satirical TV show (5 marks)

I Believe The chasers war on everything should be shown in class as it Satirizes social and political issues as well as commercials on TV. It was produced and hosted by the chaser team. the elements of society that are Parodied are the political and social issues, such as the federal election in 2007as well as the US election, and social issues such as telemarketers and how they frustrate everyone.

Satirical Poem about School (15 marks)

'Shine your shoes,'
'Tuck in you shirt,'
are only a few of the orders we are given.
we are treated like soldiers on the parade ground.
everyday a new rule added to the mammoth list.
what next? will we have to hold hands between class?
our life's consumed by the affair that is school.
with everyday the same.
we should be out learning things about the world,
about different cultures,
and living our dreams,
not learning what 'X+Y equals.'
More work than we can handle.
dressed in sad biscuit attire,
and black, somber footwear
forced to shave our heads,
no sense of individuality,
on the inside of the dark, Gothic gates.
our best days are slowly waving good buy to us,
as we spend yet another day within the Gothic gates.

Satire Post (5 marks)

Satirical Cartoons

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Text Number	Why It Made You Laugh	Techniques Utilized
1.	It made me laugh because it shows the juxtaposition between the socialism of the American Society and the Communism of the Russian through the anti-capitalist.	Incongruity, Reversal
10.	It made me laugh because it shows the pressure of school and that it is beginning to start at a early stage such as preparatory school.	Parody, Exaggeration
17	It made me laugh because the man who is protesting the right to freedom by saying they are born free but than end up in chains.	Exaggeration
18	external motivators, and it uses fear to show that if you don't have something you are uncool ect	Irony
19	What made me laugh was the narrow mindedness of the girl and how the mother is trying to hide the obvious under a cloud of fog	Irony

Anh Do - Winner of Australian Literary Prize 2011

  Who did Anh’s father rescue from the concentration camp? C

a)      His eldest son who would later become Young Australian of the Year

b)      His wife’s two brothers who had worked for the Australian military

c)       Two of the armed guards at the camp who were really employees of the Australian military and were in disguise.

2.       What was the length of the fishing boat in which they escaped and how many people were on it? B

a)      40 metres long with 9 people

b)      9 metres long with 40 people

c)       20 metres long with 20 people

3.       What honour was Anh’s brother given in 2005? B

a)      Australian Refugee of the Year

b)      Australian of the Year

c)       Young Australian of the Year

4.       What was the main lesson which Anh’s parents insisted that he learn after coming to Australia?

How to read and write 

5.     

           Why was Anh able to attend a prestigious school like St Aloyisius? B

a)      He worked in a sweatshop to earn enough money to pay his fees

b)      He won a half scholarship

c)       St Aloyisius always takes in a certain number of refugees as part of their charity work

7.       Describe what he wore instead of the official sports uniform.

 Tee shirt and shorts

8.       True or false:

a)      His mother earned less than $7 an hour as a cleaner in a hotel. F

b)      At school, Anh was the class clown and this was when he knew he had a future as a comedian.    F

c)       He was often punished at school with a strap.    T  

d)      No-one at school knew at the time that Anh and his family were poor.   F

e)      Anh’s father left the family when Anh was growing up.   T  

9.       What did Anh study at University?

a)      Fine Arts, majoring in Drama

b)      Law

c)       Pure Mathematics

10.   What did Anh do for his mother when he was only 23 years old?

a)      Gave her money for a holiday back in Vietnam

b)      Arranged for her to come and see his first public performance as a comedian

c)       Bought her a house

11.   How old was Anh at the time of this interview?

a)      30

b)      33

c)       40

12.   What was the motto which Anh’s father taught his children to live by?

If you love someone marry them.

13.   Was Anh the victim of racism as he grew up? No 

14.   Write ONE extra question which you would like Adam to have asked Anh, and what do you think the answer would have been?

