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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| Bruno and Shmuel separated by a fence. |
Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Then End)
Summary:
In this last section Bruno finally sees his friend Shmuel on his side of the fence, in fact, he was in his house. That is because Lieutenant Kotler told him to clean the glasses for the party they were having for Father's birthday. When Bruno saw him in his kitchen he know that something was not right with him being there however he was happy that there was not a fence separating them. When Bruno offered him some food, Shmuel continued to say no, because he knew that he would get in trouble, however Bruno felt that there was no way that he could get in trouble by a man like Kotler, who did not own the house. For that reason he shoved the food into Shmuel's hand; Shmuel hesitated but after looking at the door to make sure no one was there, he shoved the food in his mouth and gulped it down in a matter of seconds. not too long after that, while the boys were talking Kotler walked into the kitchen and asked Shmuel if he was talking to Bruno instead of doing what he was told to do. He then went closer to Shmuel's face and asked if he had been eating, and he stole food from the refrigerator. Shmuel said no, and that his friend Bruno had given it to him. When asked if Shmuel was his friend and if they have ever spoken, Bruno denied everything and was sent out of the kitchen. Bruno felt so ashamed of what he had done that after a few days of not seeing Shmuel he apologised for being such a bad friend; Shmuel forgave him although he had a black eye.
In this last section there were some changes. Kotler no longer worked there, he was sent away to another camp. Grandmother died, and according to father, Grandfather had become senile. Gretel no longer played with dolls, in fact she threw all of them away and focused more on the news. She didn't pay mind to Bruno any longer, which slowly made Bruno thing she wasn't a Hopeless case any longer. He actually had a conversation with her, in which he found out that the people on the other side of the fence are Jews, the opposites, which is them, do not like. The two groups did not get along and according to Gretel there was no way of changing that. The biggest change that occurred was that mother was becoming less fond of this new place she had been living in for more than a year. She slept more, and was getting depressed. However, what made her speak up was the fact that both Gretel and Bruno had gotten lice. Bruno cried when they cut his hair. He now looked like his Shmuel, and now that they had something else in common, Bruno had to leave. Mother had had it, and wanted to go back to Berlin. At first father did not agree with her decision and was not going to allow it, but when Bruno told him that he could see the hundreds of kids from his window father felt it was, just as mother had said, a place that was not for the kids. although Bruno couldn't see the hundreds of kids from his window he know this was true because he had been talking to Shmuel every day for more than a year. They became very close, and Bruno did not want to leave now.
After a few days without seeing Shmuel, he told him that he was leaving. Shmuel also dropped some horrible news, which was that his father was missing, and is no where to be found, although he had done some exploring. Both boys then realized that they only had a few days left with each other, and that they had never played together as normal friends do. Then Bruno devised a plan. Because he now looked like a fatter version of Shmuel, because he was bald just like him and all the other people on that side of the fence, Bruno was to come back the next day and change into a pair of stripped pajamas that Shmuel was to bring him. Then after doing so he was going to go under the fence on to the other side, and see how Shmuel's side was, play with him, and search for his father. The next day, although there was a lot of rain, They met up by the fence and did what they had panned. After searching and seeing how miserable these people were Bruno felt it was time for him to go home. Right there and then, the soldiers decided that a group of the Jews begin to march. Bruno and Shmuel happened to be in that group. After the march they were pushed into a dark room. Bruno was never seen since then. Mother moved back to Berlin with Gretel in hopes of finding her son waiting for on the steps of the house. Father was hated by all the other soldiers because he bossed them around so much, and every night he went to sleep he thought of Bruno. One day he remembered of an area where he did not close the fence properly, and he went straight to it, and there was all of Bruno's clothes.
Quote:"As it turned our, all the things that he thought might be there - weren't"(Boyne 207).
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Here, Bruno had realized that all that he had imagine to be on Shmuel's side of the fence was wrong. He noticed that the life that Shmuel was living was worse than his. I think this was like a small lesson, because in the beginning he was so angry about where he live and felt that it was os unfair that Shmuel had many friends his age living with him, without understanding why Shmuel did not like it at all, but now he knows why.
