does it say about her reaction to the stories in the book?

-  She uses a quote of the book to point out how the book would relate if the name of it was changed.

10. On page 2 the author talks about the themes that she loosely choose for the collection. What are they and why is it ironic that they show up in this book?

- She talks about the two books that were about mediating betwen two cultures;  'water buffalo' and ' the courage of soldiers. This is ironic because the authors of those books would of been facing the same problems and written a book aswell.

11. At the bottom of pg 3 on to page 4 the author says that sociologists have described Asians as the ‘model minority’. What is meant by this? What difficulties arise out of this label for young Asian-Australians?

- the ' model minority' described by the sociologist is trying to imply that Asian Australian's work hard, study hard and conform to the expectations and ideals of the dominant culture. This is a problem because it can be a burden to Asian Australians because it suggests that money, education, career and fame define their value of contribution to society. 

12. What are the editor’s hopes for the collection of stories?

she hopes that their true identities can be revealed and that their culture is being understood.

Pigs from Home by Hop Dac

1. How does the author start this story which is in direct contrast to the title of the story? What effect does this have on the reader and their expectations of the story?

- it contrasts because she talks about George Clooneys pigs which has got is opposite to the title. This creates curiosity in the reader.

2. What core Vietnamese value is instilled in the author?

- That he keeps pigs just for the meat.

3. What is humorous about the mother’s ‘flair for natural medicine’ in regards to her personality?

- her flair for natural medicine in regards to her personallity is humorous because she come sfrom a long line of hypochondriacs. 

4. How does the description of the killing of pigeons continue the style utilised in the introduction of the story?

- they killed the pigeons by holding their legs and hitting it on the head with a cast iron stove. This description continues the style utilized at the introduction of the story because it is unique, unusual but normal form his perceptive.

5. What is the author’s opinion of pigs? Give two quotes to support your conclusion.

- The author hates pigs " of all the animals you can keep pigs are by far the worst smelling" and " no pig has ever been a friend of mine"

6. In the paragraph on pgs 53-54, give two examples of alliteration employed by the author.

-" thankless task that was." can't find others

7. On pg 54 what simile is used to describe pigs? How does this simile work for the situation it is used?

- " a pig is like an ocean, never turn your back on it". This works  with the wituation because the pig came across as calm natured until he realised it ' bit the ducks arse off '.

8. What simile does the author use to describe her mother sunning herself? How does this relate to the core focus of the story?

-  " turning her head like a rotisserie chicken" This relates tot he core focus of the story because it describes how there way of life is different to other cultures but different in their own way.

9. What does the author describe as ‘the divide between the old world and the new’? What do you think is meant by this statement?

-  that banging the duck with the pan, defeathering it and making congee out of it was very traditional.

10. What is the author’s reaction to the slaughter of the pig at night? What statement does the author make about the neighbours which displays the way he feels about the whole experience? What is important about including this statement?

- his reaction was that he wondered if the girl he caught the school bus with could hear the commotion. this shows that he was either emabarrased or didn't want others to think of them differently. This statement is important because he was scared whether people would think of them badly because of it.

11. Why don’t the parents have pigs anymore? How does this relate to the description of the burial of the last pig they owned?

- they have killed all the pigs?

12. How would you characterise the description of the mother’s treatment of the pig’s blood? Is it appetising?

The description of the throat cutting  and the blood squirting out on to her arm sounds very grusome. not appetising at all.

13. What is ironic about the way the author has a popular Vietnamese dish? What is it about the way the author describes the experience of having pigs that makes it ironic?

-  Because of how long the description of the making of the Vietnamese dish is, it is ironic because it makes it seem like they are different because it describes how they make it in detail.

14. How does this story relate to the title Pigs from Home?

The food is eaten with pigs blood.

15. Why do you think this story is in the Battlers section of the book?

Because  it describes the effort that put in towards tradition.

Shmuel to his family back in Poland (if they were still alive) about his life in the camp and his best friend Bruno.

