Summary:
Philip listened to his father and went to school the next day, and in homeroom he did the usual. Ms. Narwin asked again to please stop singing. He continued, and tells her that he is not doing anything wrong. He continues. They go back and forth till she sends him out of class to the office. When he gets there the assistant principle Dr. Palleni explains to him that he is not following the rules. The students are asked to stay silent and respectful while the "Star-Spangled Banner" is being played, because he decided to be patriotic he has dissobeyed the rules.
The next day he comes to school he does the same, and once again the priciples office. Dr. Palleni tells him that he has th option of apologysing to Ms. Narwin and he would not get suspended, or to get suspended for two days and his record will no longer be clean. He chose to get suspended than to bow down to Ms. Narwin. His mother was called from work to the school, and his two day suspension began.
His father was extreemly angry, and his mother was angry als but not as much as his father. He felt the need to tell his neighbor Ted Griffen who is running fot school board at Philip's school. When they tell him the story, he too is outraged. It happened to be that on that day Ted was being interviewed by a reported on school related topics. Her name was Jennifer Stewart. Ms. Stewart heard his story and went on to make sure her fats wer straight, and She dug DEEP.
She first called the superintendent, Dr Seymour, to ask if there was any rule against singing "The Star Spangled Banner". He said No. She then called Dr. Doane, the principle. Who said that she was not informed about the suspension because diciplinary issues were innitially adressed byt the assistant principle. After that she spoke to Dr. Panelli who chose to not give any information/ commentst. He also said the Philip was not suspended because he singing, but because he as disobeying the rule and because once a student is sent to the principles office twice.
When the news article was published it was a huge hit. It was all over the world. Leterally. People from all over the world were sending letters to Philip, and Ms. Narwin. They praised Philip fpr standing up fpr his rights, while they condemed Ms. Narwin. Poor lady was told many times she was a horrible teacher, and that she should not be allowed to teach any longer.
Philip feared going back to school, because he was not sure what the other students would say to him. He knew it was bound to happened. The students mocked him; they told him that he was now famous, and joked about it. He would ask them to stop but that did not work. Allison was one of them. That was the last straw, he begged his mom to change schools.
On his first day of school they praised him, they were really proud to have him in Washington Academy. When the teacher asked him to start the class off in singing "The Star-Spangled Banner". Philip strted crying, and when his new teacher Miss Rooney asked him why he was crying Philip replied "I don't know the words".
Quote: "The boy, Philip Malloy, who wished to sing in the spirit of patriotism"(AVI 127).
Reaction: When I got to the end of the book, I went straight back to the middle of the book because I was wondering how did Philip let the news report get so big if he never knew the song! Or was he lying? The end of the story leaves you in the air...and only the reader can determine what was true.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Nothing But The Truth By: AVI(70)
New Book!
Summary:
In this new book a boy by the name of Philip Malloy has a huge conflict with his English and now homeroom teacher Miss Narwin. Before she was his homeroom teacher, she was his English teacher. Originally they never got along because, according to him, she has it in for him. He always gets in trouble in her class, and rarely does work and for that reason he received a D for the term. In his eyes, he studies but never understands the material, he tries to explain to her but she never understands him. Its though they just will never get each other. In homeroom the students have to stay quite and listen to the tape recording of the national anthem being played on the intercom. Philip, instead of staying quiet, begins to hum along with the anthem. Miss.Narwin asks him to stop a few times, and he did not stop.The first day nothing happened, but the next he was sent to the office. Where he was told that his behavior was against the rules because he was to stay quiet during that time. He went home and tried to tell his parents while they continued to interrupt him. When he finally did tell them, they were confused as to why singing the anthem would get him into any trouble since it was patriotic.
On the other hand there is Philip's family. His mother and father notice that something is wrong with their son. Philip was supposed to be on the track team, but cannot tryout because of that D in english, now his parents do not know this. Instead, Philip has made them believe that he no longer wants to try out. Mrs. Malloy feels that her son is not receiving support from his father, her husband, Mr. Malloy. Listening to his wife he tries to reach out to Philip. He tells Philip that he and Mrs. Malloy are on his side, and that he should stay strong and fight for his rights.
