Chapter 4 questions

• (pg 31) How does the author continue to use juxtaposition in regards to the two housing situations? (the Jews and Bruno's family)

The author continues to use juxtaposition between the Jews and Bruno's family by describe the ground they're on. The lively garden of greenery and flowers and nice paths for Bruno's family and then a huge wire fence surrounding the Jews with huge walls and telegraph poles

• What is it about the children that makes it difficult to understand exactly what they see through the window and just how bad it is?

What makes it hard to understand what they see is that they think its a farm and they don't really know what it is. They also don't have a full understanding of the whole Jew situation so they don't know how bad it is.

• Summarise how Gretel describes what she sees.

Gretel describe it as a countryside farm

• What does Gretel attempt to do when she sees the Concentration Camp? How does she attempt to understand what she sees?

When Gretel sees the concentration camp she tries to make herself believe its the country side and not something bad. She does this by thinking back to geography class and trying to think of a possible solution

• Is her attempt successful? Does she convince Bruno that she understands? What does she eventually give in to? What does she say/or not say? (pg 32)

Her attempted is unsuccessful, she does not convince Bruno that she understands and she eventually gives in to not fully knowing what it is either. What Gretel does not say is that she doesn't know what it is because she always wants to be right and smarter than Bruno

• What can't the children do when they see the Concentration Camp that the adults seem to be able to do? Which group can understand what they see? Why do you think that this is the case?

The children can't understand nor feel bad for the people in the Concentration Camp and the adults can. Younger groups can understand what they see, I think this is the case because older people would of been aware of the situation and would know whats going on and would find this ironic

• How does the author use understatement through the children's description of the Concentration Camp?