Why does Bruno seem younger than nine?’

Bruno seems younger than for a number of reasons. One would be that Bruno, as described, is very short for his age therefore making him seem younger. Another reason would be that Bruno is very innocent and unaware of the things around him which makes him ask a lot of questions and look at things from a smaller child’s perspective.

Bruno asks his father about the people outside their house at Auschwitz. His father answers “They’re not people at all Bruno.”(p.53) Discuss the horro

When his father made that statement it really shows that his father has been deeply influenced and don’t take Jews as human beings. It also shows how deeply the father has been brainwashed into thinking that Jews are not human beings that he can speak of this to his own son without even hesitating. This statement would make Bruno curious, because of his innocence, he make that that as if there are real animals inside the fence. Since he is very bored and lonely in the “Out With” he would want to find someone or something to do therefore have people and what he thinks are real animals over the fence it would make him want to go over even more.

What is it about the house at Out-With that makes Bruno fell “Cold and unsafe?” How is this feeling perpetuated as he encounters people like Pavel , M

The Out-With in general just has a really cold and dark atmosphere with all the stone buildings and the g greyed out areas in the place. Especially since when Bruno has came from a place with lots of people and things happening and how he can go anywhere and do exploring in the whole of Berlin, but now he is not even allowed to go exploring at the back of Out-With. Also by meeting people like Pavel and Shmuel, it makes the place have an even colder atmosphere because of how sad Pavel and Shmuel seems. The feeling of unsafeness is made worst by Lt. Kotler’s behaviors, who yelled at Pavel and even beaten Pavel when he spilled something on him, also it makes Bruno really wonder why no one even helped, or stops Kotler from beating Pavel.

In a traditional fable, characters are usually one-dimensional. How might Bruno and Gretel might be considered one-dimensional.

In fables the characters are usually one dimensional, where they just express one kind of feeling or thought. For example in many fables they often use stereotypes or just one dimensional thoughts, like in “Little Red Riding Hood” the wolf is like the stereotypical evil person who uses tricks and other things to get their way while Red Riding Hood is just the innocent kid who knows of nothing and would just listen to what is being told to her. In this case with “The Boy in The Stripe Pyjamas”, Bruno and Gretel would be considered one-dimensional because, Bruno is just like Little Red Riding Hood, with the whole innocent kid personality, where he knows of nothing and only see things how a little kid would see it. Whereas Gretel have the stereotypical mean, know-it-all, older sister act where she thinks she is good at everything, knows everything and believes that his younger brother is never good enough for her, just like as if he is just a burden.

Question 8- Trains

When Bruno left to “Out-With” he was on a train which was very empty, parallel to it was another train which was very crowded with people. Soon when Shmuel tells Bruno that he came on an overcrowded train, that Bruno realized the people in strip pyjamas came on the overcrowded train. This symbolized that at first, Bruno and Shmuel’s lives were running parallel to each other, completely different and never meeting, but it somehow, their lives still came together and met each other. The trains also symbolized a one way ticket, or death because they both went on the train, however none of them got back.

Uniforms

A uniform is something that differentiates between normal people and the ones in uniform. For the most part the people in uniforms have more power or authority however in some cases, like prisoner uniforms, they have less. When people are dressed in uniforms they will feel more special than other and have more power, some can choose to abuse these powers they get for wearing the uniforms. When this happens they will change their behaviors because of the power than have over another and starting treating them badly. However there are other who will honor what they wear, i.e. policemen, so they will behave more polite, lawful, ect. What one wear can also change how others see them. For example, a business man or women’s uniform will make them look very formal and can make others think they are very honest and reliable, while others like gangster clothes, could make people feel unsafe about being near them.

Fences

Fences can be a form of protection or as a barrier for protection. However for the most part, fences are what divides and separate things. There are many fences in our life that divides and barricades people and feelings. It is the fences that divide us apart from people. These barriers that would stop us from socialising and approaching people in our society. These fences are created through prejudice, differences of others and the incidents that we might have with others. There are fences in our lives that are created by differences and the unwillingness to accept others, these fences will create forms of racism, sexism, ageism, and money other differences that people have compared to us. These fences will prevent us from approaching people who are in any way different from us and it will divide us apart. There are also fences created through arguments and incidents with people that will divide us from those people and to not approach them again. An argument with a family member for example, will separate them and create a barrier between them that will make them difficult to socialize and accept each other again. There are also fences created by forms of prejudice and judgement towards others that will prevent us from approaching them. These fences are created from the things you have been told about a group of people or a prejudice feeling towards a group. Fences are everywhere in our lives, it changes the way we see, interacts and our image of people. It stops us from approaching others and it will separate us all together. From these fences that divides us, we will only see people from the outside, and it is when we finally pass through the fences we will truly know and accepted them from the inside.