Lastly there is a girl by the name of Allison Doresett who likes Philip, however is not able to get to know him nor increase her interest in him because of how he is acting. Philip is too busy with these school problems that he puts no effort into building a friendship with Allison, and notices this once she is completely turned off. He always says the wrong thing, and expresses himself in the wrong way, making it seem like he has not one bit of interest for this girl. She is slowly being pushed away, and began testing the waters with another guy.
Quote:
"Lots of kids bad-mouth their parents, say they never stick up for them or understand them. Or pay any attention to them . Stuff like that. My parents are different. I'm lucky"(AVI 70).
Reaction:
In this quote Philip is writing in his diary, after his father told him that his parents were going to support him in his problem with Miss. Narwin. However, I see it as his father saying what his mother would like him to say. She asked for him to be supportive, so instead of listening to his son, to see how his son was feeling, he simply said that he will be supportive. Actions speak louder than words.
Summary:
In this new book a boy by the name of Philip Malloy has a huge conflict with his English and now homeroom teacher Miss Narwin. Before she was his homeroom teacher, she was his English teacher. Originally they never got along because, according to him, she has it in for him. He always gets in trouble in her class, and rarely does work and for that reason he received a D for the term. In his eyes, he studies but never understands the material, he tries to explain to her but she never understands him. Its though they just will never get each other. In homeroom the students have to stay quite and listen to the tape recording of the national anthem being played on the intercom. Philip, instead of staying quiet, begins to hum along with the anthem. Miss.Narwin asks him to stop a few times, and he did not stop.The first day nothing happened, but the next he was sent to the office. Where he was told that his behavior was against the rules because he was to stay quiet during that time. He went home and tried to tell his parents while they continued to interrupt him. When he finally did tell them, they were confused as to why singing the anthem would get him into any trouble since it was patriotic.
On the other hand there is Philip's family. His mother and father notice that something is wrong with their son. Philip was supposed to be on the track team, but cannot tryout because of that D in english, now his parents do not know this. Instead, Philip has made them believe that he no longer wants to try out. Mrs. Malloy feels that her son is not receiving support from his father, her husband, Mr. Malloy. Listening to his wife he tries to reach out to Philip. He tells Philip that he and Mrs. Malloy are on his side, and that he should stay strong and fight for his rights.
Lastly there is a girl by the name of Allison Doresett who likes Philip, however is not able to get to know him nor increase her interest in him because of how he is acting. Philip is too busy with these school problems that he puts no effort into building a friendship with Allison, and notices this once she is completely turned off. He always says the wrong thing, and expresses himself in the wrong way, making it seem like he has not one bit of interest for this girl. She is slowly being pushed away, and began testing the waters with another guy.
Quote:
"Lots of kids bad-mouth their parents, say they never stick up for them or understand them. Or pay any attention to them . Stuff like that. My parents are different. I'm lucky"(AVI 70).
Reaction:
In this quote Philip is writing in his diary, after his father told him that his parents were going to support him in his problem with Miss. Narwin. However, I see it as his father saying what his mother would like him to say. She asked for him to be supportive, so instead of listening to his son, to see how his son was feeling, he simply said that he will be supportive. Actions speak louder than words.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
How Sex Changed A History Of Transsexuality in the United States(209)
Summary:
By the end of the previous section of this book, the 1960s, transsexuals had convinced some American Doctors to Accept the fact that they wanted their bodies changed in order to match what was in their minds. They let the doctors know that they wanted to be the ones to determine what was their sex, and identify themselves, and would like to be left alone while doing so. Now that they had this system, many felt that there was nothing else to hide, or hold back. Some just like Louise Lawrence, devoted their lives to educating others on how life was to be a Transsexual, whether people wanted to know or not. An example of this is of a autobiography of a MTF (male to female). Because by the 1960s, there were changed in "censorship laws accompanied a new sexual ethos"(168).
So much that transsexuals began branching out into other self identified groups. This was promoted by the possibilities that came with surgery or hormones. There were Mate to Female cross genders, female impersonators, drag queens, and later on there were butch Lesbians. There were also the "inverts" during the early twentieth Century, who identified themselves as makes with female body parts. By the mid-twentieth century doctors defined transsexualism as are included that weren't because of the narrower definitions of homosexuality and transvestism. Not every individual wanted to be called homosexual, instead they wanted their own identification.
