Understanding character

Aim: to learn to show understanding of the thoughts and feelings of characters through writing and drama .

Chapters 11
The Fury arrives at Brunos home with a beautiful blonde woman. How do the family react?

How do these characters react to the Fury?

Maria? Father? Mother? Gretel?

Make notes as we read the chapters.

Do they all react in the same way? How can you

explain this?

Bruno?

Names & Puns

Fuhrer (few-ruh): (German) leader; guide The Hopeless case refers to Gretel because she swings towards the ideology of the Germans and there is absolutely no turning back for her. Auschwitz as Out-with: Symbolises out of civilization, isolation and the idea of being out of place.

Questions on chapter 10 Testing for understanding

Chapter 10: The Dot that Became a Speck That Became a Blob that became a Figure that Became a Boy.

1. What does the star on the boys arm mean? 2. Describe the conversation the two boys have about their names. What is the significance? 3. What fact of significance do the boys find out about each other? What is the author suggesting by creating this fact in the story? 4. What is revealed in the conversation about the difference in attitudes between Shmuels mother and Brunos father? 5. What other information does Bruno learn from Shmuel?

Questions on chapter 11 Testing for understanding

Chapter 11: The Fury

1. Father tells Bruno he is pronouncing the Fury incorrectly. How should it be said? What is the author suggesting by having Bruno mispronounce it in this way? 2. What does Bruno feel about the Fury as the evening begins and progresses? What does the Fury do that he find offensive? 3. How does Gretel behave towards Eva and the Fury? What is the Furys reaction to Gretels ability to speak French and why? 4. Sum up the discussion that Father and Mother have when the children have gone to bed. What is it that each of them are trying to make the other one understand?