Dear mother and Father,

Life in Auschwitz is terrible. From the early hour that I awake I am forced to do everything the soldiers tell me to. I don't know what to do and I am to young and weak to cope with this. We are given the bare minimum to eat, just bread and water when I can get my hands on it. Every hour we are assemlbed, every time there are less people. There is nobody to talk to and everyone is fighting. Every day I spend hiding next to the fence avoiding trouble. Every day there are less peopleand the smell of bodies is becoming worse.  I wish and was never here and I could go back to Poland.
One day I was sitting next to the fence and a boy who was exploring came up to me. His name is Bruno. He is my best and only friend I have here. We were both born on the same day. Every week he visits me and gives me food. I hope he keeps visiting me and I hope your two are okay in Poland.

From Shmuel

Holocaust Art: "It Takes But One" by Elizabeth Denholm and Alyssa Dziurlaj

what visual techniques are employed in this picture

-  the Star of David represents the represents the jewish people. The juxtaposition of colour represent the good and evil. The hand represents hope and an effort to stop what is happening to the Jews in the top half of the painitng. The person leaning down is reaching out to the hand for help. Vectors of the dripping black draws your eyes tot he hand and Star of David.

How do these visual techniques highlight major thematic elements of holocaust art and literature?

- they represent the theme of innocence, good and evil and helplessnessof the Jewish people during the holocaust

 

Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Crist

Daniel
Laura Crist

And the child held her hand
A child tiny for almost eight,
Deep blue eyes that dominated his face,
When he explained new events to her,
that funny doggy,
that pretty rock,
And the freckles on his cheek,
No one saw a sunrise more perfect,
to her,
She so vividly smells the fragrance of
his hair,
his ears,
his breath in the morning
She vividly hears that little heartbeat,
that was hers
always hers,
and the laughter,
that raspy little laugh,
when he caught her in a conundrum.
All this,
But this is merely the surface,
As she watches her little God sheared,
and stripped,
For the gas chamber.

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?

Juxtaposition has been used to describe the perfectness of the child and the connection that the child has to his mother. This is an important theme of the holocaust because it shows the innocence of the children and how their lives were ruined.


How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?


Descriptive language is used to create a connection between the reader and the son through imagery and description of the child innocense and then juxtapose that with a sudden change of mood through description of how that child was being stripped for the gas chamber.

CHAPTER 13 boy in striped pj's

(134) How does the initial paragraph frame Bruno's state of mind?

-  The initial paragraph frames Brunos state of mine by mentioning his realization that he won't be returning to Berlin for the foreseeable future or seeing karl, daniel or martin either. But he was beginning to not be so unhappy at his new home.

(136) What does the question Bruno asks Maria show about his development?
-  The question Bruno asks Maria shows that Bruno is developing thoughtfulness of other people despite what other think or who they are. quote: " .... but when I hurt it, Pavel was the only grown up around and he brought me in here and cleaned it and washed it and put the green ointment on it, which stung but I suppose it made it better and then he bandaged it."


