Satirical comics Analysis

1. What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon? That everyone is becoming more and more distracted by all the new technology that we can't see what's going on around us
2. Are there any real known personalities depicted in the cartoon? Even if this is not the case, what type of person is being depicted? The average person is being depicted because everyone has been distracted enough to not hear what someone else says. There aren't really any personalities being depicted
3. Are there symbols and/or signifiers in the cartoon? What are they and what do you think they represent? There aren't really any signifiers or symbols in the cartoon.
4. 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? I think its everyone's view, because we can all relate to a point in time where this has happened to us (not getting replaced, being distracted) and I think that the author shows this in a very clear way.
5. Do you agree with the cartoonist's opinion? Why?? The author doesn't really express an opinion but if it was what i think it was, that we are getting to distracted by things around us to see what is right in front of us, then yes, i do agree and if we keep this up we will end up missing something really important.

Satire

Picture no.?                            why it made me laugh?                                       techniques?

10                                           Its over exaggerating things that                        exaggeration

                                               don't really matter in prep and                          incongruity

                                              highlights the ridiculousness of report

                                              cards in prep schools

15                                        It shows the exaggeration of the military                 Exaggeration

                                             guy shouting at Hicks, the small guy,

                                             for training terrorists when the big guy is

                                             holding rockets and warheads  

19                                         Its funny because its a short comic with                Stereotypes

                                             which a little girl states that only girls can

                                             carry purses whereas boys carry briefcases.

                                             Its playing on gender roles where boys carry

                                              briefcases whereas girls carry briefcases                

Lessons from my school years

1. There is a stark contrast created in the opening of this story between what the narrator had been doing before entering school and what will be expected at school? What is this contrast and what does it immediately create in the story?The contrast is between the school and what people do there, and her parents fruit shop and what she does there. It immediately creates juxtaposition between what she will do at school compared to what she does at home.

2. The author continues this theme of contrast at the start of the story. How does he do this in his description of his experience of Sydney’s North Shore? He describes the fruit shop as clean and friendly and that there were streets out back and the train station behind that and he explains that he has become very familiar with his town. Whereas when he explains the school he says that its leafy and there are houses made of solid brick and that he doesn't belong there

3. What was the father’s background in business before he opened the fruit shop? What has helped him become successful? The book explains that the father came to Australia when he was seventeen and knew nothing about business and no English. Then to go from nothing to opening a fruit shop and becoming very successful, it shows that he has become successful.

4. The narrator’s description of his father is complex. What makes the father a complex character?The father is described as complex because he has many different aspects about him. He is 'happy, chatty, friendly', but is also a hard worker, as he had no business or English skills when he arrived in Australia

5. (91) How does the author describe his role in doing ‘things that counted’? He described his role in the family as he had to listen and watch what his siblings had to say about school in order to learn for himself what is acceptable and what isn't in a schooling life.
6. What experience does the author have at school while keeping to himself? What does he learn from this experience? He gets into trouble by keeping to himself. Its no just because he's a different race or colour, but also because he doesn't talk to anyone and keeps to himself.

7. How would you characterise the narrator’s tone in regards to the events that are occurring around him? He uses a mono tone, which is a single tone, meaning he sees the world in one major way which is that the world is a horrible place.

8. How does the narrator characterise the ways that one could ‘get the strap’ and ways that one could avoid it? He characterizes that the 'Strap' is very easy to get, but very hard to avoid. It was very easy to get the strap, mis-spelling a word, walking to slow/fast, and there was very few ways to avoid it

9. What event evokes a racist speech to the class by the teacher? The event was that there was a boy who couldn't swim, so his mom wrote a note excusing him from the carnival. The teacher read it out to the whole class and at the end said 'like Chinese people never contribute'

10. What effect did the author’s experience with ‘Strap Happy Jack’ have on him? It made him think about the minority of Asians in the area.

11. What was the one advantage school provided the author? That when he was going through high school some teachers saw some talents.

12. What did the author do at his school? What was his motivation for doing it? What did he feel was lacking at school? The author started a workshop program which he found interesting and enjoyable, and he felt that school was lacking the ability of him being able to choose his own future.

13. What did the parents want their son to do at school? What did the author fear would happen by obeying his parents? His parents wanted him to learn something of a specific profession, in this case a doctor, something which he hated and feared. The parents wanted him to learn what was being taught at school, and then what he wanted to learn after, which he feared he would miss if he followed his parents.

