The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The boy in the striped pajamas was set in the past. Why should you care about the issues raised in the book? Should we continue to study this book in grade 7?
We should care about the issues raised in the past to warn the future. When people read this book they develop some kind of understanding and sympathy for Bruno. They understand the means that some people have to put up with to protect their familiy and friends. They understand that some people could not live with the deaths of their friends and families at that time. Though this was set in the future, the story is not so much written to read the story, as to understanding the messages within the book. Only if you are willing to dig in deep and find those hidden messages, should you read this book. It can be appropriate for 7th graders and we can understand the messages, but just as well as 7th graders reading it, older students and adults can still read this book exactly the same way and feel exactly the same after reading it.

Compliment Dude-guys

I think that the compliment dude-guys were interesting and funny because they compliment everything about every person who passes by, no matter what they look like, or if they have a disability or if they cant hear them because they have headphones in. They even complimented one person 5 times and who when he realized what a good deed it was, complimented them back, by saying they are awesome! This gives me an idea...

My name

Even though people call me Rik, Hendrik is my full name. I think it is a strongly sounding name, because of the sound the “K” makes at the end of the name. Part of the name actually means “power or Ruler” and the other part means “home”. It was supposedly a popular royal name in Europe in the medieval age. Most of the time when someone says Hendrik, the mean it to tease me, though I don’t feel very embarrassed or angry. Sometimes when people say the name Hendrik it does make me feel powerful, or strong, because no-one ever does say it anyway, and because it comes from my father’s side, going on for about 4 generations. Hendrik is the kind of name that I would think to be said firmly in an office or in a place of extreme seriousness. I always imagine myself when I am grown up shaking someone’s hands while they say it was nice to meet me. I always imagine that I’m going to be like my father, always doing serious business, but that’s what my NAME sounds like. My name is different from what I want to do. I like the meaning of my name, as in, power, but I don’t like the image that my name gives as much. At least a good thing is that there are barely any nicknames for Hendrik, or Rik. The only nickname that I’ve ever heard is ricky. Yet, there is something bad about my name too, threre are many ways to mispronounce my name, of which I’ve heard. Brick, Lik, Ik, and even sometimes Erik. There was a king called Frederik Hendrik III once, which I thought I was named after, but that’s not true. I am actually the only person called Hendrik in the whole ISKL. My parents wanted for me to have an easy name to say universally, so they made up Rik before they even made up Hendrik! So my name is easy to say when you say Rik, but when you say Hendrik, it’s not too easy.

Why I chose this Quote

I chose this quote because it makes an interesting statement about when you are almost there, there can still be adventures, and even though you are ALMOST there, you aren't there yet. I think it means that if you are nigh to the end of your journey, there is almost always a catch, or a final big adventure at the end. In all of the books I have read, this is true. At the end when all seems finished there is still one big task to be completed.