Furthermore, the transsexuals were in their own new world where there was old school transsexual and new generation transsexual. Many of the new generation did not want to model their surgical results after Christine Jorgensen. Her model was a very sophisticated, respected. She not only showed those two characteristics, she kept her sex life private, and their appearance conventional. The younger generation preferred was accustomed to the 60s. Where they had lived as hippies or drag queens, and where they might have absorbed the method of expression. Instead of simply expressing themselves, as many of the people did in the sixties, they expressed their sexuality.
Quote: "In the 1960s the popular press printed even fewer stories on FTMs than it had in the 1950"(Mayerowitz206).
Reaction: I felt that this is also a never ending battle between makes and females. It is a competition with jobs, and amounts of money, and in this competition it is for attention. What I wonder is in fact these transsexuals are simply looking for attention? When the MTFs were not getting enough attention, the news was involved.
By the end of the previous section of this book, the 1960s, transsexuals had convinced some American Doctors to Accept the fact that they wanted their bodies changed in order to match what was in their minds. They let the doctors know that they wanted to be the ones to determine what was their sex, and identify themselves, and would like to be left alone while doing so. Now that they had this system, many felt that there was nothing else to hide, or hold back. Some just like Louise Lawrence, devoted their lives to educating others on how life was to be a Transsexual, whether people wanted to know or not. An example of this is of a autobiography of a MTF (male to female). Because by the 1960s, there were changed in "censorship laws accompanied a new sexual ethos"(168).
So much that transsexuals began branching out into other self identified groups. This was promoted by the possibilities that came with surgery or hormones. There were Mate to Female cross genders, female impersonators, drag queens, and later on there were butch Lesbians. There were also the "inverts" during the early twentieth Century, who identified themselves as makes with female body parts. By the mid-twentieth century doctors defined transsexualism as are included that weren't because of the narrower definitions of homosexuality and transvestism. Not every individual wanted to be called homosexual, instead they wanted their own identification.
Furthermore, the transsexuals were in their own new world where there was old school transsexual and new generation transsexual. Many of the new generation did not want to model their surgical results after Christine Jorgensen. Her model was a very sophisticated, respected. She not only showed those two characteristics, she kept her sex life private, and their appearance conventional. The younger generation preferred was accustomed to the 60s. Where they had lived as hippies or drag queens, and where they might have absorbed the method of expression. Instead of simply expressing themselves, as many of the people did in the sixties, they expressed their sexuality.
Quote: "In the 1960s the popular press printed even fewer stories on FTMs than it had in the 1950"(Mayerowitz206).
Reaction: I felt that this is also a never ending battle between makes and females. It is a competition with jobs, and amounts of money, and in this competition it is for attention. What I wonder is in fact these transsexuals are simply looking for attention? When the MTFs were not getting enough attention, the news was involved.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
How Sex Changes A History of transsexuality in the United States(169)
Summary:
Christine Jorgensen went on to develop a mantra that she used on friends, interviews, her writing, and in public. Her mantra was that all human beings are both make and female. She explained during an interview that the most a person can be at a certain sex is 80 percent. In her case she was more of a woman than a man. "Her vision of overlapping sexes" was like history repeating itself with the theory of human bisexuality from the early 20th century European science. She took this from the doctor that treated her in Denmark and Harry Benjamin who treated her in the United States.
On the other hand, other doctors and scientist felt that Transvestism and Transsexuality was a mental illness. The cure would be to see a psychoanalyst and to go through psycho therapeutic treatment, in order to eliminate the mental illness. Because of this, the United States the Psychological positions seemed to predominate throughout the 1950s. However Scientist that proved that every man and every woman was somewhat a hermaphrodite. Which is when the two sexes are part of the human. The reason as to why they felt that every human was so is because, just as Jorgensen had suggested the human s a mic of female and male traits. The predominant trait demonstrates the sex of the human.
Harry Benjamin said in 1954 that "Originally sex is always a mixture of male and female components"(Meyerwitz 106). He also stated that therapy was useless as a cure for transsexuality. On the other hand, Psychiatrist Emil Gutheil responded by saying that there was something other than biological factors leading to transvestism and transsexuality. That something involves "six psychopathology factors," which were :
Quote:
"Some transgendered people worked to educate the doctors. In San Francisco, Louis Lawrence devoted herself to teaching medical authorities ad scientists about transvestites and transexuals"(Meyerowitz 154).