What was life like in Vietnam 

Teenage Dreamers by Phillip Tang

1. What are the first two sentences of the story and how do they create a tension in the story? 'My father had a sixth sense. He knew when people were going to die.' it creates tension in the story as you know that some one will die and you want to know who this is going to happen to, and when it is going to happen.

2. What has happened to the author’s father as a result of his wife’s death? The author's father looked for something to care about.

3. How does the description of the father removing his hands from his face as ‘unmasked’ related to the seriousness of his following statement? By removing his hands from his face he is showing and letting out all his emotion which he does not show often.

4. Consider how the father lives his life and conducts himself and the other people in the theatre for the film the author and his father are watching. How does this relate to the title of the story?

Conversations with my Parents by Oanh Thi Tran

1. What is ironic about the way the author and the father become close? What has to happen to the father? The Irony of the father and the author becoming close is that they become close in sickness, but they should have been close throughout the whole of the authors life.

2. How would you characterise the conversation that the author has with her parents? The conversations the author has with her parents are always brief and they don't have much to say to each other.

3. What is it that worries the author most about these conversations? The biggest worry that the Author has is that she can never tell her parents how much she loves them, but doesn't know how to and she wants to do it before its to late.

4. There is a gap between the author’s need to express feelings common in western countries and her family’s lack of desire to express their feelings verbally. How does the family still express their feelings for their child, just not verbally? The family expresses feelings to the Author by telling her that they had a specific meal one night and telling her how much she usest to love that meal and how the meal made the family think of the author.

The Early Settlers by Ken Chau

1. How does this title refer to two groups of ‘settlers’? Who are they? The title refers to the two groups of settlers as early settler, the two groups are the white settlers and the Chinese settlers.  

2. How is the first line of the poem successful at being ‘forceful’ regarding the Great-Grandfather’s presence in Australia? It tells the reader that The grandfather has arrived from China to come and live in Australia.

3. What action are the ‘early settlers’ doing that gives them equally a strong presence? the early settlers and the Chinese family are both farmers

4. How is the intention of the Great-Grandfather juxtaposed to the beliefs of the ‘early settlers’? The Great Grandfathers intention was to come to Australia in order to give his family a better life by farming crops, where as the white settlers had the intention of coming to Australia to take over the country and become extremely wealthy with no care about the land.

5. What action does the Great-Grandfather do that ties him both to the ‘early settlers’ and to his own culture? He swears to the early settlers in a way that they would swear at each other but he does it in his native tongue which ties him both to the early settlers and to his own culture.

6. How does this short poem highlight the irony of the hatred that immigrants experience when they come to a 'settled' land like Australia? Because of their difference in appearance compared to a white person, a white person may see them as a potential threat as they may not have seen a Chinese person before.

Letter from Gretal to Bruno

To my Brother Bruno,

I wish you were still here with me today, I miss you more than anything you could imagine, I could not have asked for a better brother. you were adventurous, and outgoing, and when we came here you were not only my little brother, but you were also my friend. we may have had our disagreements at times, but I wish I had one last chance to say goodbye. I am sorry for all the times that I was mean, and horrible to you, my only wish Bruno is to have you back in my life. I would do anything for that to be so. Good bye my brother.

Lots of Love from Gretal

letter to father from mother

To my husband Ralph,


We have been married for many years, but now I have seen how horrible you can be to innocent people, people who don't deserve what you do to them. and this environment that you are allowing our children to grow up in, they should not be here, growing up in an environment where death is at their doorstep. So I am going to take the children back to Berlin, where they can have a proper and happy childhood. you can come and follow us if you want to, but there is no way i or the children are living here any longer, in this dreadful environment where we can smell, and see death around us. and nothing you say or do will change my mind. 


