Growing up Asian in Australia: Intro + Pigs Questions

Introduction

1. The Asian-Australians were referred to as Power Points

2. She interpreted this title by saying that this is the introduction of a story when this is actually the introduction of the whole book

3. This title actually refers to the whole book, the author finds this demanding because she is the one that has created this book and she starts it by writing her own story

4. The techniques that are used is personification, it highlights her misunderstanding by talking about the fact of an Australian socket and so saying that it does look like a face

5. The author took away from the book about the different faces. This made her think that she needed an extensive plastic surgery because since she is an Asian, she wanted to take a plastic surgery because she wants to feel fit in with the other cultures that live in Australia.

6. She then turns to different authors such as John Marsden and Robert Cormier because they wrote because of raw honesty and that the authors have a real feeling about the coming of age.

7. The author uses repetition by using the word first when talking about experiencing so many first time things.

8. The metaphor that is used in the third paragraph is that she talked about that Asian-Australians are all outsiders.

9. It is to show that if changing the title will also change the whole story but this book is made up of a bunch of short stories. It shows that her reaction to the other stories is all about the same thing.

10. It is ironic that they show up in this book is because the people who wrote the books are related (brother and sister) the book is called "Water Buffalo" by Thao Nguyen and "The Courage of Soldiers" by Pauline Nguyen.

11. It is meant that the population in Australia that are Asians have been less social with people and so this shows a bit of racism for Asians.

12. The editors hopes for the stories is that people will not have to worry that Asians are feeling left out in Australia.

Pigs From Home

1. The author started this story by talking about describing what pigs are. This effect shows that this story would be about pigs

2. The core Vietnamese value that is in the author is born in a very good and sustained family that was instilled in the author.

3. What is humorous is that what she means by natural medicines are leaves, water and other nasty botanical things.

4. The killing of pigeons is to show that they are just an ordinary family killing things for food.

5. The authors opinion of pigs is that she really hates them because they smell, push animals about and are greedy.

6. One example on pg 53: Long line
One example on pg 54: Thankless task

7. The simile is minefield or droppings as if talking about the pigs leaving a lot of mess behind.

8. The simile used was called rotisserie chicken. It relates to the focus of the story because that is what pigs normally do.

9. It is described as basically saying that the author saw about what happens and the change between the old life and to new. It is to show that the author is starting to learn about different things.

10. The author's reaction to the pig slaughter is very ghastly and that he was scared of it. The author wrote how the neighbors thought that if they heard the commotion there. This is very important because it is to show that of what other people think of the family. Especially when they kill poor animals.

11. The parents do not have pigs anymore because a friend from the North has a pig farm and when the farmer visits, he gives pork to them. It relates to the burial because after that, they don't buy pigs anymore.

12. The description of the mom's treatment would be very disgusting and then once added to congee or noodle soup, it does not sound appetizing at all.

13. The irony is that the Vietnamese dish is mad from pigs and that his family owned pigs. He describes it by saying that it reminded him of home.

14. This story relates to the title pigs from home because this story is about pigs and at the end of the story, the author said that the dishes he ate reminded him of home.

15. This story is in the battlers section because it is talks about a lot of murder and how Asians can handle this.

Boy in the Striped PJ's Chapter 14

(150-1) What information do we get that makes the reader start to feel that he is becoming less innocent and more ignorant?
He realizes there are bullies in the world and so he becomes ignorant because he wanted a lot of things like the pajamas Shumel is wearing
(151-3) What is interesting about the weather and how does it relate to the overall emotion of this stage in the book?

(153) What does Bruno accidentally say to Gretel?

(154-5) Is Bruno able to consider Gretel's feelings? How do you know?

(155) What is it that motivates Bruno not to tell Gretel the truth? How does this portray Bruno as being selfish?

(158) What is it that Bruno realises when he starts recounting what Shmuel tells him? Why do you think that this is when he finally starts to realise what Shmuel is experiencing?

