Boy in the striped PJ's chapter 5

1. What does it say that we only actually meet the father in the book in Chapter 5 even though he is the one causing much of the action in the book? It makes you want to know more about the father because you don't know much about him yet he has been the controller of everything in the book so far, moving house, he's close to the fury. His actions have fueled Bruno's complications.
2. the mother says: ‘We should have never let the Fury come to dinner. Some people and their determination to get ahead.’ What theme does this introduce regarding the role of ambition and causing harm? How does Bruno's father speak to him? Give an example to support your answer. Lust for power and how it hurts the people close to you. "This is my work, important work." "I want to go home, said Bruno. He could feel tears welling up behind his eyes"
3. How would you compare the way Bruno speaks about the world to his father's? Do they both comment about what is going on around them the same? Bruno doesn't see the greater meaning behind things. He speaks of the world as if it is simple and if somethings not right then you can easily change it. "But when can we go back to Berlin?" 
4. How does the father rationalise every concern that Bruno has? He tries to change the meaning of things. "I want to go home" and his father replies with "Home is where the family is" so there for Berlin is no longer Bruno's home.
5. What is ironic about what the father says when he comes around the desk and talks to Bruno about his childhood? It ironic because he tells Bruno to do the right thing when he is killing innocent Jews.
6. Do you think that the father really cares about Bruno? Why/why not? He does care but is so caught up with Hitlers plans for him that he has forgotten how to care.
7. Do you think that Bruno understands what he is saying when he says 'Heil Hitler!'? No he has no idea he thinks it's a greeting.
8. How is juxtaposition used in Bruno's description of their boarding the train to Auschwitz? The germans get empty luxury carriages whereas the jews on the other side of the platform are over flowing and are the complete opposite of luxury.