Your Wife, Elsa

Holocaust Art: "It Takes But One" by Elizabeth Denholm and Alyssa Dziurlaj

What visual techniques are employed in this painting?
Some of the Visual techniques that are employed within the painting include, contrast, and colour 


How do these visual techniques highlight major thematic elements of holocaust art and literature?
The use of contrast within the poster is used to heighten the difference between the Nazi's and the Jews, the power of many Nazi's compared to the single hand of the the Jewish prisoner hoping someone will help him.

Holocaust Poetry #3: 'Daniel' by Laura Crist

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature? The difference between the woman and the boy and then we get a stark change.


How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?  Descriptive language is used in this poem to enhance the readers reaction by creating a mental image in our heads of this little boy so that we feel more sadness than we would feel if Laura Christ just told us about boy who was killed in the holocaust. 

Daniel
	Laura Crist

And the child held her hand
A child tiny for almost eight,
Deep blue eyes that dominated his face,
When he explained new events to her,
     that funny doggy,
     that pretty rock,
And the freckles on his cheek,
No one saw a sunrise more perfect,
     to her,
She so vividly smells the fragrance of
     his hair,
     his ears,
     his breath in the morning
She vividly hears that little heartbeat,
     that was hers
     always hers,
     and the laughter,
     that raspy little laugh,
     when he caught her in a conundrum.
All this,
But this is merely the surface,
As she watches her little God sheared,
     and stripped,
For the gas chamber.

Boy in the Striped PJ's Chapter 13 Questions

1. How does the initial paragraph frame Bruno's state of mind? His state of Mind is changing becauses he doesent miss Berlin anymore now that he is at outwith with Schmaul

2. What does the question Bruno asks Maria show about his development? Bruno asked Maria if Pavel uset to be a doctor or if he was a waiter for there family, this question shows development in Bruno because if he doesent know the answer to a question he will go and find out the correct answer for himself instead of bieng Ignorant

3. What is important about Maria's reaction tdio Bruno's question? Maria's answer to the question shows weather she is a Nazi supporter or a non Nazi supporter.

4. Why does Bruno want to tell Shmuel about Pavel? What does this highlight about Bruno's understanding of what is going on? Bruno wants to tell schmaul about Pavel to see weather He knows Pavel. This highlights what Bruno understands of what is going on because he knows that everyone on the other side of the fence is from Poland.

5. What do the boys argue about? Who does Bruno defend? Who is right/wrong? Why? Bruno and Schmaul argue about weather there are any good solders or not. Bruno defends his Dad. They are both right as there are some good soldiers in the world, and some of the Nazis may have been forced to do what they did in fear of ending up like one of the Jewish prisoners.

6. Shmuel says 'You don't know what it's like here.' and Bruno reacts by saying 'You don't have any sisters, do you?' He says this to avoid an answer to Shmuel. What does this show about Bruno's understanding of what is happening? This shows that Bruno is starting to grasp an understanding of what is happening in the world at that time.

7. What connection do the boys have regarding Lt. Kotler? Both of the boys dont like Lt. Kolter and Bruno thinks that he is just a big bully.

8. What has changed in the the way Bruno sees Pavel? Before he met pavel, he didnt take any note of him. But now Bruno is noticing everything that Pavel is doing. 

9. What important words are used to describe the way the father eats and addresses Bruno? What makes them important? How do they relate to the scene and the father as a character? Father eats something as if he is killing something and he points st b

10. We learn Lt. Kotler's first name - 'Kurt'. What is it about the sounds in his full name that are important? 

11. What do we learn about Kotler's father? What is Bruno's father's reaction/suggestion regarding Kotler's father leaving Germany for Switzerland? We learn that Kotler's father is a teacher who moved from Germany to Switzerland in 1938. Fathers reaction is that of shock because he thinks that Germany is so much better than Switzerland.


12. What happens to break the tension at the dinner table? What does Kotler do and what are everyone's reactions? What does Bruno decide regarding disagreeing with anyone anymore after seeing what happens to Kotler? What does this relate to historically in regards to the Nazis?