Reaction:
This reminded me of the gay straight alliance,GSA, in my school. Through activities like the day of silence, they teach people within the school to respect and appreciate people that are different than them when it comes to their sexuality. Just as these transgendered put effort into explaining who they were and what it actually mean to be a transsexual/ transgender from a primary source.
Christine Jorgensen went on to develop a mantra that she used on friends, interviews, her writing, and in public. Her mantra was that all human beings are both make and female. She explained during an interview that the most a person can be at a certain sex is 80 percent. In her case she was more of a woman than a man. "Her vision of overlapping sexes" was like history repeating itself with the theory of human bisexuality from the early 20th century European science. She took this from the doctor that treated her in Denmark and Harry Benjamin who treated her in the United States.
On the other hand, other doctors and scientist felt that Transvestism and Transsexuality was a mental illness. The cure would be to see a psychoanalyst and to go through psycho therapeutic treatment, in order to eliminate the mental illness. Because of this, the United States the Psychological positions seemed to predominate throughout the 1950s. However Scientist that proved that every man and every woman was somewhat a hermaphrodite. Which is when the two sexes are part of the human. The reason as to why they felt that every human was so is because, just as Jorgensen had suggested the human s a mic of female and male traits. The predominant trait demonstrates the sex of the human.
Harry Benjamin said in 1954 that "Originally sex is always a mixture of male and female components"(Meyerwitz 106). He also stated that therapy was useless as a cure for transsexuality. On the other hand, Psychiatrist Emil Gutheil responded by saying that there was something other than biological factors leading to transvestism and transsexuality. That something involves "six psychopathology factors," which were :
- Homosexuality "with an unresolved castration complex"
- Sadomasochism
- Narcissism
- Scopophilia
- Exhibitionism
- Fetishism
Quote:
"Some transgendered people worked to educate the doctors. In San Francisco, Louis Lawrence devoted herself to teaching medical authorities ad scientists about transvestites and transexuals"(Meyerowitz 154).
Reaction:
This reminded me of the gay straight alliance,GSA, in my school. Through activities like the day of silence, they teach people within the school to respect and appreciate people that are different than them when it comes to their sexuality. Just as these transgendered put effort into explaining who they were and what it actually mean to be a transsexual/ transgender from a primary source.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
How Sex Changed A history of Transsexuality in the United States(97)
Summary:
In the past section the question and the true definition of what makes a woman and what makes a man was brought up. In other words, what is it that makes someone their sex. At the end of March in 1959 a, now female, named Chris Jogensen was applying fr a marriage licence for her and her husband could get married. Because, in the mind of many, only men can marry women. She was denied the licence because her birth certificate stated that she was actually a man, and two men could not marry. However, because of her surgical rebirth as a woman, she was able to get a letter from the doctor in Denmark stating that she must be considered a female. Sadly, even so, she was denied the licence. Through her story, the question and concerns of sex changing was brought to light, especially through the media. She also began to question if the world would be ready to have a new understanding of sexuality. She knew that her new fame, due to all the press, was like a revolution. Before the World War II, people had a limited amount if individualism, and as of now she was a new type of individual. Some reporters even characterized her as a "freak" or a "pervert". This was what she meant by the world being ready. Would they be able to adjust to this? Luckily , whether the world was ready or not, Jorgensen continued on, and because of that she came to realize what was her metier. She was very successful with "making sex change an inspiring story of personal triumph as well as a titillating tale of sexual transgression"
While young, growing as a boy feeling like a girl, was difficult to Jorgensen. Because there was so much "inner turmoil"(Meyerowitz 5) in her life as a boy, she felt isolated, and different from others. She eventually came to the conclusion that having the surgery would be the cure for this battle of feeling like a woman but looking like a man. Jorgensen, at one point in time, felt that maybe he just had to act more manly, and still there was no change in what he felt. She knew she was a woman, rather that a confused man, or a man trying to emulate women. While her confidence increased, the controversies increased. Some news and magazines would question whether she was actually a fabricated woman or simply a different man. Ignoring the fact that she had stated that she did not want to live as a man who likes men, she wanted the complete transformation. These news stories did no damage at all to her confidence, in fact she began to play the game also. She maintained her views, and used attention in order to launch her new career. Not only did it keep her in the news, but it also increased her chanced of reaching true miserably.