14. At school, what did the author learn about his own type of thinking and how to use it?He learned that his style of thinking is different and if he wanted to use it to its up most potential, then he has to do what he wants

Relative advantages of learning my language

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

The anacdote is that when her grandfather sits down,, she says 'i hope he doesn't sit down'. It lets the reader know what the story is going to be about (grandfather) and that she was pretty harsh to her grandfather.

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

That its not needed very much when growing up in a English country.

 What is ironic about the inhabitants of this house?

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?

Its symbolizes the similarity in of living standards Australian culture. The Pakistani family symbolizes that other cultures also live the same as other cultures, ie. Chinese and Pakistani.

4. What does the death of her grandfather inspire the author to do? To learn Chinese again and realize that she should have listened to her grandfather a lot more than she has over the years.

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? She wants to be able to speak in Chinese so that the next time she meets a relative, she can listen to what they have to say in there native tongue.

Why does it matter 2-The year of the rooster- Bon-Wai Chou

In this story the author portrayed a very deep story about the stages of her father’s death in great detail.

The story started off by cutting to the chase. The second line in it states that her father has terminal cancer.  From the very beginning the story it could be seen as a very sad one, with the soft way the author writes and the calm way she thinks, the story could be seen as a very deep one. The author goes into the stages of her father’s death in great detail, examples of how his mind started to fade away, saying things out of context, out of line and not on the same topic at all. The honesty and detail that the author put into this, clearly stating how she felt and what he thought was very sad as for someone who hasn’t experienced death before could see that it was not a thing you want to experience.

The story was very confronting in a way that something so sad and happens to everyone is explained so clearly and detailed that it makes you feel cold. “He was in two minds; he didn’t want to stay but didn’t fell like going just yet”. The way the author writes that in a third person way makes the readers feel like they know how they feel and can feel that the pain that both the author and father feels. And finally, when her father dies, the way that she describes how she felt and what she was feeling and what she wanted to do was written so calmly that it made the reader feel sorry for her lose. The story gives readers an insight to what it feels like to lose someone at such a young age, and what you do to try make them happy and how happy it makes them to see them happy. She describes it in such a way that it makes the readers feel like they have experienced it. This story to me shows that even thought they are immigrants, and that they are of a different culture, their not so different in the way that they may look, speak and sound different, but they can still have family members die and that the pain that they feel from it is the same as if another Australian families dad died. They can still feel pain and hurt inside, even if they are different from us on the outside.

Why does it matter-The courage of soldiers

This story is based off what life is like living in one of those families which are mean and don't care what there children think. Its about a father who runs his children's lives. He doesn't let them out with friends and he doesn't let them get bad marks. If they do get bad marks, then they beat them. Then, the olders child, his daughter, runs away from home in her teens. Even though its onhat  a pretty sad and dark topic, i found it quiet a good read. I didn't want to put the book down until I finished the story.
It makes you see that if you think your life is bad, there is someone else out there who's is worse. While reading it I felt sorry for the author. She put a lot of detail in the story explaining what it was like, how she felt and what she thought about what she had done. I think you should read it because it is a good story detailing about what it would be like to live in one of those stereotypical Asian families where you have to do well in you exams and your studies or else you will get in heaps of trouble.

My first kiss

1. How does the author describe Malaysia in regards to showing affection? its censored, it doesn't show people kiss in public and all in all not a very affectionate place.

2. What happens to the author when she hits puberty? She lost her footing in her tom-boy world,  her dynamics of he r male playmates changed.

3. What is the author’s experience at school when she first arrives to Melbourne? The only people who approached her were the other overseas Asians. None of the white kids took interest in her.

4. What is it that made the author feel that she wasn’t Australian even though she spoke English fluently? She went to the ESL class, English Second Language, with all the other overseas people.

5. What else was it about the author that further alienated her from her peers? The fact that she was still Asian and still referenced her self as a tom-boy. All her characteristics were different. The way she talked, she never said g'day or anything like that.

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

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

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

Teenage dreams

1. What are the first two sentences of the story and how do they create a tension in the story? The first two sentence of the story create tension because it talks about a very negative six sense which is the ability to tell when someone is going to die. This creates the basis and tension within the story because it sets-up the thought that someone is going to die within the story.

2. What has happened to the author’s father as a result of his wife’s death? The author's father looked for something to care for and be passionate about which is Leslie Cheung. This made him more susceptible to be disappointed in things he believed in and the fear of death.

3. How does the description of the father removing his hands from his face as ‘unmasked’ related to the seriousness of his following statement? By removing his hands from his face by 'unmasking' them it shows that he is showing his full emotion and that it is very solemn occasion. This also shows that he rarely is serious and that he is a different person when he needs to be serious.

