Behind the Bedroom Wall
Lesson Four: Chapters 7 & 8 (pg. 75-89)
These two chapters are probably the most important in the book. Korinna has clearly begun to have a less stereotyped picture of Jews and a more critical opinion of the Hitler Youth Movement. An important THEME in this book is change. As Korinna gets to know the Jewish family better and she experiences injustice in her own life, her stereotypes about Jews fall away and she questions Hitler’s vision for Germany.
In the first chapter of this section Korinna sees a young child with a cut cheek and tears streaming down her cheek. Later, she too is hit on the cheek and has tears in her eyes as a result of being hit. This is the author’s way of showing you how Korinna is beginning to identify with the Jews. But even after Korinna acknowledges that the family behind the wall sent her kitten out to her when they heard her crying, she ends by thinking, “Life would get better once enemies, such as the Krugmanns, were subdued.”
Why does Korinna, in spite of all that has happened, still think Jews are the enemy? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do we change all at once? Make a chart or graph about an issue you have gone back and forth on. Show how you first believed one thing, then another. Add Korinna’s changing character throughout the novel.
Begin by writing about a negative character. Their attitude, clothing, beliefs, actions. Give this description to a partner. The partner is to add characteristics that will make the character positive.
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