From How to Read Literature Like a Professor Thomas C. Foster Notes by Marti Nelson 1. Every Trip is a Quest (except when it’s not): a. A quester b. A place to go c. A stated reason to go there d. Challenges and trials e. The real reason to go—always self-knowledge 2. Nice to Eat With You: Acts of Communion a. Whenever people eat or drink together‚ it’s communion b. Not usually religious c. An act of sharing and peace d. A failed meal carries negative connotations 3. Nice to Eat You: Acts of Vampires
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twelve years old sister Gretel in Berlin during the second world war. His father is commandant for the German army. One day‚ when Bruno came home from school‚ the family’s maid Maria is packing his belongings. They move to a new home‚ because of his fathers’ work. Their new home’s called Out-With. Immediately when the Family arrive at Out-With‚ Bruno gets homesick. He misses his friends‚ his grandparents and especially his old home at Berlin. From a bedroom window Gretel and Bruno see many people
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aflame‚ their stems untouched‚ like candles at an evening meeting.” (Hawthorne 5). The dark wall that surrounds the edge of the clearing represents the location of the clearing in the depths of the forest‚ still in the realms of evil. For example‚ Hansel and
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their eyes gauged out. I heard my mother calling out to me from the kitchen‚ “Axel‚ she says‚ take the dinner scraps out to the chickens” I quickly accept the chore‚ as my mother has a short-temper. As I walk past the living room‚ I see my sister‚ Gretel‚ playing with some black fabric‚ I ask her where she found it‚ but she just mumbles to herself “it’s going to be bad‚ the worst” I walk past her and open the door to the chicken coup‚ I notice that all the chickens are missing and there is a blood
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people nice they shall treat you the same. Main characters: Hans Brinker‚ Gretel Brinker‚ Meitje Brinker‚ Raff Brinker Other important characters: Dr. Gerard Boekman‚ Ludwig van Mounen‚ Carl Schummel‚ Peter van Holp‚ Ludwig van Holp‚ Ben Dobbs‚ Hilda van Gleck‚ Jacob Poot‚ Katrinka Flack‚ Rychie Korbs. Summary: In Holland‚ poor but industrious and honorable 15year old Hans Brinker and his younger sister Gretel‚ wanted to participate in December’s great ice-skating race on the canal. They
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harsh towards the Jews is would make Bruno look away and feel ashamed to be a part of it. Unlike his father the young lieutenant agreed with what the fury was doing. Kotler plays an important role as he is mostly responsible for brainwashing Gretel. Gretel who is only twelve moved to with her family. She is influenced by her surroundings. She goes from being an innocent girl who plays with dolls to a girl who hangs up maps of Germany on her wall and pinpoint the locations of where the troop of
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discuss the differences in attitude among Bruno‚ Gretel‚ and their parents in how they perceive what is going on in the world around them during the war. Bruno’s perceive of what was going on in the world around him was different than everyone else. He believes that his father is a good man but when he sees Shmuel he sees something different. Bruno thinks the houses‚ the men and the kids in the striped pajamas are not people. He thinks this because Gretel would tell him anything to stop asking so
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Subsequent to their move to “Out-With”‚ an evident alteration in behaviour is noticed in Gretel. This move negatively impacts the youthful mindset of Gretel‚ clearly shown by her “various maps she had pasted on the walls”‚ replacing her dolls. The removal of her dolls symbolizes her innocent childhood fading away‚ as she is not only getting rid of what is known to be a conventional
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named Gretel. Bruno has brown hair and is constantly made fun of because he is short for his age. He loves exploring and wants to be an explorer when he grows up. Bruno is very upset when his family moves to a place called “Out-With” because he has no friends there. He goes exploring along the fence outside his new house and finds a boy named Shmuel. The two soon become friends. Gretel Hoess: Gretel is a twelve-year-old girl who loves to play with dolls and rearrange them on her shelf. Gretel is very
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In John Boyne’s novel “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas”‚ it is proved that evil tends to arise out of the tendency of ordinary people to follow orders‚ to accept what their told by authorities‚ and to conform. The characters effectively show how influencing a conception can be by the exaggerating changes of their behavior and speech. When Bruno had asked about the people on the other side of the fence‚ his father had explained in a way Bruno could not understand. “Those people...well‚ they’re not
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