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 lives his life and conducts himself much like a 'teenage dreamer'. This is seen through his passion for an actor/musician who is popular at the time. He also begins to cry like teenagers (the other people in the theater) when confronted with a idol in pain. He also gets very emotional when he doesn't get what he wants, shown through the author saying 'no' to going to Honk Kong to go to a predict funeral.

Conversations with parents

1. What is ironic about the way the author and the father become close? What has to happen to the father? It is ironic about the way that the author and the father become close because they become close through the sickness and suffering of the father. It is also mentioned that the author began to like being in the hospital because it meant that the author could get closer to the father.

2. How would you characterise the conversation that the author has with her parents? You would characterise them as very brief and very cliche. They would also be characterised as very awkward and those similar to acquaintances rather than family. 

3. What is it that worries the author most about these conversations? The biggest worry about the conversations that are had with her parents is that she never tells them that she loves them and is not sure how to. 

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? Reminiscing about memories about happy times and that they always try to call and listen to the child are how they express there feelings. They also pressure her to live like they did such as by buying Vietnamese groceries and talking about meals such as Banh Xeo. 

The early settlers by Ken Chau

• 1. How does this title refer to two groups of ‘settlers’? Who are they? The two groups are the ones who are foreign and arriving now such as the great-grandfather and the early settlers who have branded the new arrivals.
• 2. How is the first line of the poem successful at being ‘forceful’ regarding the Great-Grandfather’s presence in Australia? It shows his position in the socio-economical status within the two settling classes, him being an outsider in the early settlers guild.
• 3. What action are the ‘early settlers’ doing that gives them equally a strong presence? They are branding the new arrivals with very derogatory terms such as 'devil' and 'terrorist'. This shows there dominance and there ability to make people feel uneasy about there lifestyle.
• 4. How is the intention of the Great-Grandfather juxtaposed to the beliefs of the ‘early settlers’? He juxtaposes the early settlers because he is branding them as well by calling them 'bastards' but by saying it in his own language shows him as an outsider standing up by hypocritical means.
• 5. What action does the Great-Grandfather do that ties him both to the ‘early settlers’ and to his own culture? The great grandfathers brands others in much the same way the early settlers do, with derogatory terms such in the way the great grandfather brands 'bastard' upon someone which ties in with the early settlers branding people with 'foreign devil' and 'potential terrorist'. By the great grandfather branding in his own language he ties back in with his culture and his way of life

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?power points

2. How does she interpret this title?with caps lock and a -

3. What did this title actually refer to? Did the author find this demeaning? Why/why not?The author thought it was because it was because Asians  had electric brain power. She wasn't quiet sure though

4. ‘All that untapped potential! All that electrifying brain power!’ What techniques are being employed by the author? How does they highlight he misunderstanding?She uses !, making it seem that she is exaggerating or speaking with enthusiasm.

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?

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

7. In the third paragraph how does the author use repetition. How does it highlight the focus of this book?She uses repetition to show that school is a big time in a child's life. There first day of school, first friend, it shapes there whole life

8. What metaphor does the author use to highlight the writers and the writing style in the third paragraph?She says that the authors are the tree, comparing them to distant observers

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?The quote means that if you change the name, it would be about you because everyone experiences these things and feelings, Asian or not. 

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?Tom Cho, Vanessa Woods, Paul Nguyens, Chi Vu's. The main themes she uses is Aussie slang, which is ironic because she uses Australian slang when she comes from an Asian background

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? Model minority is like that because there small and different, but mostly smarter than everyone else on average because they study more and all that stereotypical stuff, that people should look up to them and model them because of it

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

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? The author starts the story by stating the positives of pigs, which is in contrast because the title says go home

2. What core Vietnamese value is instilled in the author? its that any Vietnamese family is a self sustaining one

3. What is humorous about the mother’s ‘flair for natural medicine’ in regards to her personality? its humours because the mother was good with medicine and thinks that her house is very messy.

4. How does the description of the killing of pigeons continue the style utilised in the introduction of the story? Its utilized with the style of brutally killing pigeons for food.

5. What is the author’s opinion of pigs? Give two quotes to support your conclusion. That there unimportant and are only used for food

6. In the paragraph on pgs 53-54, give two examples of alliteration employed by the author. 'Blowing raspberries on babes bellies' and 'feeding frenzy'

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 a wave, and you can't turn your back on a wave because you'll get dumped and if you turn your back on a pig it'll bite you

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

She suns herself by standing in the drive way and slowly rotating like a 'rotisserie chicken'. This relates to the core focus of the story which is killing animals for food.

