Introduction to Connections

1. How does viewing this text through a child’s perspective change the way we experience it? Explain using an example from the text.

Children see the world in a different way than adults. What might seem like a small problem for adults can be big for children. Children are more oblivious we can see this the movie where Jojo believed the propaganda about nazis and blinded by his obsession with nazism.

2. How would this text be different if it were told from the perspective of an adult? How would the audience’s experience be different?

The film would be a lot less light-hearted. We would see a significant difference in how adults handle different situations. If the film was to be filmed trough Rosie's perspective we would most likely see a lot more people who oppose nazi beliefs.

3. Why did the filmmaker or author decide to tell this story from a child’s perspective?

To make the film more light-hearted compared to most of the film about wars and nazi Germany.

4. How are children represented in the text? How are adults represented in the text?

Some of the children were shown as naive and they are not able to distinguish right from wrong oftentimes. They were also seen as someone they can use and 

5. Does imagination help the young hero to cope? How so? Provide an example.

It helped him cope with some of the stressful situations.