(137) What is important about Maria's reaction to Bruno's question?
-  She reacts seriously and decides to tell Bruno a secret about who Pavel really was.
(138) Why does Bruno want to tell Shmuel about Pavel? What does this highlight about Bruno's understanding of what is going on?
- He decides to tell Shmuel about pavel because ' he's from his side of the fence'  and he's from Poland. this shows that Bruno still knows little about what is going on because as Shmuel said that the majority of the people on his side of the fence were from Poland and that there were thousands of people  on his side of the fence
(140) What do the boys argue about? Who does Bruno defend? Who is right/wrong? Why?
-  They argue over whether soldier are good or bad. Bruno is defending his father because he wants to be like him when he is older. Bruno is wrong because he doesn't know what his father is really doing as a soldier because he assumes that he is doing the right thing because he is Bruno's dad.
(140) Shmuel says 'You don't know what it's like here.' and Bruno reacts by saying 'You don't have any sisters, do you?' He says this to avoid an answer to Shmuel. What does this show about Bruno's understanding of what is happening?
-Shmuel says ' you don't know what it is like here ' Bruno replies and says ' You don't have any sisters do you?' because Bruno is afraid of knowing the truth about the area and he assumes it is going to be really bad, being the reason why he answer with another question. This shows that Bruno does have some idea of what is going on and Auschwitz.
(141) What connection do the boys have regarding Lt. Kotler?
- They both hate Lt Kotler, Bruno hates him because he thinks he is arrogant and always talk to his sister and Shmuel hates him because he is a soldier.
(142) What has changed in the the way Bruno sees Pavel?
-Bruno feels sympathetic towards him because he recognizes his deterioration and see's him shaking all the time, with no colour left in his face and slightly teary.
(143) What important words are used to describe the way the father eats and addresses Bruno? What makes them important? How do they relate to the scene and the father as a character?
- Bruno says the his family at the dinner table that he hates history because it is boring. Bruno's father gets veyr cross with him because he works for Hitler, insulting German history to him is like insulting Hitler. Bruno's fathers character is reflected by is cross reaction and pointing the knife towards Bruno as he explains himself.

(145) We learn Lt. Kotler's first name - 'Kurt'. What is it about the sounds in his full name that are important? 'Kurt Kotler'
- His name also sounds perfect and rolls off the tounge easily, which also shows what Kotler's personality is like.
(146-7) What do we learn about Kotler's father? What is Bruno's father's reaction/suggestion regarding Kotler's father leaving Germany for Switzerland?
-We learn that Kotler's father left for Germany. Bruno's father is curious as to why he left during Germanies most powerful times. Bruno's father mentions that Kotler's father could of been a coward of disagreed with government policy.
(148) What happens to break the tension at the dinner table? What does Kotler do and what are everyone's reactions? What does Bruno decide regarding disagreeing with anyone anymore after seeing what happens to Kotler? What does this relate to historically in regards to the Nazis?
- Pavel accidentally drops the wine bottle on Kotler. It is not exact but assumed that Kotler shoots Pavel on the spot. Everyone goes quiet, Gretel face goes pale and Bruno couldn't look. Bruno decides that he shouldn't disagree with everyone and that he should keep his mouth shut. Through history, this shows how insane the nazi's were and how strict and prefect they had to be.

chapter 11+ 12 boy in striped pj's

What are the main themes of the novel so far?
- innocence
- inequality
- friendship
- fear
-  holocaust

What are the main techniques?

- juxtaposition

-allusion

- microsm

- irony

- motif

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

1.  How is Hitlers power shown in the introduction of chapter eleven ?

2. how is Hitler and his partners behaviour juxtaposed to Bruno's families behaviour?

3. how is Eva's behaviour towards hitler juxtaposed to how everyone else owuld behave?

4.  what is the relation between Eva and hitler?

5. How is the last paragraph of page 125 repetition?

boys in striped pj's chapter 10

(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 you never know what you are going to find and that some thing can be deceptive from a distance. Bruno seeing the boy as just a dot then a blob for a distance gives the impression that they think they are not human.

(109) What effect does the boys both having the same birthday have?

-Because they were both born on the same day of the same year Bruno began to get a friendly connection to Shmuel and saw him as a friend.  Quote: " I've never met anyone witht he same birthday as me before. We're like twins, said bruno. Bruno felt happy all of a sudden. A picture came in to his head of Karl and Daniela and Martin, his three best friends for life and he realized how lonely he had been at Out-With."

(113-4) What do Bruno and Shmuel 'argue' about? What does Bruno decide to stop the argument?

- Bruno and Shmuel start a small argument about which area they used to live was better. Shmuel thought that Poland was better and Bruno thought that Berlin was. Bruno shortly after decided not to continue the argument because all people ave different opinions.

(115) What does Bruno's last question reveal to Shmuel? What do you think Shmuel thinks of Bruno because of asking this question?

