- Describe Bruno's voice. Give examples to support. Brunos form of speech is polite but can be demanding as said in the first few paragraphs. When the family maid was searching his room and packing it all into his bags, he said "What are you doing" as politely as he could but when he has to ask again when she ignores him he appears more demanding and short tempered.
Describe each and give examples to support
Main Characters
Bruno- Bruno is shown to be slightly rude, short tempered, ignorant, demanding but can be polite..
Maria- Maria is described as shy and always keeps her head down around the family.
Mother- Mother is shown as patient and understanding of Bruno, throughout the chapter
Gretel- Brunos sister, said to be a hopeless case and was nothing but trouble for bruno.
Father- Father, is said to have a very important job because there are many men in fantastic uniforms
and women with type writers and every one was very polite to his father.
Lesser Characters
Karl
Daniel
Martin
Cook
Lars
- Who are presented as victims in this chapter and what are the victims of? Do you think that it is fair to consider them victims? Bruno and Gretel can be considered victims because they have to move from their beloved homes. Lars and Maria dont look particuarly happy working for the family either.
- Irony is an important element of the story. How is it used here in the first chapter? Give examples to support your answer.
- How is the setting presented in this chapter? The setting is at a beatiful house beside other houses. The majority of the chapter is in the kitchen as they talk about why they are moving, this convesation lets the audience know a litte more about the family and there situation.
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