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? She starts to see that the way there killing and slaughtering pigs and animals like that is bad.

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? She was shocked by the display of killing the pig with the blood coming out of its neck and she wandered if the neighbours had heard the commotion and the killing. She thought it was bad and wrong and that she didn't want anyone else to be involved in the murder of the pigs

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 stopped having pigs because there neighbour is a pig farmer and this relates to the description of the last pig dying and they buried it and stopped having pigs because they didn't want pigs dying so they could eat them

12. How would you characterise the description of the mother’s treatment of the pig’s blood? Is it appetising? It makes it seems a lot of effort for an unappealing effort

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? Its ironic because it was a meal with beef and its the only animal they don't have on there farm.

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

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

What visual techniques are employed in this painting?
There is juxtaposition between the two colours, the red representing the Jews as seen by the star of David. The hand in the foreground is reaching out to the black side for help while everyone of the faceless people just watched while one of them reaches his hand as well.
How do these visual techniques highlight major thematic elements of holocaust art and literature?

Holocaust Poem #3

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important theme of Holocaust literature?
The juxtaposition used in this poem is that at the start it was happy and colourful and then at the end it was all dark and fast and death came so quickly.
How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?
Its used because the more description used, the clearer the picture in our minds are so we can picture what's really going on and makes the reader feel more emotion from the poem. 

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.

Boy in the striped PJ's Chapter 14

(150-1) What information do we get that makes the reader start to feel that he is becoming less innocent and more ignorant?

(151-3) What is interesting about the weather and how does it relate to the overall emotion of this stage in the book? Its raining like crazy and it sets the scene as sad and dark and gloomy such as the holocaust

(153) What does Bruno accidentally say to Gretel?
He mentions Shmuel
(154-5) Is Bruno able to consider Gretel's feelings? How do you know?
Bruno is able to consider Gretel's feelings to an exempt because he thinks she to must be bored at Auschwitz as all she has to do is rearrange her dolls.
(155) What is it that motivates Bruno not to tell Gretel the truth? How does this portray Bruno as being selfish?
He thinks that Smuel will be taken from him, he doesn't want to lose him to Gretel
(158) What is it that Bruno realises when he starts recounting what Shmuel tells him? Why do you think that this is when he finally starts to realise what Shmuel is experiencing?  Bruno starts to put the pieces together and he recounts Shmuels stories about his grandpa. Bruno starts to lose his innocence as he gets more information about what's really going on in that camp.

(159) What is ironic and hypocritical about what Gretel tells Bruno regarding imaginary friends
It's ironic because she has her dolls which are her imaginary friends, more than what Bruno has

Boy in the striped PJ's Chapter 13

1. How does the initial paragraph frame Bruno's state of mind? Bruno's state of mind has changed because he comes to realize that in the foreseeable future he wont be going home and he has stopped complaining about the house he's staying in.

2. What does the question Bruno asks Maria show about his development? Bruno asks if Pavel is a waiter or a doctor. This development is important because when he gets information given to him, he doesn't ignore it he takes it in and uses it which separates him from the average Nazi

3. What is important about Maria's reaction to Bruno's question? Its important because it gives another point of view for the story and shows that even though they are Jews, they have pasts as well
4. Why does Bruno want to tell Shmuel about Pavel? What does this highlight about Bruno's understanding of what is going on? Bruno wants to tell Shmuel about Pavel because he wants to know if they are related or they know of each other, and highlights that Bruno realizes that before the Jews came to the camp they had pasts and jobs as well.

5. What do the boys argue about? Who does Bruno defend? Who is right/wrong? Why? They argue about the soldiers and Bruno's father, if there mean or nice. Bruno defends his father because in Bruno's eyes he is good. Neither is wrong or right. They both think there right because of there view on the world but smuel would be the one who's right in our view.

6. 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? Bruno is starting to see that what is happening to Shmuel is bad, and that he doesn't really want to find out because he probably wont like it

7. What connection do the boys have regarding Lt. Kotler? They both dislike him and he treats them both  like kids.

8. What has changed in the the way Bruno sees Pavel? Bruno begins to notice Pavel as a person and that he has been treated badly and that he is looking very bad latley.

9. 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's father's way of eating is described as 'attacking a leg of lamb' which shows the way in which he approaches things in his life. Not only did he 'attack' his food but he also pointed with a knife and shrugged his shoulders which are both rude.