-  Bruno asks Shmeul " what are you all doing on that side of the fence". This reveals to Shmuel Bruno's lack of knowledge about what is going on. This may make Shmuel feel annoyed that he doesn't know why they are there and what they are going through.

chapter 9 boy in striped pj's

(pg95-96) How is Lt Kotler portrayed? Why is he portrayed this way? (remember that 'how' is asking about literary techniques)

-  Lt Kotler is potrayed as being arrogant, powerful  and the ideal person to be during that time and place. He is a typical Nazi German and is depicted like this by the author as a Nazi stereotype. The describes him like this and then juxtaposes it to the description of Pavel and Maria.

What is Herr Liszt going to 'change' for Bruno? (98)

-  He is going to change what Bruno enjoys reading; Knights, adventures and exploring and make him read about where Bruno came from and the Fatherland.






(100) What connection does Bruno make between the people in the camp and the people that come and visit his house all the time?

- All the people that were in the camp were all wearing the same striped pj's and the people that went thorugh his house wore neat uniforms with helmets read and black armbands and all carried guns and look very stern. He starts to feel sympathetic towards the Jewish people in the camp.

What some of the things that Bruno begins to take notice of regarding the relationship between the soldiers and the people in 'pyjamas'?

-  The people in the Pyjamas all jumped to attention when they were called by the soldiers who were very stern and strict. The jewish people sometimes fell over and had to be carried away by the German soldier. Bruno's parent enjoyed the company of German soldier at night time. Bruno wonders why no "pyjama people"  came over for dinner.

boys in striped pj's chapter 7

How is the mother's defence of Herr Roller entirely ironic?

-   she is defending Herr roller because he had a sever head injusry and trauma from the Great war. This is ironic because they are in a war right now.

What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier)

-  Kotler historically represents the ideal looking human being in Germany during the war. Quote : " on most days the smart lieutenant looked very smart, striding around in a uniform that appeared to have been irone while he was wearing it. His black boots sparkled with polish and his hair  was parted at the side and held perfectly in place with something that made all the comb marks stand out."

What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters?

-    Kotler is juxtaposed to Pavel, the Jewish slave.  Pavel is just an old man in striped clothes wearing  a white coat. Who seems very tired and wrecked.  He is juxtaposed to the perfeclty groomed and young Kotler. Who shouts out commands to Pavel and Pavel obeys with shame. This shows us who was dominant a the time and that Kotler is aggresive.

How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults?

-  With all the other interactions with adults Bruno is being told how or what to do. This interaction with Pavel is different, he is telling Pavel what to do, Bruno is like the adult.

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 used in Boy in the striped pj's and in other holocaust texts. Juxtaposition is so important and commonly used to contrast the lifestyles or conditions between the Jewish people and the German Nazi's during world war 2. It has been used in striped pj's to contrast the personalities, lifestyles and power between jewish people as Pavel and Shmuel to such  people as Bruno's Father and Gretel.

chapter 6 boy in striped pj's

• 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?

-  Bruno begins to think that Maria has more to her life than just waiting on his family. quote: " there must be thoughts in her head just like him. She must have things that she missed, friends whom she wanted to see again, just like him. and she must have cried herself to sleep at night since she got here." this shows that Bruno is becoming more respectful of others.

• Compare how Bruno and Gretel treat Maria.

 - Gretel treats Maria poorly and as if she isn't human where as Bruno respects her and treats her better.

• (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 gives Bruno the advice to keep his opinions to himself and not say what he thinks about what is happening to the Jews until the war is over. I think this is good advice despite what Bruno thins because his opinion of the Jews is different to everyone else. She gives this advice to keep Bruno safe.

• (65-6) What is Bruno's reaction to his new thoughts/feelings? Why do you think that he reacts this way?

-   his is angry and frustrated because he is not allowed to say what he thinks. He almost cried with anger because of what she said. This is partly because he knew that it was true.

holocaust poem 2

It was Christmas eve
and there was no room in the inn,
the Oswiecim inn,
so the Arrow Cross
took the children,
barefooted
and in their nighties,
out to the Danube
and filled their little bellies
not with bread
but bullets
flipping them
like tiddlywinks
into the congealing, icy river below.

