Chapter 5

1- We only learn about the father in chapter 5 because Bruno is hardly ever allowed to see him. His father has been known only to been in his study which is known to Bruno as the 'out of bounds' area. Also at the start the father doesn't really do much as we were only learning about Bruno.
2- Well when the mother says this line she says it in and angry tone. She believes that they are only leaving because of the Fury when they came to dinner. For some reason we get the idea that when the fury came to dinner everything change. We also notice that the fury are the 'bad guys' in the story by the way the mother speaks which also tells us that the fury can do some harm.
3- Bruno's father speaks to him as if he were a soldier. He respects the way Bruno feels about moving but there is nothing he can do about it. He also gets very annoyed with Bruno when Bruno continues to ask him obvious questions and every time Bruno leaves his father he is told to say the words 'Heil Hitler' even though Bruno thinks that it means 'well goodbye for now' when we know it really doesn't.
4- Bruno thinks that the whole world is a mystery and a game. Bruno believes the world should all be the same as what it was in Berlin with large houses and shops. However when Bruno leaves Berlin he soon finds out that he is wrong. He also thinks that the world was made for exploring. On the other hand though brunt's Father treats the world as if it were a world war. Bruno's father thinks that Germany is the greatest country on earth and should be the most powerful. he also treats the world as if it were his soldiers with balance and discipline.
5) Bruno's father rationalise every concern Bruno's has by saying 'I want to go home' is no problem because 'home is where the family is' and that his family is all here so there is nothing to worry about. However this is does not make sense to Bruno because he wants to go back to Berlin and he feels his father is ignoring what he is saying.
6) Bruno's father says to make the best out of the situation because that is what his father told him to do and that he always listened to him. This is ironic because he is telling Bruno to so the right things but he works for the Nazis and is killing people for a living.
7) I think that he does care about Bruno but has his priorities wrong, work first, family second. This is because he did not take into consideration the feelings his family and focused more on impressing Hitler.
8) I don't think that he does understand the saying 'Heil Hitler' because the reader knows what it means and he explains his meaning of the phase. This is an example of dramatic irony because the reader knows more than the character.
9) The use of juxtaposition is used in Bruno's description of boarding the train because he is put in a very spacious carriage with only a few people whilst the 'low class' are squeezed into a closed in space. This shows the difference between the big area of Bruno's house and the confined space of the concentration camp.
10) Bruno thinks that he is out of line by saying anything to the Jews although by him thinking of saying the Jews means that he is a compassionate person. However this does represent the greater German population because it shows that they are either too arrogant to help others or too scared to help others.