10. We learn Lt. Kotler's first name - 'Kurt'. What is it about the sounds in his full name that are important? 'Kurt Kotler'.The use of alliteration gives the impression that Kurt is the perfect nazi, with his blonde hair and blue eyes.
11. 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 a very important fact about Kotler which is that his father is a teacher who moved out of Germany to Switzerland in 1938. His father feels insulted that Kurts father isn't as patriotic as the rest of Germany

12. 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 drops the wine bottle and spills it on Kurt which breaks the tension, makes the children cry and makes Bruno realize that he should not do anything really bad or he will get shouted at like Pavel did from Kurt or his dad. It has the irony that the Germans are screaming at the Jews like they are to waiters, meaning that the Germans are always mean to everyone.

Boy in the striped PJ's Chapter 15

(163) Why doesn't Bruno like Kotler? What does he observe and not understand about Kotler when his father is away?
He doesn't lie it how he speaks with his mother and how she laughs at his jokes more than she laughs at fathers, he doesn't like it how everyone likes him, how he calls him little man and what he observes and doesn't understand is that when father is away, Kotler is at the house when he goes to sleep and wakes up.
(163) What is meant when Kotler uses the cliche 'Don't worry, this one knows which side his bread is buttered on.'? He means like he may be stupid, but he knows what he is doing and wont mess up

(165) How would you describe the interaction between Kotler and Bruno?
Harsh, short and angry. Its harsh because both of them dislike each other
(166) What surprise does Bruno get?
Shmuel is in his house
(167) How is juxtaposition used when Bruno compares his hand to Shmuel's?
Its used to show that even though they have the same birthday and they are the same age, they are still different in so many ways, such as how the Germans and Jews are both human and pretty much do the same things as ea  hother, they are both different in many ways
(168-9) Does Bruno understand the pressure that Shmuel is under?
No, he just thinks that Shmuel is scared of Kotler for the same reason Bruno is scared of Kotler, as well as Bruno doesn't really understand what's going on with the war as well, if he did it would be a lot clearer
(171-2) What dramatic situation unfolds and what is Bruno's reaction?

(173-4) What does Bruno think of himself because of the way he reacts? How is the major theme 'fear' portrayed in this scene? What does it do to Bruno and Shmuel?
He feels like he should have said something else that would have gotten both of them out of trouble, and when he doesn't see Shmuel at the fence he thinks that Shmuel will never forgive him, and when he sees the bruises he new that they were because of him
(175) What does Bruno say that prompts Shmuel to offer his hand in friendship? How is this symbolic?
He says that they were friends and that things like that shouldn't happen to friends. Its symbolic because it was saying that the Germans became friends with the Jews. It symbolizes peace.

Boy in the striped PJ's Chapter 11/12

What are the main themes of the novel so far? I would say that the main theme so far is a historical theme. You can see this very clearly because its based off the holocaust. The characters in the book, Bruno, Maria, they aren't real and the story may not have been off a real story, but the things going on around them are real. Innocence, friendship, inequality, fear, ignorance are all other main themes of the story, inequality and innocence are probably also two of the main themes, since equality was one of the main reasons for the war in the first place

What are the main techniques? Allusion, juxtaposition, imagery, alliteration and similes.

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

When the Fury came to dinner, how did Bruno's innocence cover up who the Fury was and what he was asking of his father?

How is the stereotypical German portrayed when the Fury and his wife come over for dinner?

If Bruno had understood what was going on around him, with the war and everything with the fury (who he is, what he does) do you think his view would be different.
Who is eve and what is ironic about her being with Hitler.

Chapter 12

In chapter 12 how does Bruno's innocence and his age and knowledge cover up the fact that Smuel is a Jew and why he's not allowed outside of the fence?

Does the fence dividing Bruno and Smeul resemble anything?

Does Bruno feel sorry for the position that Smuel is in, or does he see Smuel as lucky?

Does the theme of equality play a big role in this chapter. Why,why not?

