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    it was like and how people feel.Also to inform the horrible things nazi did to jews basicly on a day to day. I think he really just wanted to get the message about everything that happened. Describe the relationship between Bruno and Gretel? (15 pts.) Gretel and Bruno hate one and the other but when bruno is found dead she cries. They basically fight every day or ones and awhile. They are really mixed emotions because they fight and argue but they also cuddle when there parents fight.

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    Bruno And Gretel Boy

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    Elsa (Vera Farmiga) and 12-year-old sister Gretel (Amber Beattie), relocate to the countryside. Bruno hates his new home as there is no one to play with and very little to explore. After commenting that he has spotted people working on what he thinks is a farm in the distance, he is also forbidden from playing in the back garden. Bruno and Gretel get a tutor, Herr Liszt (Jim Norton), who pushes an agenda of antisemitism and nationalist propaganda. Gretel becomes increasingly fanatical in her support

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    descendant of the Hoess’s family, Gretel has led a new life. Preceding the death of Bruno, Gretel’s mother, Elsa, had been diagnosed by a mental disorder, leading to her suicide. The heartache of the loss of her only boy, had been too overwhelming, for she had taken her own life. After the conclusion of the war, Ralph was held detained, and later hung. Period, Gretel is a married school teacher, living in Berlin. From a youthful supporter of Nazi Germany, Gretel is now an advocate for the learning

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    Commandant is away he acts as if he is head of the household. Lt. Kotler first runs into bruno and has a snobby attitude already. He calls him a little man instead of young mean, which irritates Bruno immediately.When Gretel is around Lt. Kotler treats Bruno as a little kid and is rude to him. Gretel is fond of Lieutenant Kotler, she tries to act older than what she really is. Telling Kotler Bruno doesn’t understand he’s only nine while twirling her hair and doing annoying laughs. As she gets older Kotler

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    and adults, for generations. While the Brothers Grimm Fairytale Hansel and Gretel is legendary, it is a somewhat vague tale, fitting for each generation to adapt the symbols and themes to its own needs, thereby making it a timeless and effective story. A symbol that is highly prominent in the

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    to these ancient stories, children tend to ignore the traditional fairy tales that have been passed down for generations. However, it is stories, like “Hansel and Gretel,” that children should be encouraged to read as their lessons of hope give children courage through the difficulties of life. In the Grimm Brothers’ “Hansel and Gretel,” two children survive difficult obstacles, which includes their penniless family abandoning them twice and living with a cannibalistic witch. Fairy tales tend to

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    Brothers fairy tale, “Hansel and Gretel”, the parents leave the children in the forest to starve due to not having enough money to buy food in order to sustain life. The children later find a house deep in the woods where an old, evil witch lures them in and tried to eat Hansel and Gretel. They eventually kill the witch and find their way home to their father with no stepmother to be found as she has died while the children were away. In the fairy tale, “Hansel and Gretel” gender and feminist criticism

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    “Hansel was ten and his sister, Gretel, was eleven when their stepmother decided to get rid of them. They didn’t catch on at first, because Hagmom (their secret name for her) had always hated them. So leaving them behind at the supermarket or forgetting to pick them up after school was no big deal. It was only when their father got in on the “disappearing the kids” act that they realized it was serious. Although, he was a weak man, they thought he might still love them enough to stand up to Hagmom

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    Violence is also strong and present in Hansel and Gretel. However, unlike in Cinderella, the violence in Hansel and Gretel is not described in details allowing the readers to use their imagination. Indeed, the story begins with a stepmother who forces a father to abandon his children in the forest which is itself already a certain kind of violence. One of the first aspects of horror that the children Hansel and Gretel are faced is the potential of starvation and their consequential exiling by their

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    yourself, Hans. ` I will. `Bye, mother.` `Bye, Hans.’ Another pattern I noticed was between Hans and Gretel and their conversation was the same everyday, “Good-day, Gretel.` `Good-day, Hans. Brought me something nice?” `Brought nothing. Like being given.` Gretel gives Hans a knife.` `Bye, Gretel.` `Bye, Hans.’. The whole story setting was a repetition between Hans and the Mom and Hans and Gretel. While I was reading I was a little annoyed by the constant

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