Quote:
"While Jorgensen courted fame, the popular culture exploded with new stories on sex change"(Meyerowitz 81).
Reaction:
After reading this I concluded that Jogensen's story was the start of a new era, or a revolution, and she was the ring leader. That is, she took a risky step, took rjection in something so personal as being able to marry the person you love, and constantly coping with the bad press. Although one would think that with al of that, fame was going to be difficult, she not only was able to surpass the negative aspects of her new life in the fab lane, but she was able to pave the way for the future.
In the past section the question and the true definition of what makes a woman and what makes a man was brought up. In other words, what is it that makes someone their sex. At the end of March in 1959 a, now female, named Chris Jogensen was applying fr a marriage licence for her and her husband could get married. Because, in the mind of many, only men can marry women. She was denied the licence because her birth certificate stated that she was actually a man, and two men could not marry. However, because of her surgical rebirth as a woman, she was able to get a letter from the doctor in Denmark stating that she must be considered a female. Sadly, even so, she was denied the licence. Through her story, the question and concerns of sex changing was brought to light, especially through the media. She also began to question if the world would be ready to have a new understanding of sexuality. She knew that her new fame, due to all the press, was like a revolution. Before the World War II, people had a limited amount if individualism, and as of now she was a new type of individual. Some reporters even characterized her as a "freak" or a "pervert". This was what she meant by the world being ready. Would they be able to adjust to this? Luckily , whether the world was ready or not, Jorgensen continued on, and because of that she came to realize what was her metier. She was very successful with "making sex change an inspiring story of personal triumph as well as a titillating tale of sexual transgression"
While young, growing as a boy feeling like a girl, was difficult to Jorgensen. Because there was so much "inner turmoil"(Meyerowitz 5) in her life as a boy, she felt isolated, and different from others. She eventually came to the conclusion that having the surgery would be the cure for this battle of feeling like a woman but looking like a man. Jorgensen, at one point in time, felt that maybe he just had to act more manly, and still there was no change in what he felt. She knew she was a woman, rather that a confused man, or a man trying to emulate women. While her confidence increased, the controversies increased. Some news and magazines would question whether she was actually a fabricated woman or simply a different man. Ignoring the fact that she had stated that she did not want to live as a man who likes men, she wanted the complete transformation. These news stories did no damage at all to her confidence, in fact she began to play the game also. She maintained her views, and used attention in order to launch her new career. Not only did it keep her in the news, but it also increased her chanced of reaching true miserably.
Quote:
"While Jorgensen courted fame, the popular culture exploded with new stories on sex change"(Meyerowitz 81).
Reaction:
After reading this I concluded that Jogensen's story was the start of a new era, or a revolution, and she was the ring leader. That is, she took a risky step, took rjection in something so personal as being able to marry the person you love, and constantly coping with the bad press. Although one would think that with al of that, fame was going to be difficult, she not only was able to surpass the negative aspects of her new life in the fab lane, but she was able to pave the way for the future.
How Sex Changed A History of Transsexuality in the United States(50)
New Book!
Summary:
The first section of this new book about the history of transsexuality, I come to realize that there is an actual definition of transsexuality. The word transsexual did not exist in the mid twentieth century. That is because people did not actually know there was difference between a transsexual and transvestite. People simply combined the two into one: transvestite. While being a transvestite has to with cross gender identification and cross dressing, transsexualism has to do with the actual change in gender . This means that if I was a transvestite I would refer to myself as the opposite sex, and choose to dress like the opposite sex. On the other hand if I was a transsexual i would MAKE myself the opposite sex. That is, the person request surgical sex change. This type of surgery did not even appear as an option as a medical category till the lat 1940s and early 1950s. Although this difference was still unknown, the idea existed, primarily in Europe. European scientist decided to run sex change experiments with animals before humans. When in Germany (1920s-1930s) they began doing the experiments on Human, the patients were called "transvestites". Without even thinking of this idea of gender swapping surgery, in 1915 the testicles of healthy men were surgically removed and given to men born without the or no longer have them because of an injury or disease.