(159) What is ironic and hypocritical about what Gretel tells Bruno regarding imaginary friends?

Holocaust poetry #3

How is juxtaposition used in this poem to highlight an important them of Holocaust literature?
Juxtaposition is used to highlight that "Daniel" is a Jew and a very innocent kid playing with his mother. This is an important item to Holocaust literature because it shows a lot of major literature techniques

How is descriptive language used to enhance the reader's reaction to the poem?
Descriptive language is used for describing the boy using his innocence and being treated like an animal.

 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

(134) How does the initial paragraph frame Bruno's state of mind?
The initial paragraph stated that he is not going back to his comfortable home in Berlin, seeing his friends and getting used to the life in Out-With. He is also getting loss of hope. 
(136) What does the question Bruno asks Maria show about his development?
It shows that he is also being less self-centered, getting empathy and caring for other people.
(137) What is important about Maria's reaction to Bruno's question?
It is important because her another perspective of someone else
(138) 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 Shumel about Pavel because Bruno thinks that Pavel lives in the camp. This highlights that he now knows that most of these people are from Poland and that they are capturing people there
(140) What do the boys argue about? Who does Bruno defend? Who is right/wrong? Why?
The boys argue about saying that there are no good soldiers. Bruno defends his own father. Shumel is right because all the German soldiers are killing innocent lives.
(140) 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?It is because he is starting to get an idea but his ignorance comes in so saying that he wants to avoid this(141) What connection do the boys have regarding Lt. Kotler?
The connection is that they both hate him and that they think they are bossy and a person that keeps on swearing.
(142) What has changed in the the way Bruno sees Pavel?
What changed in the way is that he starts to look scared and that he is now being very innocent. He also know know that people had lies before people became servants
(143) 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?
The important words are that he is talking very firmly and saying how history managed to get here. He also eats like a savage such as words describing his table manners "attacked his leg of lamb". What makes them important is to look like that he is a killer. It relates to the scene because it shows that he is a part of history and that the father is a character and stimulated in real life.
(145) We learn Lt. Kotler's first name - 'Kurt'. What is it about the sounds in his full name that are important? 'Kurt Kotler'
His full name sounds like he is the leader of a race which is not true but is arrogant actions sounds like he is. In the book, we did say that he was characterized as a arrogant person. Also have sharp sounds and alliteration. It also represents the perfect and stern Nazi.
(146-7) What do we learn about Kotler's father? What is Bruno's father's reaction/suggestion regarding Kotler's father leaving Germany for Switzerland?
Kotler's father was a professor of literature and left Germany. Bruno's father's reaction is wondering how Kurt's father would leave at an important time to Switzerland. Bruno's father even thought Kurt's father is a traitor and that he didn't believe about the German belief.(148) 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?
What happens is that Pavel had dropped the bottle wine on Kotler's lap. Kotler therefore started beating Pavel up. Bruno started to cry, Gretel gone pale but no one still stopped Kotler. Bruno decided that he started not to disagree with anyone about any thing and that he decided to keep his mouth shut at all times. This relates that Nazi's are very horrible such as beating people up and killing lives.

Chapter 11+12 (Evaluation)

Today in class we are going to listen to a discussion for 5-10 min on each chapter (11 + 12).

During the conversation you are to take notes on:

- participation
- what questions/answers they ask
- do they know what they are talking about
- overall what is your impression of their understanding of what is happening in the chapter

Give your partner an HONEST score out of 10 (10 being the best).

Notes on Amante:

• Talked about how the different races wear the armbands and symbolizing themselves
• NO QUESTIONS!?!?
• Bruno trying to keep information from parents while parents keeping information from him
• At end, Bruno said that Shumel can come for dinner but that is showing ignorance
• Dramatic because we know that Shumel is being starved because he is always hungry
• He doesn't know that they can't leave and that they are forced to stay here

5/10