The thing that breaks the tension is that pavel drops the wine bottle which Pavel accadentaly spill on Lt. Kolter, and Kolter grows very angry at Pavel which makes Bruno cry and Gretal go pale. Bruno then decides to not disagree with anything that anyone says 

Chapter 11-12

What are the main themes of the novel so far? The Main themes in the novel so far are racism, hatred, and conflict towards the Jews, The friendship between a Jewish boy (Shmaul) and a German boy (Bruno) who are not allowed to be friends but they are anyway.

What are the main techniques? the main techniques used in the Boy in striped pyjamas are, Drematic Irony, Irony, and Juxtaposition.

Think of 5 important questions for each of these two chapters about how important motifs and themes play a role in each chapter. 

Chapter 11


1. Why was it important for the children to stay in there rooms and be quiet whilst the Fury was visiting?


2. Why did the Fury come to visit on such short notice?


3. Why did Bruno think that the Fury was such a "horrible man"?


4. what example of sibling rivalry is apparent in this chapter 


5. Why was Bruno concerned by what he heard in the study?


Chapter 12


1. In what ways were Bruno's and Shmauls lives similar?


2. What was the Juxtaposition in how Bruno got to Auschwitz and how Shmaul got to Auschwitz? 


3. How were Bruno's views about the Soldiers different to Schmauls? and how is Bruno being ignorent about it?


4. How is Symbolism used in this chapter?


5.  Explain Bruno's ignorance in this chapter? 

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

How is the mother's defence of Herr Roller entirely ironic? The mothers irony in the mothers defence is that Herr roller has been treated badly and the sighs of that are sill there and she is being sympathetic where as the Jews are bieng treaded even worse and she has no sympathy for them.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

What role does Kotler represent historically in the novel? (think beyond being a soldier) Kolter is represented as a typical Nazi supporter at the time, as he thinks that all Jews should be treated as criminals, treated as slaves, are beneath everyone else and should all be executed.                     

What character is Kotler juxtaposed with in this chapter? What effect does it have on understanding each of these characters? Kolter is Juxtaposed with Pavel. Kolter is juxtaposed with Pavel as he is a Jew who is treated horribly by the Nazi's where as Kolter is a Nazi living in Luxury.

How would you compare the interaction Bruno has with Pavel to all the other interactions Bruno has had with adults? 

Why is juxtaposition a key technique e  mployed in Holocaust texts? How has it been used in The Boy in the Striped PJ's?

Chapter 6 - The Overpaid Maid

• On pg 60 Bruno reveals a radical shift in his perspective and understanding of Maria. What is this radical shift? What does this show is developing in Bruno? Bruno has realized that maria's life is not just being there maid like he originally thought and now he has realized that maria does have a life outside of there life and that she is human.

• Compare how Bruno and Gretel treat Maria. Bruno treats Maria like his mother told him to with respect where as Gretel treats her like her father treats her as a person that is beneath her and should obey every command that Gretel gives Maria. This also shows us more how Bruno's traits represent his mother and Gretel's traits represent her father.
• (pg 65) What is Maria's advice to Bruno about 'keeping safe'? Why do you think that she gives this advice? Do you think that it is good or bad advice? Maria's advice to Bruno is that 'he should keep quiet about all this until it is over.' i think she gave this advice to Bruno as she doesn't want anything to happen to Bruno. I think this is good advice as if it wasn't for this advice he may run away from home.
• (65-6) What is Bruno's reaction to his new thoughts/feelings? Why do you think that he reacts this way? His new reaction to there feels are that he like crying. i think he feels like crying because of the thought of what would happen to his family if he ran away from home and how worried and stressed they would be.

Holocaust Poetry #2

Homeland
Lois E. Olena

It was Christmas eve
and there was no room in the inn,
the Oswiecim inn,
so the Arrow Cross
took the children,
barefooted
and in their nighties,
out to the Danube
and filled their little bellies
not with bread
but bullets
flipping them
like tiddlywinks
into the congealing, icy river below.