This new idea came to the United States through the media and news during the 1930s and on. The original body parts removed where that of the Testicles, Uteri, and Breast. With its beginning there, most of the sex change surgeries continued to occur in Germany, rather that immediately being practiced in the United States. The surgeries reached their peak in the earl 1930s. So much that in Germany there was a vocal campaign for sexual emancipation. That is because, with all of the buzz about this new surgical transformation that made a new group of people(transsexuals), the difference between a male and a feminine male, a female and a masculine female, and a transsexual was highly noticeable. In a more physiological way, it was also noticed that men had women traits, just as women had male traits. What makes then that particular gender is that those opposing gender traits are undeveloped, thus the actual gender traits outshines them.
Quote:
"In the min-twentieth century, sex was already high on the American cultural agenda. For decades Americans of all sorts had found themselves inundated with news, research, stories, opinions, and imperatives about the multiple meaning of 'sex'(Meyerowitz 2).
Reaction:
Upon reading this, I immediately thought the times truly haven't changed. Although the definition of sex may be a bit more clearer nowadays, there is still a constant talk about it. Whether it is on the news because of a sexual offence, or a discrimination because of gender, or its constantly addressed in school because of the derogatory terms used against people with a different sexual orientation and pejorative terms used towards friends or enemies in the hallways, it is always around. This also made me think that there must have been many people confused about who they were since there was a constant talk about sex in the mid-20th century. I sometimes wonder how would the world be if speaking of sex, and gender in general was prohibited by the law.
Summary:
The first section of this new book about the history of transsexuality, I come to realize that there is an actual definition of transsexuality. The word transsexual did not exist in the mid twentieth century. That is because people did not actually know there was difference between a transsexual and transvestite. People simply combined the two into one: transvestite. While being a transvestite has to with cross gender identification and cross dressing, transsexualism has to do with the actual change in gender . This means that if I was a transvestite I would refer to myself as the opposite sex, and choose to dress like the opposite sex. On the other hand if I was a transsexual i would MAKE myself the opposite sex. That is, the person request surgical sex change. This type of surgery did not even appear as an option as a medical category till the lat 1940s and early 1950s. Although this difference was still unknown, the idea existed, primarily in Europe. European scientist decided to run sex change experiments with animals before humans. When in Germany (1920s-1930s) they began doing the experiments on Human, the patients were called "transvestites". Without even thinking of this idea of gender swapping surgery, in 1915 the testicles of healthy men were surgically removed and given to men born without the or no longer have them because of an injury or disease.
This new idea came to the United States through the media and news during the 1930s and on. The original body parts removed where that of the Testicles, Uteri, and Breast. With its beginning there, most of the sex change surgeries continued to occur in Germany, rather that immediately being practiced in the United States. The surgeries reached their peak in the earl 1930s. So much that in Germany there was a vocal campaign for sexual emancipation. That is because, with all of the buzz about this new surgical transformation that made a new group of people(transsexuals), the difference between a male and a feminine male, a female and a masculine female, and a transsexual was highly noticeable. In a more physiological way, it was also noticed that men had women traits, just as women had male traits. What makes then that particular gender is that those opposing gender traits are undeveloped, thus the actual gender traits outshines them.
Quote:
"In the min-twentieth century, sex was already high on the American cultural agenda. For decades Americans of all sorts had found themselves inundated with news, research, stories, opinions, and imperatives about the multiple meaning of 'sex'(Meyerowitz 2).
Reaction:
Upon reading this, I immediately thought the times truly haven't changed. Although the definition of sex may be a bit more clearer nowadays, there is still a constant talk about it. Whether it is on the news because of a sexual offence, or a discrimination because of gender, or its constantly addressed in school because of the derogatory terms used against people with a different sexual orientation and pejorative terms used towards friends or enemies in the hallways, it is always around. This also made me think that there must have been many people confused about who they were since there was a constant talk about sex in the mid-20th century. I sometimes wonder how would the world be if speaking of sex, and gender in general was prohibited by the law.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The End..of the film)
Summary:
At the end of the film there are a variety of techniques with the camera that are used in order to give the reader a better sense of what is going on. When Bruno speaks to Shmuel there is a frame within a frame shot. that is, one can see Shmuel's face through the wire fence. Shmuel is usually always looking down. Many times while him and Bruno are having their conversations there is an over the shoulder shot which shows how Bruno looks at Shmuel, and how Shmuel doesn't lift his head up. On the other hand when mother begins to realize the change that is happening in her household, with her children there are close ups on her face.