In this last section Bruno finally sees his friend Shmuel on his side of the fence, in fact, he was in his house. That is because Lieutenant Kotler told him to clean the glasses for the party they were having for Father's birthday. When Bruno saw him in his kitchen he know that something was not right with him being there however he was happy that there was not a fence separating them. When Bruno offered him some food, Shmuel continued to say no, because he knew that he would get in trouble, however Bruno felt that there was no way that he could get in trouble by a man like Kotler, who did not own the house. For that reason he shoved the food into Shmuel's hand; Shmuel hesitated but after looking at the door to make sure no one was there, he shoved the food in his mouth and gulped it down in a matter of seconds. not too long after that, while the boys were talking Kotler walked into the kitchen and asked Shmuel if he was talking to Bruno instead of doing what he was told to do. He then went closer to Shmuel's face and asked if he had been eating, and he stole food from the refrigerator. Shmuel said no, and that his friend Bruno had given it to him. When asked if Shmuel was his friend and if they have ever spoken, Bruno denied everything and was sent out of the kitchen. Bruno felt so ashamed of what he had done that after a few days of not seeing Shmuel he apologised for being such a bad friend; Shmuel forgave him although he had a black eye.
In this last section there were some changes. Kotler no longer worked there, he was sent away to another camp. Grandmother died, and according to father, Grandfather had become senile. Gretel no longer played with dolls, in fact she threw all of them away and focused more on the news. She didn't pay mind to Bruno any longer, which slowly made Bruno thing she wasn't a Hopeless case any longer. He actually had a conversation with her, in which he found out that the people on the other side of the fence are Jews, the opposites, which is them, do not like. The two groups did not get along and according to Gretel there was no way of changing that. The biggest change that occurred was that mother was becoming less fond of this new place she had been living in for more than a year. She slept more, and was getting depressed. However, what made her speak up was the fact that both Gretel and Bruno had gotten lice. Bruno cried when they cut his hair. He now looked like his Shmuel, and now that they had something else in common, Bruno had to leave. Mother had had it, and wanted to go back to Berlin. At first father did not agree with her decision and was not going to allow it, but when Bruno told him that he could see the hundreds of kids from his window father felt it was, just as mother had said, a place that was not for the kids. although Bruno couldn't see the hundreds of kids from his window he know this was true because he had been talking to Shmuel every day for more than a year. They became very close, and Bruno did not want to leave now.
After a few days without seeing Shmuel, he told him that he was leaving. Shmuel also dropped some horrible news, which was that his father was missing, and is no where to be found, although he had done some exploring. Both boys then realized that they only had a few days left with each other, and that they had never played together as normal friends do. Then Bruno devised a plan. Because he now looked like a fatter version of Shmuel, because he was bald just like him and all the other people on that side of the fence, Bruno was to come back the next day and change into a pair of stripped pajamas that Shmuel was to bring him. Then after doing so he was going to go under the fence on to the other side, and see how Shmuel's side was, play with him, and search for his father. The next day, although there was a lot of rain, They met up by the fence and did what they had panned. After searching and seeing how miserable these people were Bruno felt it was time for him to go home. Right there and then, the soldiers decided that a group of the Jews begin to march. Bruno and Shmuel happened to be in that group. After the march they were pushed into a dark room. Bruno was never seen since then. Mother moved back to Berlin with Gretel in hopes of finding her son waiting for on the steps of the house. Father was hated by all the other soldiers because he bossed them around so much, and every night he went to sleep he thought of Bruno. One day he remembered of an area where he did not close the fence properly, and he went straight to it, and there was all of Bruno's clothes.
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| The striped Pajama |
Quote:"As it turned our, all the things that he thought might be there - weren't"(Boyne 207).
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Here, Bruno had realized that all that he had imagine to be on Shmuel's side of the fence was wrong. He noticed that the life that Shmuel was living was worse than his. I think this was like a small lesson, because in the beginning he was so angry about where he live and felt that it was os unfair that Shmuel had many friends his age living with him, without understanding why Shmuel did not like it at all, but now he knows why.
