English 2033E Lecture 12: Children's Literature Lecture 12 - Dec 1
3 Dec 2016
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Chaos that follows after the gas chamber closes: backs away from what we, as adults, know to be true about the holocaust. Number the stars: set in denmark, observers a more hopeful view of the holocaust, a gentle way to introduce a child to the holocaust. Nazi germany was not concerned with passing information and nationalism onto the next generation according to the novel. P210: bruno reassures everyone that everything will be okay in the gas chamber: innocent ignorance perspective portrays common sense, he sees the jews as humans where his father (and other adults) do not. Bruno sees the smokestacks, is not curious, reader is eerily enlightened: we don"t identify with bruno, we are able to view things that he does not understand. John boyne creates a work of fiction | he maintains no connection to the holocaust: not a narrative about the holocaust, but exhibits those who were not affected and the lack of understanding.
