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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ written by John Boyle is a fictional novel of the unlikeiest of friendships‚ the son of a Nazi commandant and a Jew suffering in the largest concentration camp. I believe innocence that is created by a sheltered and caring family is an important theme of the novel. Bruno was unaware that his father was a Nazi commander or that he is living right next door to Auschwitz concentration camp. His parents were trying to protect him from hearing the truth or understanding

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    “The Boy In Striped Pyjamas” John Boyne During the time Bruno and his family spent in Auschwits‚ the novel “The Boy In Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne states that the main idea dealt with racism. Racism was the base of three things; beatings‚ secrecy and it even tore the family apart. The ongoing beatings were just horrendous. Nazi’s made the Jew’s go without food and water just because they are a different race. They raped and abused people for fun‚ like when Lieutenant Kotler killed the lady

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    Few people understand that discrimination and racism still take place today. John Boyne’s novel‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ presents the thoughts of a German boy‚ Bruno‚ who has a Jewish friend‚ Shmuel‚ during the Holocaust. Both nine-year-old boys maintained an unyielding relationship with each other during the Holocaust‚ a horrendous era of discrimination towards the Jews from Germans‚ despite their differences. Many readers would believe that John Boyne wrote this novel inappropriately‚ because

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne [Film directed by Mark Herman] Discuss the changes that take place between the novel and the film‚ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ and the impact they have on you. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a novel by John Boyne that has recently been turned into a film. It tells the story of a young German boy (Bruno)‚ and a Jewish boy (Shmuel)’s “forbidden” friendship. Bruno‚ located on the opposite side of a huge barbed-wire fence that guards the concentration

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    watched the heart-wrenching story‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This story is considered historical fiction‚ because it is about a Nazi family living during the Holocaust‚ but the family is fictional. Bruno‚ the youngest in the family‚ is not happy to be moving away from their home in Berlin. They get to their new house‚ near Auschwitz‚ which Bruno calls “the farm” in the movie. He goes exploring outside of his year (strictly against his mothers rules) and finds a boy sitting on the other side of the

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    In the Boy in Striped Pyjamas‚ Bruno’s innocence helped the author portray the holocaust because it is his innocence that makes him unprejudiced and direct about his surroundings. His friendship with Shmuel especially helps because Shmuel is a victim of the holocaust. Bruno and Shmuel’s friendship also helped the author portray the holocaust with a little bit of positive energy as their friendship flourished even as the holocaust was happening. If it was one thing that helped readers to understand

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    Bruno Nine year old Bruno is the protagonist of the novel .He is described as an extrovert‚ exuberant and adventurous character as he indicates his ambition of becoming an explorer. He lives in pampered luxury‚ having servants in his five-storey high dwelling in which he “was still able to find nooks and crannies that he hadn’t fully finished exploring yet.” He is also appears to be a docile child who comprehend rules as he knows he is not to interrupt Mother when she is speaking and Father’s

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    In ‘Boy in Striped Pyjamas’ many characters are puppets on a string‚ Do you agree? Many characters in the boy in striped pyjamas were puppets on a string‚ German’s were made to believe that the Jewish people were terrible people and evil. The German soldiers were completely brainwashed and in the novel we see the German people telling the children that the Jewish were bad people. The father of Bruno and Gretel is a Military Commandant. He and his family were re-located out of Berlin and into

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    The Boy In Striped Pajamas: A Movie Analysis The film is an emotional experience highlighting the tragedy of innocence‚ using the point of view of an eight-year-old German boy to expose the raw psychological devastation of the era. It’s an unnerving film with a knockout punch for an ending‚ but it feels more acceptable as an educational piece than a profoundly rewarding work of drama. This movie is based on a book that goes by the same name‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ written by John Boyne

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    BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS – TOPIC 2 In the novel Boy in The Striped Pyjamas‚ prejudice and discrimination are shown to have many negative effects on many of the characters such as Bruno‚ Shumel‚ Father‚ Mother and Kotler. In my essay I will explore this idea in relation to the novel. Discrimination‚ (or in other words negatively putting someone down but not physical hurting or touching them in anyway) is taken place in Boy in The Striped Pyjamas by many different people such as Gretel‚ by following

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