Boy In the Striped Pajamas(150)
Summary:
In this next section Bruno does more of his exploring even if it is from his new bedroom. He notices that when he looks out the window he can see more people like Pavel, in stripped pajamas. This then motivates him to explore even further. One day he walked and walked deeper into the forbidden section of Out-With and sees a little dot, and as he continues to walk the dot slowly became a boy behind a fence. He approached the boy and asked him a few questions. They came to find out that they were both born on April 15,1934, making them both nine year old boys. Bruno found the boy interesting because he had a different name, Shmuel, was from a different place, Poland, and seemed to have a better life on that side of the fence. Bruno felt it was unfair that he had to leave behind his friends in Berlin and come to Out-With and have no friends on this side of the fence, while Shmuel, on the other side of the fence, had to leave Poland to come to Out-With and have many friends his age to play with. However in reality Bruno was living a much better life than Shmuel. Shmuel explained to Bruno how his leave was just as Bruno explained to Shmuel.
Shmuel's father worked making and fixing watches, and together with his mother, brother, and father Shmuel lived in a flat on top of his fathers store. His father had given him a watch which was very fancy and which he loved a lot. Then one day a soldier took it from him. That was when things began to change for him in Poland. Later on Shmuel's mother had to make bands that had a star on it and every time one of the family members went outside they had to wear the band. Not to long after their family could no longer live in their own home, instead they had to say in one room with another family, which all together made eleven people in one room. Later on Shmuel's mother was taken away, and together with his father and brother he was brought to Out-With.
Bruno had an amazing life in Berlin where he lived in a house with five floors. His father was a very well respected soldier who always had rules for the family. His father one day announced to the family that the Fury was going to come to the house, and has invited himself to dinner. Mother was a bit upset because her plans had to be canceled for that day, and she had to begin planning and preparing for a dinner that was two nights away. His father gave out his rules the children on how they were to greet the Fury, an then stay in their rooms for the rest of the night. The Fury was the man who ran the country, and for that reason everything had to go perfect. The night the Fury came, accompanied by a tall kind woman, he barely showed any respect for the children or the house. After being greeted, he walked straight into the dinning room and sat in Father's chair. Bruno did not like this at all but could do nothing about it. Later on that night after they left, Bruno over heard bits and pieces of Mother and Fathers conversation. A couple of days later, Bruno had to leave Berlin to come to Out-With.
Both boys missed their old home, and although each thought their home was better, they knew that their new friendship should not be messed up because of a disagreement. For the next few days, without letting anyone know, Bruno would walk deep into the forbidden area to meet his friends on the other side of the fence. They would talk, and Bruno would bring him food; Shmuel was very skinny, and hungry. One day while putting food in his pocket for Shmuel, Maria walked into the kitchen and they began to talk about Pavel. Bruno came to find out that Pavel, just as Shmuel, came from Poland, and was brought to Out-With. He is no longer allowed to be a doctor, but he is a doctor, just as he had said. Pavel was a good man, but here he was treated unfairly, and Bruno saw this when Lieutenant Kotler grew extremely angry with Pavel. They were having dinner, and after pouring whine for Father, Pavel accidentally poured whine all over Kotler. What happened to him next was not described in this section, however it was so bad that Bruno began to cry, and Gretel grew pale.
Quote:
" 'We wore the armbands for a few months,' he said 'And then things changed again' "(Boyne,127).
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This quote reminded me of Night by Elie Wiesel, and how things changed so quickly for Eliezer and his family. In both situations the change was very quick. In this quote, Shmuel is telling Bruno how his life continued to change while he was in Poland until he left. By him saying the word again, it made me feel lucky that if there is change in my life I am at least warned, and if I am not it usually happens so slowly that I can prevent the situation from getting worse. However for people like Pavel, and Shmuel, there are no warnings.