It was the Red Danube
that night,
choking on the blood
of orphan Jews
whose little Blue faces
floated downstream
touring even all of Europe
until they washed up
on the shores of Eretz Yisrael (Jewish homeland)
and came back to life,
their little blue and white
bodies
raised high,
flapping in the wind.
How is imagery used in this poem? Imagery plays a big part in this poem for example when the Author writes " and filled their little bellies not with bread but bullets" this creates an image of the Jewish children Being shot by the Nazi soldiers which tells us just how cruelly the Nazi's treated the Jews. 
 
Discuss the effect of the simile in this poem. The simile in this poem 'flipping them like tiddlywinks into the congealing, icy river below.' the effect this has on the poem is telling us in a graphic way how the Jewish children were treated by the Nazi Soldiers.
 
How is alliteration used in the poem? What is the effect? The alliteration in this poem is "filled their little bellies not with bread but bullets." The effect is that it creates the image and the emotions that you would see and hear. and the image you get from this poem is innocent children being shot by the Nazi soldiers, and the emotions you would feel are sadness, and sympathy for the family of the children.
 
How does the author juxtapose the innocence of the children to the cruelty they experienced?
 
What is meant by 'touring all of Europe'? This means that the Jewish Prisoners were taken all around Europe to get to the concentration camps.

Boy in the Striped PJ's Chapter 4

• (pg 31) How does the author continue to use juxtaposition in regards to the two housing situations? (the Jews and Bruno's family) Juxtaposition is used as Bruno is complaining about his house in Auschwitz with maids, and chefs where as the Jews live in a large shed with concrete and hay/thin mattress beds, getting hardly no food, and having to work themselfs to death, and bieng killded  for no reason
• What is it about the children that makes it difficult to understand exactly what they see through the window and just how bad it is? The children don't think that people would or could do this sort of thing to one and other so they come to the conclusion that they must be farmers.
• Summarise how Gretel describes what she sees. Gretel thinks that she sees a community of farmers who are actually the Jewish prisoners and she thinks that they live in the huts that she sees though Bruno window. 
• What does Gretel attempt to do when she sees the Concentration Camp? How does she attempt to understand what she sees?  Gretel attempts to think as hard as she can by narrowing her eyes and think of every possible solution to the question at hand as she thinks she is smart enough to solve this problem 
• Is her attempt successful? Does she convince Bruno that she understands? What does she eventually give in to? What does she say/or not say? (pg 32) She is succesful in convincing Bruno that it must be a farm as Bruno thinks she is right as she is the older sibling. 
• What can't the children do when they see the Concentration Camp that the adults seem to be able to do? Which group can understand what they see? Why do you think that this is the case? There is a large difference between what children think and what adults think. Gretel thinks that  she should stay clear of them because of where they live and there apperence, where as the adults are fully aware of the situation at hand, so stay away from them because that is what they have been brainwashed to believe.
• How does the author use understatement through the children's description of the Concentration Camp? The authour focus less on the facts and more on what the children think and see.

Chapter 5: Out of Bounds at All Times No Exceptions

What does it say that we only actually meet the father in the book in Chapter 5 even though he is the one causing much of the action in the book? In the first few chapters the characters refert to father but it is not until chapter five until father is introduced. The story makes you believe that father is an important person and character that sits behind many of the events in the book.

the mother says: ‘We should have never let the Fury come to dinner. Some people and their determination to get ahead.’ What theme does this introduce regarding the role of ambition and causing harm? This introduces that some people will do anything to further their careers and importance. The home to Mother is an important place for the family away from fathers work yet the people who work with father have intruded into this area where Mother would not have allowed these people to come.