It was the Red Danube
that night,
choking on the blood
of orphan Jews
whose little Blue faces
floated downstream
touring even all of Europe
until they washed up
on the shores of Eretz Yisrael (Jewish homeland)
and came back to life,
their little blue and white
bodies
raised high,
flapping in the wind.

1.  How is imagery used in this poem? - imagery is used in this poem through use of rhyme and lots of describing words, simile and metaphor e.g.  “their little blue and white bodies “

2.  Discuss the effect of the simile in this poem. - The simile " like tiddlywinks" describes how the German's shot the Jewish children which shows how Gruesome and heartless the German Nazi’ were which evokes sad and angry emotions in the reader.

3.  How is alliteration used in the poem? What is the effect?

Alliteration has been used to describe the children's innocents and how how heartless the nazi's were. "filling their bellies not with bread but bullets"

4.  How does the author juxtapose the innocence of the children to the cruelty they experienced?

The author Juxtaposes the children’s innocence to the cruelty of the German Nazi’s by using childish words such as ‘nightie’ and ‘ little bellies’ and contrasting it with words such as ‘bullets’, ‘flipping’, ‘congealing’, ‘icey river’. the author juxtaposes how they should of been treated to how they really were by saying that their bellies weren't filled with bread and instead with bullets.

5.  What is meant by 'touring all of Europe'?

‘ touring all of Europe’ is how the children’s  bodies floated through the stream. The poet is trying to say that they were just left there as if they were nothing. It shows that nothing could be done at the time to stop this from happening.

chapter 5 boy in striped pj's

What does it say that we only actually meet the father in the book in Chapter 5 even though he is the one causing much of the action in the book?

- It shows how much control he has got and  so we know little about him. It also shows how busy much Nazi soldiers work.

the mother says: ‘We
should have never let the Fury come to dinner. Some people and their
determination to get ahead.’ What theme does this introduce regarding
the role of ambition and causing harm?

 -  It shows that the father was willing to sacrifice his families happiness for his duty because he cares more about the Fury. If the Fury had never come to dinner they would still be in Berlin.

How does Bruno's father speak to him? Give an example to support your answer.

-  Bruno's father speaks to Bruno calmly  : " Come, come, said father, wanting to have none of that. Let's have none of that."

How
would you compare the way Bruno speaks about the world to his father's?

Bruno says what he really thinks  about the world and his father doesn't because he is too focused on his job and what's good in everything for the Fury.

Do they both comment about what is going on around them the same?

no, Bruno hates the new area and continously tell his father that he wants to go home.  Bruno's dad see's what happening as good for his job and for the Fury because did not have a choice on moving.  quote " Bruno, sometimes there are things we need to do in life that we do not have a choice in, said father." "This is my work, Important work. Important to our country"

How does the father rationalise every concern that Bruno has?

He rationalises by continously saying that in response to Bruno's concerns, that they are home for the foreseeable future.

What is ironic about what the father says when he comes around the desk and talks to Bruno about his childhood?

The irony in what Bruno's father tells Bruno about when he was a kid is that he didn't have a choice on what to do either and he just went ahead and did what people told him and he making Bruno do the same.

Do you think that the father really cares about Bruno? Why/why not?

- He does care about Bruno but not about his opinions. This is because he see's the future of Germany under the rule of the Fury more important than what Bruno wants.

Do you think that Bruno understands what he is saying when he says 'Heil Hitler!'?

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No, otherwise Bruno would of reacted and most likely responded ' Heil Hitler' back to his father if he knew what it was about.

How is juxtaposition used in Bruno's description of their boarding the train to Auschwitz?

What
is Bruno's reason for not saying anything to the Jews on the crowded
train? How is this a representation of the greater German population?

 Last 2 questions are not in chapter 5?