In this next section Bruno does more of his exploring even if it is from his new bedroom. He notices that when he looks out the window he can see more people like Pavel, in stripped pajamas. This then motivates him to explore even further. One day he walked and walked deeper into the forbidden section of Out-With and sees a little dot, and as he continues to walk the dot slowly became a boy behind a fence. He approached the boy and asked him a few questions. They came to find out that they were both born on April 15,1934, making them both nine year old boys. Bruno found the boy interesting because he had a different name, Shmuel, was from a different place, Poland, and seemed to have a better life on that side of the fence. Bruno felt it was unfair that he had to leave behind his friends in Berlin and come to Out-With and have no friends on this side of the fence, while Shmuel, on the other side of the fence, had to leave Poland to come to Out-With and have many friends his age to play with. However in reality Bruno was living a much better life than Shmuel. Shmuel explained to Bruno how his leave was just as Bruno explained to Shmuel.
Shmuel's father worked making and fixing watches, and together with his mother, brother, and father Shmuel lived in a flat on top of his fathers store. His father had given him a watch which was very fancy and which he loved a lot. Then one day a soldier took it from him. That was when things began to change for him in Poland. Later on Shmuel's mother had to make bands that had a star on it and every time one of the family members went outside they had to wear the band. Not to long after their family could no longer live in their own home, instead they had to say in one room with another family, which all together made eleven people in one room. Later on Shmuel's mother was taken away, and together with his father and brother he was brought to Out-With.
Bruno had an amazing life in Berlin where he lived in a house with five floors. His father was a very well respected soldier who always had rules for the family. His father one day announced to the family that the Fury was going to come to the house, and has invited himself to dinner. Mother was a bit upset because her plans had to be canceled for that day, and she had to begin planning and preparing for a dinner that was two nights away. His father gave out his rules the children on how they were to greet the Fury, an then stay in their rooms for the rest of the night. The Fury was the man who ran the country, and for that reason everything had to go perfect. The night the Fury came, accompanied by a tall kind woman, he barely showed any respect for the children or the house. After being greeted, he walked straight into the dinning room and sat in Father's chair. Bruno did not like this at all but could do nothing about it. Later on that night after they left, Bruno over heard bits and pieces of Mother and Fathers conversation. A couple of days later, Bruno had to leave Berlin to come to Out-With.
Both boys missed their old home, and although each thought their home was better, they knew that their new friendship should not be messed up because of a disagreement. For the next few days, without letting anyone know, Bruno would walk deep into the forbidden area to meet his friends on the other side of the fence. They would talk, and Bruno would bring him food; Shmuel was very skinny, and hungry. One day while putting food in his pocket for Shmuel, Maria walked into the kitchen and they began to talk about Pavel. Bruno came to find out that Pavel, just as Shmuel, came from Poland, and was brought to Out-With. He is no longer allowed to be a doctor, but he is a doctor, just as he had said. Pavel was a good man, but here he was treated unfairly, and Bruno saw this when Lieutenant Kotler grew extremely angry with Pavel. They were having dinner, and after pouring whine for Father, Pavel accidentally poured whine all over Kotler. What happened to him next was not described in this section, however it was so bad that Bruno began to cry, and Gretel grew pale.
Quote:" 'We wore the armbands for a few months,' he said 'And then things changed again' "(Boyne,127).
Reaction:
This quote reminded me of Night by Elie Wiesel, and how things changed so quickly for Eliezer and his family. In both situations the change was very quick. In this quote, Shmuel is telling Bruno how his life continued to change while he was in Poland until he left. By him saying the word again, it made me feel lucky that if there is change in my life I am at least warned, and if I am not it usually happens so slowly that I can prevent the situation from getting worse. However for people like Pavel, and Shmuel, there are no warnings.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Boy In the Striped Pajamas (86)
Now that I have read the first section of Boy in the stripped pajamas I can elaborate on the actual story. Turns out that Maria is the family maid, and she is not the only maid the family has. However she is the maid closest to Bruno. He seems to respect her a lot, though she is like a nanny. His mother tells him to always treat maria respectfully and to not speak to her like his father does. Maria was the one doing Bruno's packing after he came home from playing with his friends. He comes to vend out that he is moving to a different place because of his father's promotion. People respected his dad, and saw him and his job as something to take seriously. Some even said that the father was a man to watch, Bruno was very aware of the importance of his fathers job. Especially since he was never ever allowed to enter his father's office no matter what. However Bruno was not entirely sure of what job his father did.
