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Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit, Explained:let you in on

The Hitler Youth boys are asked to prove they can kill, and Jojo cannot do it with a rabbit, so the others brand him a coward. "You're as scared as a little rabbit," they taunt. Then his imaginary friend comforts him with an unexpected lesson about what a rabbit really is.

あらすじ

At the Hitler Youth camp, the children are trained to be hardened and ready to kill. Jojo is handed a rabbit and told to snap its neck; he cannot, and the other boys mock him as a scared rabbit. Later, his imaginary friend Adolf arrives to comfort him and delivers a surprising piece of advice: be the rabbit.

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let you in onas scared asget intoat will

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このシーンの表現

let you in on

share a secret with you

Comforting Jojo at night, Hitler lowers his voice to share a secret before defending the rabbit.

Let me let you in on something: the test is easier than it looks.

このシーンの他の表現

  • as scared as

    frightened like something

  • get into

    enter or gain access to

  • at will

    whenever and however one likes

  • be the rabbit

    survive by being clever

  • rhinoctopuses

    a made-up rhino-octopus blend

このシーンのメモ一覧

90 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · A2sound + 形容词

seem frightening

Jews sound scary, huh?
発音sound scary

Link sound into scary and let huh rise.

Jews sound scary, huh?
表現 · A1smell like something

have the smell of

And they smell like brussels sprouts.
表現 · B2a surefire way to do something

a guaranteed method

That'd be a surefire way to get into his personal guards.
表現 · B1get into something

enter or gain access to

Jojo imagines that catching a Jew would get him into Hitler's personal guard.

That'd be a surefire way to get into his personal guards.
発音That'd be a

That'd blurs into one sound, then links into be a.

That'd be a surefire way to get into his personal guards.
スラング · B2surefire

guaranteed to work — Casual and confident; fine in speech, not in reports.

That'd be a surefire way to get into his personal guards.
表現 · B1be reserved for someone

kept for someone

First place is reserved for the Führer.
表現 · A2be happy with something

satisfied with

I'd be happy with second place.
文法 · B1I guess I'm just

object clause: Guess takes a that-clause, dropped here, and just softens the joke.

I guess I'm just a kid in a fat kid's body.
文法 · B1When you stand before the enemy

time clause: The when-clause sets the scene before the main question is asked.

When you stand before the enemy and have to end his life,
表現 · B2have the stomach to do something

be brave enough to

which of you will have the stomach to do this?
文法 · B1those that lack strength

relative clause: Those that means the people who, with that introducing the clause.

There is no room in Hitler's army for those that lack strength.
表現 · B2do something at will

whenever and however one likes

The officer describes the soldiers he wants as men able to kill at will.

Those that are prepared to kill at will.
スラング · A2Pfff

a dismissive snort — A spoken sneer; keep it out of writing.

Pfff. Of course. I love killing.
表現 · B2wring someone's neck

twist the neck of

Wring its neck and kill the rabbit.
発音not scared

The t in not often drops before scared.

I'm not scared. I... I just...
表現 · B2finish something off

kill or complete finally

He might scream, but we'll just use the boot to finish it off.
表現 · A2be not a coward

not easily frightened

He... He's not a coward.
表現 · B1hear from someone

get news from someone

But no one has heard from him in two years.
スラング · A2Wanna

want to — Casual contraction used with friends.

- Hi, Adolf. - Wanna tell me about that rabbit incident?
表現 · B2couldn't care less about something

not care at all

Don't worry about it. I couldn't care less.
スラング · B2lunatic

a mad person — An insult about mental health; avoid it in real life.

"Oh, this guy's a lunatic."
スラング · B2psycho

a mad person — Seriously offensive; do not use it about people.

"Oh, look at that psycho. He's gonna get us all killed."
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.

"Oh, look at that psycho. He's gonna get us all killed."
発音let you in on a

Let you can blur into letcha, and in on a runs together.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. The rabbit is no coward.
文法 · B2hunting carrots for his family

participle phrase: The -ing phrase adds what the bunny is doing as it faces the world.

The humble little bunny faces a dangerous world every day, hunting carrots for his family, for his country.
表現 · A2be full of something

filled with

My empire will be full of all animals.
表現 · B2outwit someone

outsmart every rival

The humble bunny can outwit all of his enemies.

「Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up the film's central argument in miniature. Jojo is a boy trying to earn his place by being hard, and the rabbit is the test he fails, which marks him as soft in front of everyone. What changes the meaning is who speaks next. His imaginary Adolf, of all figures, argues that being called a rabbit is not an insult: "The rabbit is no coward." The bunny is reframed as clever, brave and sneaky, a small creature who survives a dangerous world, which is exactly the lesson Jojo needs and the opposite of what the camp teaches. The scene works because the comfort comes from the wrong source, and the sincerity lands anyway.

Theme

IdentityJojo is told to be hard to belong, and being called a rabbit forces him to question the identity the camp wants for him.
Coming of ageA failed test becomes a lesson: his imaginary friend teaches him that survival can look like weakness.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Children repeat hatred as a game, which is exactly the film's point.
  • The rabbit speech turns cowardice into a survival strategy.
  • A nickname can wound a boy more than a beating.

発音のポイント

  • sound scary — Link sound into scary and let huh rise.
  • That'd be a — That'd blurs into one sound, then links into be a.
  • not scared — The t in not often drops before scared.
  • let you in on a — Let you can blur into letcha, and in on a runs together.
First place is reserved for the Führer.

Jojo's ranking of his friends, with Hitler kept above everyone, showing how completely the cult has shaped his mind.

There is no room in Hitler's army for those that lack strength.

The camp's message in one line: weakness is not tolerated and boys must become hardened warriors.

You're as scared as a little rabbit.

The boys' taunt after he refuses to kill, turning his failure into a name he cannot escape.

I'm gonna let you in on a little secret. The rabbit is no coward.

Adolf's comfort, reframing the rabbit as brave rather than weak and reversing the insult.

The humble little bunny faces a dangerous world every day, hunting carrots for his family, for his country.

The rabbit is recast as a daily hero working for its family and country, the film's counter-image to the camp's idea of strength.

I guess I'm just a kid in a fat kid's body.

Yorki's joke about himself, quipping that he is not Hitler in disguise, a light moment that quietly punctures the Führer worship.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Jojo refuse to kill the rabbit?

Because he cannot bring himself to hurt a living animal, even when he is supposed to prove he is tough. His failure is exactly what makes him human in the eyes of the film.

Why does Adolf say the rabbit is not a coward?

Because he wants Jojo to see that being gentle is not the same as being weak. The rabbit, he says, is brave, sneaky and strong, and survives by its wits rather than by force.

Why do the other boys call Jojo a rabbit?

They call him that because he cannot kill the rabbit, so they use the animal's name to label him as scared and soft. The nickname follows him through the camp.

Who is the Adolf who comforts Jojo?

He is Jojo's imaginary friend, a comic version of Hitler that Jojo has invented. Even though he is a fantasy, the advice he gives is the film's real point about courage.

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