Friday, August 26, 2011

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) Bruno says, "Lieutentat Kotler still strode around in his black boots as if there was no one in the whole world of any more importance than him". This portrays to me a stereotypical Nazi, they were supposedly only fighting for the greater good of their country but I believe that they were political mercenaries, the Nazi's followed a great leader because he was an amazing talker. He made them believe that the Jews were not people, that they caused the financial crisis, that they were the cause of all their bad luck. He must have been extremely good at talking if he was able to do this to a single  nation. The point I am trying to put across is that they did not care for anyone but themselves. They were not fighting and killing for 'the good of the country' they were fighting for the good of themselves.
What is Herr Liszt going to 'change' for Bruno? (98) He is going to be taking Bruno's childhood away tell him that he can not read story books and have his head up in the clouds. He will teach him of his family's heritage and of the fatherland. Comically Bruno starts to think about what his fatherland actually was, 'He wasn't entirely sure that his father had any land'. This shows Bruno's lack of knowledge of the war and the innocence of being a child. Although I do believe history and geography is important I do believe that reading story books and living as a child is also important as well. When Herr says that he will 'change' Bruno I also believe that he will be trying to change him from a 'little man' or little boy that Bruno hates being called into a 'young man'.
(100) What connection does Bruno make between the people in the camp and the people that come and visit his house all the time? Bruno makes the connection about the uniforms that both the Jews and the Nazi's wear. The Jews wear the striped pajamas's and the Nazi's wear their smart uniforms. He then starts to ask himself are the actually entirely different? He also thinks to himself, 'and who who decided wore the striped pajama's and which people wore the uniforms?' This is actually a very good question as it now makes me think that it was the same person, 'Adolf Hitler'. After reading this paragraph this shows a very strong connection between the two and it makes you wonder if the two are very different at all?
What are some of the things that Bruno begins to take notice of regarding the relationship between the soldiers and the people in 'pyjamas'? As mentioned above the connections are very clear, the uniforms that all of them wear are although very different the uniform aspect is actually one in the same. Also he looks at a very good point about who actually decides which uniform the two people actually dress in. Which is actually the same person 'Adolf Hitler'.

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