Exploring an Innocent Perspective (Part1)
The story includes an interesting contract of an innocent child's perspective in a setting with circumstances far from innocent. We need to explore the meaning and value of an innocent perspective and how it enables this story to unfold.
- What do "innocent" and naive" mean when used to describe children?
- How does the opening scene of Bruno and his friends represent their innocence?
- Can adults be naive? In what ways can they be naive? What adults in the movie (book) seem naive?
- Can you give an example of a time when you were a young child and saw the world from a more innocent perspective? What are some examples of that? What experiences helped you see the world differently than what you initially thought?
- Does Bruno and Gretel's tutor take advantage of the children's innocence in what he teaches them? How? What were these ideas?
- Answer the above questions with two or three sentences.
- Choose ONE questions that you like or is challenging and write a 150-word essay as your answer. Make sure to your perspective, opinion and connections.
- Upload your answers here as a pdf file.