When they move the mother and Bruno have a small discussion because Bruno absolutely feels though they should return to their old home back in Berlin, where there was a beautiful view and lots of friends to play with. His mother explained to him that this was going to be their home for the time being, and that he had to get accustomed to it.
One day while Bruno was extremely bored, he asked one of the men that worked with his father named Kotler, who was fairly young, if there where any tires that were not being used so that he could make a swing. After joking a bit about another general he yelled at once of the Jewish people named Pavel, or as Bruno called him one of the waiters. He spoke to the man extremely rood, although the man was way much older, and told him to get Bruno the tire. He ordered the man around though he had no respect for him. While he did so, Gretel, Bruno's sister, stared at Kotler as though she was falling in love.
After Bruno got his tire, and made his swing he had a small accident happened. He fell through the tire and while one of his legs was still inside the rim of the tire he landed face down on the ground. At one moment everything went black, then he came back. When he sat up on the ground the tire hit him upside the head once again, and he almost fell after inspecting his body for any broken limbs. However this time Pavel had scooped him up before he hit the ground. Pavel cleaned the blood, and quickly cared for Bruno till his mother entered the house. She was a bit disgusted and puzzled. After finding out what had happened she asked Bruno to go up to his room and as Bruno walked away he over heard his mother say thank you to Pavel, and that if re husband asked she would not tell him it was he who cared for Bruno.
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"He heard one last thing before going upstairs and that was Mother's last line to the waiter who claimed to be a doctor"(Boyne 85).
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This was when Bruno was walking to his room after his mother found Pavel helping him with his small wound. Pavel had told Bruno how he had practiced to be a doctor before. This quote stood out to me because that goes to show that many of the Jewish people had a life before they became prisoners, and people like Pavel could have as important people as Bruno's father. I also found it ironic that the people who are being treated harshly are still caring. Pavel did not take it as This is a person I have to work for, as a slave. He took it as a boy who simply needed help. I think Bruno and Pavel will bond.
When they move the mother and Bruno have a small discussion because Bruno absolutely feels though they should return to their old home back in Berlin, where there was a beautiful view and lots of friends to play with. His mother explained to him that this was going to be their home for the time being, and that he had to get accustomed to it.
One day while Bruno was extremely bored, he asked one of the men that worked with his father named Kotler, who was fairly young, if there where any tires that were not being used so that he could make a swing. After joking a bit about another general he yelled at once of the Jewish people named Pavel, or as Bruno called him one of the waiters. He spoke to the man extremely rood, although the man was way much older, and told him to get Bruno the tire. He ordered the man around though he had no respect for him. While he did so, Gretel, Bruno's sister, stared at Kotler as though she was falling in love.
After Bruno got his tire, and made his swing he had a small accident happened. He fell through the tire and while one of his legs was still inside the rim of the tire he landed face down on the ground. At one moment everything went black, then he came back. When he sat up on the ground the tire hit him upside the head once again, and he almost fell after inspecting his body for any broken limbs. However this time Pavel had scooped him up before he hit the ground. Pavel cleaned the blood, and quickly cared for Bruno till his mother entered the house. She was a bit disgusted and puzzled. After finding out what had happened she asked Bruno to go up to his room and as Bruno walked away he over heard his mother say thank you to Pavel, and that if re husband asked she would not tell him it was he who cared for Bruno.
Quote:
"He heard one last thing before going upstairs and that was Mother's last line to the waiter who claimed to be a doctor"(Boyne 85).
Reaction:
This was when Bruno was walking to his room after his mother found Pavel helping him with his small wound. Pavel had told Bruno how he had practiced to be a doctor before. This quote stood out to me because that goes to show that many of the Jewish people had a life before they became prisoners, and people like Pavel could have as important people as Bruno's father. I also found it ironic that the people who are being treated harshly are still caring. Pavel did not take it as This is a person I have to work for, as a slave. He took it as a boy who simply needed help. I think Bruno and Pavel will bond.Boy In the Striped Pajamas(scene seven)
NEW BOOK!
