Chapter 7: How Mother Took Credit for Something She Hadn't Done.

1. How is the mother's defensive of Herr Roller entirely ironic?When Bruno thinks about the only crazy person that he knows, he thinks of Herr Roller, the man who does crazy stuff like invite cats over for afternoon tea, Mother defends him and says that he has been through hardships and stuff happened to him during the war, it is ironic because she is defending him and saying we should take care of the people that can't take care of themselves, but her husband is doing almost the opposite and killing innocent people.
2. What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier) I think how Kotler is speaking to the Jew, quite rudely, may have been the standard attitude towards the Jews at the time. 
3. What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters? Kotler is a Nazi soldier and Bruno is well mannered and questioning why he would be rude to the man. Pavel is also Juxtaposed with Kotler because it shows how Kotler is offensive and calling him a filthy Jew and Pavel is the victim of this.
4. How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults?
5. Why is juxtaposition a key technique employed in Holocaust texts? How has it been used in The Boy in the Striped PJ's?