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)
• 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?
• Summarise how Gretel describes what she sees.
• What does Gretel attempt to do when she sees the Concentration Camp? How does she attempt to understand what she sees?
• 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)
• 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?
• How does the author use understatement through the children's description of the Concentration Camp?