Jojo Rabbit (Quotes)

Question 1

Key themes in Jojo Rabbit

Answer 1

• satire
• hegemonic masculinity
• propaganda
• anti-semitism
• nationalism
• nazism
• fascism
• romance / comedy

Question 2

Director

Answer 2

Taika Waititi

Question 3

“My face looks like a ________

Answer 3

goddamn street map, woman.
I don’t expect you to understand.
If my father were here, he’d get it.”

Question 4

“There is no time for ________

Answer 4

romance. We are at war.”

Question 5

“Today, you will become ___

Answer 5

a man.”

Question 6

“The boys will be involved in activities such as war games, grenade throwing, and blowing stuff up. The girls will practice _________

Answer 6

important womanly duties such as learning how to get pregnant.”

hegemonic masculinity

Question 7

“F*ck _______

Answer 7

off Hitler”

symbolism
[rejection of Nazism]

Question 8

“Are you a teardrop ________

Answer 8

specialist?”

hegemonic masculinity

Question 9

“Dancing is for people ______

Answer 9

without a job.”

Reply:

“Dancing is for people who are free. It is an escape from all of this.”

Question 10

“What will you do when you are free?”

Reply: _____________

Answer 10

Reply: Dance.”

Question 11

What are the three types of hegemonic masculinity?

Answer 11

Precarious
Policed
Performed

Question 12

What are examples of film techniques used in Jojo Rabbit?

Answer 12

Foreshadowing
Symbolism
Lighting
Sound (digetic, non-digetic)
Performance (acting, gestures)
Camera angles, shots
Camera movement

Question 13

“Jojo Betzler, what is your mind _____________

Answer 13

“Snake mind.”

[what is your body?]
“Wolf body.”

[what is your courage?]
“Panther courage.”

[And Jojo Betzler, what is your soul?]
“A German soul.”

Question 14

“How dare you, Jew? You are weak, like an eyelash ________

Answer 14

I am born of Aryan ancestry. My blood is the colour of a pure red rose. And my eyes are blue.”

[comment on influence of propaganda, blue eyes, etc]

Question 15

Jojo: “What did they do?”

Answer 15

“What they could.”

Question 16

“Is it dangerous out there? ____

Answer 16

extremely.”

Question 17

“I don’t want to go out there. I look stupid. People will stare.”

Rosie:

Answer 17

Rosie: “Now you’re going to pluck up your courage, walk out that door and have an incredible adventure”

= shows Jojo being insecure, not being hegemonically masculine, displaying emotions is not for men, etc.

Question 18

Jojo: “Imagine catching one [a Jew] and giving it to Hitler. That’d be a sure-fire way to _________

Answer 18

get into his personal guard.”

Question 19

Elsa: “You’re not a Nazi, Jojo. You’re a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and________

Answer 19

wants to be a part of a club.”

Question 20

“There is no room in Hitler’s army for those who lack strength. We want ______________

Answer 20

hardened warriors who are prepared to kill at will. Can you do that?”

Question 21

“I wish more of our young boys had your blind ________

Answer 21

fanaticism.”

• Captain Deertz.

Question 22

Rosie: “Surprise, surprise! Your shoe laces are undone again. Come on, _____________

Answer 22

Come on, Shitler, let’s get a move on.”

Rosie making a mockery of Jojo’s Nazi beliefs. (satire)

Question 23

Rosie: “Don’t you ever talk to your mother like that.”

Answer 23

[acting as father]
“what happened?”

Rosie: “I yelled at the kid…”

Dinner table scene

vulnerability- Jojo accepts invite to dance with his parents, shows emotion, joy, etc