Boy in the 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? The Germans saw the Jews as dots, not people or humans but a dot. When Bruno sees the dot he goes forward and realizes that its a boy, its like saying that if the Germans explored more into the Jews, they may find that there not that different.
(109) What effect does the boys both having the same birthday have? That even though Shmuel is a Jew, there not very different from the Germans, hence the same birthday.
(113-4) What do Bruno and Shmuel 'argue' about? What does Bruno decided to stop the argument? Which place is nicer, Berlin or Poland, and he says we have 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? He doesn't really understand what's going on

Boy in the striped PJ's 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 portrayed that he is the most important person in the world because he wears his black polished boots. But when he isn't doing work for father he is outside talking to Gretel. So Bruno is thinking that there are two sides to Kotler in a way. He is portrayed in alliteration with the black boots. 
What is Herr Liszt going to 'change' for Bruno? (98) He is going to change what Bruno is reading, and pretty much by doing s, change the way Bruno looks at life. He is sort of going to take away his imagination and by giving him books on history, it may possibly change or take away some of his innocence.
(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 are not the same, they wear different things and they do different things, they have different expressions and he was wondering who was important and who wasn't, and who exactly put these people in charge. The connection he made is that one side is better than the other.
What some of the things that Bruno begins to take notice of regarding the relationship between the soldiers and the people in 'pyjamas'? That the ones in uniforms are a lot more sharper than the ones in pyjamas and that the ones in pyjamas do what the ones in uniforms say.

Boy in the striped PJ's Chapter 7

1. How is the mother's defence of Herr Roller entirely ironic? She is being defensive about a man on the street where there are Jews in concentration camps behind there house where she isn't doing anything about it.
2. What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier) That before he became a Nazi, he had a childhood with friends and he had fun, it wasn't all just war or planning to capture the Jews
3. What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters? The Juxtaposition is in  this chapter is Bruno's childhood and Kotler's childhood. Bruno's childhood was happy, except there was a war going on and he didn't even realize whereas Kotler's was without war, a better childhood before the war where he didn't have to move because of his fathers work for the Germans
4. How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults? 
5. Why is juxtaposition a key technique employed in Holocaust texts? How has it been used in The Boy in the Striped PJ's?

Boy in the striped PJ's Chapter 6

• 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? Through out the book so far, Bruno has thought of Maria as just the house maid, he has never really thought of her as having feelings or really ever having a past life. In this chapter, the radical shift is that Bruno realizes Maria really does have a history and a past which causes Bruno feel sorry for her and stick up for her when Gretel comes in and orders her to set up the bath for her.

• Compare how Bruno and Gretel treat Maria. Bruno treats Maria as one of the family, you can see this when he asks for her opinion of moving in to Out-with. Gretel on the other hand treats her like a maid, talks down to her and orders her to do things
• (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?  'Just keep quite about it, Bruno. Don't you know how much trouble you could cause' is the advice she gives Bruno. She is trying to keep Bruno advice but what is ironic is that she is the maid, and she is giving him advice instead of vice versa. She is practically telling Bruno that if he keeps quiet than he will be safe.
• (65-6) What is Bruno's reaction to his new thoughts/feelings? Why do you think that he reacts this way? He has a reality check on Maria, meaning that he see's her in a new way, a way of 

Boy in the striped PJ's chapter 5

1. 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 makes the father seem a bit mysterious, because he had done so much in the book so far, moving house, bringing the fury in, though we haven't really had a good description of him yet. As well as a mysterious feel, if it wasn't for him then Bruno wouldn't have had to move and none of the complications for Bruno wouldn't have happened
2. 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? That the fury, even though they really haven't done anything against there family, has still caused pain and disappointment.
3. How does Bruno's father speak to him? Give an example to support your answer.
4. How would you compare the way Bruno speaks about the world to his father's? Do they both comment about what is going on around them the same? Bruno sort of speaks the same way as his father, since he says that he wants something and the way he demands for it.But they both relate to one another's point of view.
5. How does the father rationalise every concern that Bruno has? Yes, an example of this is when Bruno says 'i want to go home' and his father replies with 'home is where the family is'. it makes Bruno seem that his father isn't really listing what he wants and is ignoring his main concern.
6. What is ironic about what the father says when he comes around the desk and talks to Bruno about his childhood? He says tho make the best out of a bad situation, like when his father said to him to do so. It is ironic because he is saying to do the right thing when he is working for the Nazi's and killing Jews
7. Do you think that the father really cares about Bruno? Why/why not? I think he does care for Bruno, but he doesn't really pay attention about his feelings or his thoughts because he is just a kid.
8. Do you think that Bruno understands what he is saying when he says 'Heil Hitler!'? No, because he doesn't really know what the situation is, why they moved to out-with and if he did, he may have paid more attention
9. How is juxtaposition used in Bruno's description of their boarding the train to Auschwitz? He was sitting in an opened space carriage, thinking that it was bad but when people don't have the luxury of that, all being cramped in one carriage, where there's no room, sort of like the juxtaposition of the house in Berlin and Out-with
10. 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?