The Great Depression

The Great Depression was spread around the world in the 1930s and a few other nations picked it up in the early 1940s. The was no "one cause" to the Great Depression however there were many main factors to how the Great Depression began. During the early 1930s there were numerous bank failures and there were a number of stock markets that crashed which contributed to the beginning of the Great Depression. There wasn't also beliefs that companies were producing a lot more than the demanding amount which lead to bankruptcy of companies and stock market decline.

The Hobbit

The Hobbit was a very interesting book with many moments of suspense that kept me wondering what could happen next. The book overall was very enjoyable however I thought the end of the book had a tiny flaw. I did not liked how the main villain of the story, Smaug was not defeated or killed by Bilbo or the gang of Dwarves, however it was killed by a human archer named Bard. This was the the only complaint I had with the book because i really hoped Bilbo would have killed Smaug. The book was enjoyable by having a nice big battle at the end and I also like how there are many riddles that were in the story. It makes you try to solve it too and the riddles were quite interesting. I would give The hobbit a 9.5/10.

The main theme of the book was Heroism. The theme revolves around the main character Bilbo. It is about an average guy turning into a hero. I thought the theme was portrayed very well by having Bilbo show off his talents one by one as the story progressed and in the end Bilbo did felt like a hero.

The Island

In this picture, a man is singing in the back of the choir in the church. The choir is made of all women except for the man in the middle. The man is also drawn with horns and is singing a different from the rest of the choir. Everyone else in the choir is almost drawn in an identical way making the man stand out from the choir a lot. This picture is symbolizing that the man is a devil in comparison to angels singing in the choir. The author is telling that the man is very diverse from the rest and he is represented in the form of a devil. The picture also has everyone in the choir with identical movements excepted for the man who is doing unusual things from the rest, which tells that the man does not just look unusual from the others, but also his movements, actions and everything else is all singular from the others. The story in relation to the picture tells of the man being rejected from singing in the choir which shows deep prejudice in the man. In the eyes of the people from the island, the man is probably seen as a devil just like how the picture shows the man.

The Island

In this picture, a man is singing in the back of the choir in the church. The choir is made of all women except for the man in the middle. The man is also drawn with horns and is singing a different from the rest of the choir. Everyone else in the choir is almost drawn in an identical way making the man stand out from the choir a lot. This picture is symbolizing that the man is a devil in comparison to angels singing in the choir. The author is telling that the man is very diverse from the rest and he is represented in the form of a devil. The picture also has everyone in the choir with identical movements excepted for the man who is doing unusual things from the rest, which tells that the man does not just look unusual from the others, but also his movements, actions and everything else is all singular from the others. The story in relation to the picture tells of the man being rejected from singing in the choir which shows deep prejudice in the man. In the eyes of the people from the island, the man is probably seen as a devil just like how the picture shows the man.

Picture of "The Island"

Character from the Hobbit

I really like the character Gandalf. He is so far in my novel the most powerful character. Gandalf is like the character who always saves the day and comes out at the most crucial times. He keeps readers wondering alot about his background, why is he helping the dwarves, and how come he has to leave. Gandalf keeps alot of mysteries to himself. Gandalf is the master of sorcery and weopenary. I really like the kind of character that is strong and powerful, Gandalf, from the beginning unlike like Bilbo who is weak and eventrually will become strong. Right now, in the story, Gandalf have to leave for an unknown reason, however I believe he'll come back right at the moment where Bilbo and the others are in deep trouble.

Reflection of the Hobbit.

I think The Hobbit is a pretty interesting book with detailed description of the charaters and the fantasy world. The Hobbit visualizes the their world very clearly with diffrerent races and places of the world. It has a nice them of turning Bilbo from some one who has never done anything big in his life into a hero that goes into adventures with dwarves and Gandalf. At the end of chapter four it left alot of suspence to what could happen to bilbo and it makes me want to read more.

A peaceful warrior

I thought the peaceful warrior was a great movie. It was very influential and inspiring. The movie was really well done teaching people a lot of life lessons and can really change the way you think after you seen the movie. Some of the quotes in the movie is very inspirational such as "There is no ordinary moments" and " Journey is what brings us happiness , not the destination." and lots more. Even though I normally watch action and comedy movies, this was a big hit to me.

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About Me

I don't really like reading novels but there is some books out there that grabs my interest, mostly comedy ones. I really like "Avatar" and I loved the "Pirates of the Carribean: trilogy. Johnny Depp was splendid in the "Pirates of the Carribean" movies and he is my favourite actor too. My favourite poem is probaly "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost.


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