How does Bruno's father speak to him? Give an example to support your answer. Bruno's father talked to him gently e.g. "well we are home, Bruno" he said finally in a gentle voice

How would you compare the way Bruno speaks about the world to his father's? Do they both comment about what is going on around them the same?No they don't Bruno thinks that the world is treating him badly where as Father thinks that it his duty to do what he does.

How does the father rationalise every concern that Bruno has?

What is ironic about what the father says when he comes around the desk and talks to Bruno about his childhood?

Do you think that the father really cares about Bruno? Why/why not? Yes I think he does care about Bruno but in his own way, as he has been taught to be a strict, and even boring German Nazi Soldier

Do you think that Bruno understands what he is saying when he says 'Heil Hitler!'? No i don't

How is juxtaposition used in Bruno's description of their boarding the train to Auschwitz?

What is Bruno's reason for not saying anything to the Jews on the crowded train? How is this a representation of the greater German population? Jews were the lower class citizens so they would not waste their time with them. They were argent, and they thought they were better than everyone.

Boy in the Striped PJ's Chapter 4

1. How are vectors used in this image? What effect does it have? ??????
2. Describe the composition of the image and what is tells us about the Nazis and Hitler. Hitler is the focal point of this image with all his soldiers and supporters surrounding him. This shows the power that Hitler has over everyone.
3. How is symmetry used? What effect does it have? The symmetry in this image is all very straight. The crowd in the background are all behind a perfect, straight line of soldier and in the foreground, the soldiers holding the Nazi flag are all in perfect perfect straight line.
4. What effect does this picture being in black and white have? The effect that using black and white has on the image is that it takes all the joy out of the image. This shows the bitterness, and seriousness of the Nazi German soldiers.
5. Discuss the use of line in this image. What effect does it have? ?????

Chapter 3 - Hopeless case

1. Describe how Bruno and Gretel's relationship is introduced in the chapter. The relationship between Bruno and Gretel is described as bad and the dont like each other. we gather this information when Bruno tells us that he thinks it would be a good idea if they had left Gretel in Berlin to look after the house.
2. List quotes that show how the new house is described. Quotes that describe the new house are: "I hate it here";  "Its not very nice here is it" "no it horrible"
3. It was very hollow and he decided that he better not go jumping around this house too often or it might collapse around their ears. What is the significance of this quote? The significance of this quote is that it shows the childish mind of Bruno and how he see's the house.
4. What is Bruno's reaction to the new house? Bruno's reaction is one that shows he has been brought up in a wealthy family who has a very lavish lifestyle. He thinks his new house is to small compared to his old mansion in Berlin, and has nowhere to explore, he constantly complains about there being no surrounding houses, and no one to play with. 
5. How does it compare to their old house? It is smaller than their old mansion in Berlin, there is nowhere to explore in his new house where as in his old house there are places which he didn't ever get to explore, there are no neighbors in the new house compared to his old house where he had many neighbors.
6. How does Gretel relate to her father? Gretel thinks that her father does nothing wrong and that he is always right. this is a trait that she also possesses 
7. Does Bruno understand where they are? What makes you believe this? No he does not know where he is as he thinks that the 'people in pajamas' or the Jewish prisoners are farmers.
8. Does Gretel understand where they are? Explain. No she doesn't know where they are as she believes the same thing as Bruno, that the Jewish Prisoners are all farmers.
9. How is Bruno's description of 'Out-with' represent a motif? What is darkly ironic about this? Bruno's description of outwith represents a motif as it shows the innocence of Bruno. what is darkly ironic about this is that out with is the house in Auschwitz and Bruno does not understand the mass killing that is going on there and that is father is causing it.
10. Read pgs 27-29. How are Bruno's and Gretel's reaction to 'the children' Bruno sees through the window different? What does this tell us about these two characters and their perception/understanding of where they are? Bruno's reaction to the children is sympathetic because he says that they are looking sound. Gretel's view is different, when Bruno mentions them she is sacred to go over to the window and look. But they both want to investigate this more.