What caused John Boyne to write this particular book? Tip: If you don’t remember the class discussion, you can look online. (30 pts.)
From the background information I’ve read, it seems like it was a relatively important topic for John Boyne. He wanted his readers to get the moral of the story, but he wanted to do that without telling a story that actually happened exactly like that in real life. While I was researching, I read something about his dad. He was an Irish men that experienced discrimination himself. I think this might’ve played a role as to why John Boyne wanted to write a story like this.
Describe the relationship between Bruno and Gretel? What kind of characters is each of them? (40 pts.) Bruno and his sister, Gretel, only have a three year age difference. Most siblings that don’t have a very big age difference tend to argue a lot. Gretel and Bruno are pretty opposite of eachother. Gretel thinks highly of herself and tries to act like she knows more than Bruno because she’s older. Bruno is young and naive, and tries to make the most of his childhood, while Gretel …show more content…
But some of the things really did happen. It wasn’t exactly like the story though. The author wanted his readers to get the moral of the story without just coming out and saying it. Bruno thought his new home was called Out-With, but he was really just mispronouncing the word Auschwitz. Auschwitz was one of the concentration camps that Jews were put in. John Boyne didn’t want to use the actual name of the camp in the book though, because what took place in the story didn’t actually happen. But he wanted the readers to infer that Out-With really meant Auschwitz so they could get a better picture in their minds while reading the story. And the same goes with what Bruno called the Fury. He really meant the Fuhrer. Fuhrer means leader in German. The fuhrer was the person who promoted Father to
From the background information I’ve read, it seems like it was a relatively important topic for John Boyne. He wanted his readers to get the moral of the story, but he wanted to do that without telling a story that actually happened exactly like that in real life. While I was researching, I read something about his dad. He was an Irish men that experienced discrimination himself. I think this might’ve played a role as to why John Boyne wanted to write a story like this.
Describe the relationship between Bruno and Gretel? What kind of characters is each of them? (40 pts.) Bruno and his sister, Gretel, only have a three year age difference. Most siblings that don’t have a very big age difference tend to argue a lot. Gretel and Bruno are pretty opposite of eachother. Gretel thinks highly of herself and tries to act like she knows more than Bruno because she’s older. Bruno is young and naive, and tries to make the most of his childhood, while Gretel …show more content…
But some of the things really did happen. It wasn’t exactly like the story though. The author wanted his readers to get the moral of the story without just coming out and saying it. Bruno thought his new home was called Out-With, but he was really just mispronouncing the word Auschwitz. Auschwitz was one of the concentration camps that Jews were put in. John Boyne didn’t want to use the actual name of the camp in the book though, because what took place in the story didn’t actually happen. But he wanted the readers to infer that Out-With really meant Auschwitz so they could get a better picture in their minds while reading the story. And the same goes with what Bruno called the Fury. He really meant the Fuhrer. Fuhrer means leader in German. The fuhrer was the person who promoted Father to