Explore John Boyne's website: http://www.johnboyne.com/ and this website about the Holocaust: www.adl.org/education/edu_students_holocaust.asp
Remember those five questions you wrote for today's independent time at the beginning of class? Choose one of the questions you wrote. Attempt to answer that question using what you learned from the website. In your post, first write the question. Then, write the answer you found. Finally, indicate where you looked on the website to find the answer.
Mihnea and Stavros, use this website for your books:
www.percyjackson.co.uk/site/pj_main.php
Assia and Nikita, read this website for Reunion:
http://us.macmillan.com/reunion
and explore this website for information about the Holocaust: www.adl.org/education/edu_students_holocaust.asp
Everyone: Check back on the blog to read your classmates' responses! Remember also that it's a good idea to first type your response in a Microsoft Word document and then Copy/Paste into the blog.
First of all, thank you Ms.Gelso for giving us the website with the information about Percy Jackson.
ReplyDeleteWell,one of my questions was why Percy has these two learning difficulties:dyslexia and ADHD.
When his son was in Elementary school he had difficulties in reading and concentrating.The teachers thought that he may be dyslexic, something that make the child upset.As a teacher, Rick Riordan(the author), had students with these kind of difficulties, too.So, he read some books relating to these problems, from which he learnt many things.In this case students are more creative.They have a different way of thinking something that makes them successful in the future.The reason he made the main carachter of his book having ADHD and dyslexia was firstly,because he wanted to show honor to the potential of his students with the difficulties and secondly, because he wanted the readers to understand that being different isn't bad at all.
I got those information by clicking in the main page "the author", and from there by clicking in a green space which writes "visit Rick's website..." it went me to another website.From there I clicked on "about the author" and finally from a column on the right I clicked on "an interview with Rick" where I found the answer.
The boy in the stripped Pyjamas was an interesting book but I will like to know were he got inspiration from?
ReplyDelete• Q. how did you get inspiration behind the book “THE BOY IN THE STRIPPED PYJAMAS” in the first place?
John Boyne: I had finished writing another novel of mine and was just taking a bit of a break at the time. But then the idea came to me, which was originally just the idea of the two boys talking at the fence. I think I felt pretty well informed on it. But even though, it was not a subject I thought I would ever write about myself. I didn’t think I would ever have any particular story, necessarily. But the idea came to me and it’s probably the strangest moment in my writing life. It was something that I had to start immediately and couldn’t stop. It just seemed to flow out of me.
http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Books-Review/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-john-boyne-interview
Uchenna and Stavros,
ReplyDeleteGreat responses to this post!
Uchenna--Next time, put what you learned into your own words! Or, if you use something like this from a website, make sure you follow up by giving your own ideas about the topic. You found your answer, how do you feel about the response? Does it lead you to more questions? Was it an answer you expected? (Please also note: "striped" NOT "stripped)
Stavros--Your question was very interesting! I also really like that you fully explained how you found the information on the websited. The answer you found also really sparked my interest in the Percy Jackson books, which I have not yet read.
EVERYONE: Make sure when you post that you read the responses of your classmates and my comments to them. You will learn more about the topic we are discussing and you will complete your work better, too.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone would like to post again after I have commented or in response to someone else, please go right ahead!
Q:what gave you the idea to write tis book?
ReplyDeleteA:the idea was about two boys talking at a fence and about the study of the holocaust.
i looked at:http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Books-Review/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-john-boyne-interview
Dear Ms Gelso,
ReplyDeleteHere are my five questions;
1. How did you get your inspiration to write “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas ”?
John Boyne says that he had just finished writing a novel, and he was taking a break, he was imagining two boys talking to each other separated by a fence. For 15 years he read a lot about the holocaust , and when he started writing it seemed to flow so easily for him that he couldn’t stop. In his interview he says “It is not a subject I thought I would write about.”
2. What do you think of Bruno and Shmuel?
John Boyne wanted Bruno and Shmuel to be similar, he said in one of his interviews:
“the fence that separates them acts as a kind of mirror image of the boy the other might have been.” They are alike in everything: both of them were short for their age, brought to the dreadful place against their will, were born on the same day, month and year and Boyne made them both sensitive and kind.
3. What do you think of the Holocaust?
John Boyne says that some people were naïve, they didn’t know what was really happening, like Bruno, from his book. I believe that he finds it inhumane, because he made his two main characters fight against it.
4. Would you want to change anything in your book?
In an interview, while answering the question whether he minded if Mark Herman (the director of the movie of the boy in the striped pyjamas) changed the ending and Boyne said that he wouldn’t want to change it because he thinks that the story would fall apart. According to this answer I think that he would feel the same about changing any part of the book.
5. Why did you end the book this way?
In an interview John Boyne said that he hoped that by ending the book this way, it would shock readers and that if something similar would happen in the future, they would try to protest against it. Also he ended the book with the two children dying together probably to show how strong their friendship was and also to show that they were the reflection of the other.
And My Links:
http://www.bookreporter.com/authors/au-boyne-john.asp
http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Books-Review/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-john-boyne-interview
Have a good day!
Dear Ms Gelso,
ReplyDeleteIm sorry but by mistake I misread the instructions and I researched and posted all five of them!
But If I have to pick one I would choose:
2.What do you think of Bruno and Shmuel?
John Boyne wanted Bruno and Shmuel to be similar, he said in one of his interviews:
“the fence that separates them acts as a kind of mirror image of the boy the other might have been.” They are alike in everything: both of them were short for their age, brought to the dreadful place against their will, were born on the same day, month and year and Boyne made them both sensitive and kind.
Thankyou again!
Have a nice day!
Q. Do you have any desire to see more of your books adapted into films?
ReplyDeleteJohn Boyne:It would be' nice. My focus is novels and I’ve spent years trying to become successful as a novelist and challenge myself. For sure, if someone came along and said they’d like to make another one and told me how they were going to do it, then of course I’d be' intrested.
http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Books-Review/the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-john-boyne-interview
Q. Why did you make Bruno die?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the author made the book end with the death of Buno to give a lesson to the protagonist's parents for what they had done to the jewes.
Why did you decided to end up the book so sadly?
ReplyDeleteHe decided to end up the book spo sadly because happiness didn't coincide with the ytime. What I mean with this is that is that in that period of time tragedy was something very common
The website were I found this doesnt really answers the question but it explains how sad was that peiod of time. anyways the website was:www.adl.org/education/edu_students_holocaust.asp
dear ms gelso my questions areas follow:
ReplyDelete-why did he write the book?
-is he related in someway with the characters?
-has he participated in the 2 world war?
- if he did who did he help?
-what didi he do to help or was he the one who needed help?