Villa Macul Academia
English Department
Gema V. Rosales Calvo
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When Bruno returns home from school one day, he is upset to discover that all his belongings are being packed
in crates. His father has received a promotion at work and the family has to move from their luxurious home to a
new city, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. Worse still, the new house has a tall fence running
alongside it that stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the children he can see in the distance
on the other side.
But Bruno longs to be a great explorer like his heroes Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Columbus and decides
that there must be more to this desolate new place and sets off one day to see how far the fence runs. And it is
while exploring that he meets another little boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own.
I.
– About the main characters in the movie, write the characteristics of each one:
Severe
sensitive
Villain
kind
victim
happy
unhappy
cruel
powerful
hopeful
powerless
hopeless
Characters
Bruno:
Shmuel:
Mother:
Father:
Gretel:
Lt Kotler:
II. – Comparison chart, write adjectives to describe each one of the children:
Bruno
Shmuel
Similarities
Differences
Differences
hero
Villa Macul Academia
English Department
Gema V. Rosales Calvo
III. – About the story, number the events of the movie:
Shmuel goes to Bruno´s house as a servant during a Nazi party
Gretel takes all her dolls to the cellar because she thinks she’s grown up
The family moves to the house near the prison camp
Bruno dies with Shmuel in the Jews group
Lieutenant Kotler kills Pavel during a family dinner
Bruno goes out to explore and finds the camp meeting Shmuel
Shmuel’s father is missing and Bruno agrees to help him find him
Kotler leaves Bruno’s house
Pavel makes Bruno a swing from an old tyre
Bruno fells off the swing and Pavel cures his knee
Bruno’s grandmother dies after a bomb attack
IV. – Explain in Spanish the meaning of these words and phrases:
Genocide
Auschwitz
Ghettos
Holocaust
Hitler Youth
Movement
Propaganda
V. – Answer the following questions:
Think about the characters:
1. Do you like Bruno? Would you want to be his friend?
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2. Do you think Bruno changes during the story?
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3. Do you think Gretel changes during the story? How?
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4. What differences there are between Bruno’s mother and father?
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English Department
Gema V. Rosales Calvo
Think about the story:
1. Bruno meets Shmuel. If you were Bruno would you have talked to him? Why or why not?
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2. During the Nazi party, Bruno denies that Shmuel is his friend. Why do you think he did this? Would you have done something
different?
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3. Shmuel forgives Bruno after that incident. Would you have forgiven him? Why or why not?
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4. What do you think of the end of the story? Did it surprise you? What did you expect to happen?
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5. If you were to suggest an alternative ending what might it be?
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VI. Construct a piece of art—a sculpture, a painting, a drawing, or a comic strip—that represents
the effect of friendship and humanity vs. prejudice and discrimination shown at the movie.