Boy in the Striped PJ's Chapter 4

• (pg 31) How does the author continue to use juxtaposition in regards to the two housing situations? (the Jews and Bruno's family) The house has a garden full of life like a candle in a dark castle. The Jews home is more like the dark castle, it is barren with no greenery.
• 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? The children don't understand what it is and as it is in their perspective, we don't get the full story.
• Summarise how Gretel describes what she sees. She sees a nice, large, colourful garden followed by a horrible fence with a field containing none of the positive elements from the garden. Instead of greenery there is just sand.
• What does Gretel attempt to do when she sees the Concentration Camp? How does she attempt to understand what she sees? She attempts to say something but she can't find any words. She comes to the conclusion that it is the country side and that this must have be what it is like as they live in a city and have never known the country.
• 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) No because she is trying to understand it herself. She eventually agrees that it isn't the country side and it's not something nice. She says it's not their holiday home.
• 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? They can't look away and ignore it. 
• How does the author use understatement through the children's description of the Concentration Camp? Through the children's description.