For example when she walks into Gretels room and notices the pictures on the wall, the camera zooms into her face and on can see how befuddled she is. Another time Mother's reaction as shown through camera work was when she found out that the Jews were being burned. There was a medium shot, where the reader can see her chest moving faster and faster and her eyes filling with disgust as Kotler walks away. When she confronts father about it, they argue, because she is very very angry. However when the father begins to speak, there is both a high angle shot and a low angle shot. With the low angle shot one can see how furious the father is and how mean he acts towards is wife. With the high angle shot one sees how vulnerable and afraid the mother is as the father yells back at her, making him seem superior to her.
On the other hand there is another over the shoulder shot when Kotler yells at Shmuel for talking to Bruno, this shows that Bruno is not looking at Kotler but instead looking directly at Shmuel's face. When Kotler turns to yell at Bruno to confirm if Bruno was Shmuel friend, the camera faces up in a Low Angle shot. This then makes Kotler look threatening, for that reason Bruno lies. In the next few scenes, when Bruno continues to look for Shmuel in order to apologize, there are dissolving transitions between scenes.
When the soldiers are watching a movie on the life in the camps there is a long shot, which is meant to emphasize the character. One can see the giggling soldiers, the serious ones, and the ones like Kotler who simply stared at Father the entire time. On the other hand when the tutor was telling Gretel and Bruno about how bad the Jews were there is a close up on the tutor. His eyes turn a bit red, and his face is tight though he is extremely angry.
Quote: Bruno: "Shmuel can we go to the cafe or something?"
Shmuel: "Cafe?"
Bruno:"Maybe I should go home" (scene 15).
Reaction:
In this scene there is a close up on Bruno's face as well as an over the shoulder shot as he walks through the camps and notices the people's sad faces together with the horrible living conditions. With the close up one can see the fear and tad bit of confusion that Bruno has. With the over the shoulder shot, one can see the Jews looking miserable, as well as Shmuel's confusion when Bruno asks about a cafe. In my opinion this was a very important scene because is was an eye opener for the reader who, just as Bruno, had been on the other side of the fence.
At the end of the film there are a variety of techniques with the camera that are used in order to give the reader a better sense of what is going on. When Bruno speaks to Shmuel there is a frame within a frame shot. that is, one can see Shmuel's face through the wire fence. Shmuel is usually always looking down. Many times while him and Bruno are having their conversations there is an over the shoulder shot which shows how Bruno looks at Shmuel, and how Shmuel doesn't lift his head up. On the other hand when mother begins to realize the change that is happening in her household, with her children there are close ups on her face.
For example when she walks into Gretels room and notices the pictures on the wall, the camera zooms into her face and on can see how befuddled she is. Another time Mother's reaction as shown through camera work was when she found out that the Jews were being burned. There was a medium shot, where the reader can see her chest moving faster and faster and her eyes filling with disgust as Kotler walks away. When she confronts father about it, they argue, because she is very very angry. However when the father begins to speak, there is both a high angle shot and a low angle shot. With the low angle shot one can see how furious the father is and how mean he acts towards is wife. With the high angle shot one sees how vulnerable and afraid the mother is as the father yells back at her, making him seem superior to her.
On the other hand there is another over the shoulder shot when Kotler yells at Shmuel for talking to Bruno, this shows that Bruno is not looking at Kotler but instead looking directly at Shmuel's face. When Kotler turns to yell at Bruno to confirm if Bruno was Shmuel friend, the camera faces up in a Low Angle shot. This then makes Kotler look threatening, for that reason Bruno lies. In the next few scenes, when Bruno continues to look for Shmuel in order to apologize, there are dissolving transitions between scenes.
When the soldiers are watching a movie on the life in the camps there is a long shot, which is meant to emphasize the character. One can see the giggling soldiers, the serious ones, and the ones like Kotler who simply stared at Father the entire time. On the other hand when the tutor was telling Gretel and Bruno about how bad the Jews were there is a close up on the tutor. His eyes turn a bit red, and his face is tight though he is extremely angry.
Quote: Bruno: "Shmuel can we go to the cafe or something?"
Shmuel: "Cafe?"
Bruno:"Maybe I should go home" (scene 15).
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