Summary:
In this New Story there is a boy named Bruno who together with his family, has to move because of his fathers new,more important job. Bruno is eight years old, his sister Geraldine is twelve, and they both live with their father, mother, and a lady who seems to work for them. You see, for my first post on his story, I am going to al about the film, and what I got out of the first section of the movie.
Bruno's father is part of the military, and at this time it is World War II. Because he got a promotion his family has to leave their home and go to where his father needs to work. The film gives us readers a clue about how the characters feel without actually telling us. For example, when Bruno's grandparents and parents are at the celebration of the father's promotion there is a medium shot used in order to show how the characters interact with each other. Then immediately, the frame changes into an Over the Shoulder shot when the grandmother begins to sarcastically ask her son questions about how he feels about his job, and if it still makes him feel special when he dresses up in the uniform as he used to feel when he was younger. While these two have their conversation one can see the tension between the grandmother and her son. At the same time it is like foreshadowing that there may exist some sort of conflict between the families because of the fathers job.
Throughout the frill, the parents try their best to keep Bruno from realizing what the father actually does. They tell him that it is an important job that will benefit him when he grows up; that it is for his future. The film lets the audience know that the fathers job is being omitted whenever the parents speaks of his job. When Bruno questions his father about the strange farmers he sees from his new bedroom window, there is both a close up and reaction shot used. One can see the father from his shoulders up looking down, as though he is wondering what to say to his son. That is because those strange farmers are actually jewish people in concentration camps...not a farm.
Quote:
Father: " So children what are you doing today?"
Bruno: "Same as yesterday"
Father: "And what was that?"
Bruno: "Same as the day before"
Reaction: I liked this part of the movie, because the family is sitting down at the table, eating while one of the jewish people, or as Bruno calls the farmers is not too far away peeling potatoes. The father tries to start a conversation with his children, as though everything is normal, knowing very well he is thinking more about the war than of the way his family is having to live. Bruno is not enjoy this new house at all, he is bored, and clueless of what is actually going on. For that reason, I think his answers showed this reality perfectly.
Summary:
In this New Story there is a boy named Bruno who together with his family, has to move because of his fathers new,more important job. Bruno is eight years old, his sister Geraldine is twelve, and they both live with their father, mother, and a lady who seems to work for them. You see, for my first post on his story, I am going to al about the film, and what I got out of the first section of the movie.
Bruno's father is part of the military, and at this time it is World War II. Because he got a promotion his family has to leave their home and go to where his father needs to work. The film gives us readers a clue about how the characters feel without actually telling us. For example, when Bruno's grandparents and parents are at the celebration of the father's promotion there is a medium shot used in order to show how the characters interact with each other. Then immediately, the frame changes into an Over the Shoulder shot when the grandmother begins to sarcastically ask her son questions about how he feels about his job, and if it still makes him feel special when he dresses up in the uniform as he used to feel when he was younger. While these two have their conversation one can see the tension between the grandmother and her son. At the same time it is like foreshadowing that there may exist some sort of conflict between the families because of the fathers job.
Throughout the frill, the parents try their best to keep Bruno from realizing what the father actually does. They tell him that it is an important job that will benefit him when he grows up; that it is for his future. The film lets the audience know that the fathers job is being omitted whenever the parents speaks of his job. When Bruno questions his father about the strange farmers he sees from his new bedroom window, there is both a close up and reaction shot used. One can see the father from his shoulders up looking down, as though he is wondering what to say to his son. That is because those strange farmers are actually jewish people in concentration camps...not a farm.
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| The dinner table's Over the Shoulder shot |
Quote:
Father: " So children what are you doing today?"
Bruno: "Same as yesterday"
Father: "And what was that?"
Bruno: "Same as the day before"
Reaction: I liked this part of the movie, because the family is sitting down at the table, eating while one of the jewish people, or as Bruno calls the farmers is not too far away peeling potatoes. The father tries to start a conversation with his children, as though everything is normal, knowing very well he is thinking more about the war than of the way his family is having to live. Bruno is not enjoy this new house at all, he is bored, and clueless of what is actually going on. For that reason, I think his answers showed this reality perfectly.
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