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    Humans losing their basic rights of freedom leads to delusion and them making questionable decisions. John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and Elie Wiesel’s Night both take place during the Jewish holocaust. Both of the authors use multiple literary devices to deliver their respectives ideas about oppression. Boyne and Wiesel both use situational irony‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadowing to convey their message that oppression can lead to madness.t John Boyne uses situational irony relating to Bruno’s

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    that started normally‚ she just about lost everything in a horrific car accident. Her parents die instantly; she and her younger brother‚ Teddy‚ are left in critical condition. There are many differences between the book and movie that made both very appealing. The book and the movie portray the crash scene very differently‚ but both were emotional. After the car accident‚ Mia is wandering trying to get the attention of the firefighters‚ paramedics‚ police‚ and trying to find her family. “‘Dad‚’

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    The movie was more intriguing than the book and was easier to comprehend the history. The movie helped me understand what was going on in the book. The movie caught my attention more than the book did. The movie emphasized more than the book did. I’d like to build on the idea that the movie helped me understand what was going on in the book because I wasn’t really interested in the book so I didn’t really take in all the history that I could in the movie because the movie was more action packed

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    The main themes of the movie that stand out the most but are certainly not limited to is‚ innocent and complicity. Though he attends school and his father is a high ranking Nazi official‚ Bruno is mostly ignorant of the political situation at the time. When Bruno leaves Berlin he wonders why he left to be near the camp full of people in striped pajamas. Another example is the fact that he has no idea what is going on in the camp or Germany and also thinks Shmuel lives in the concentration camp with

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    In chapter 15 of the novel “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"‚ an event of Shmuel accused for stealing food that Bruno offered him puts their friendship into test as the boys began to navigate their individual realities under such circumstances. Bruno’s feelings towards his own actions (afterward) and other’s opinions on Bruno’s action (outsider’s point of view from both side of the argument) will be discussed. The occurrence of this event begins as Bruno discovered his friend‚ Shmuel in his kitchen

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    1) She had met Grandfather as a young woman after one of her concerts and somehow he had persuaded her to marry him despite all his flaws.(Grandmother loves Grandfather) This shows that grandfather must had really strong emotions for grandmother when they were young. I think that since their relationship had fostered from a strong root‚ Their relationship must be even stronger now. Thus‚ we can conclude that grandfather still loves and respects grandmother very much. 2) Grandmother liked to think

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    chooses to always be committed‚ but at some point in someone’s life‚ they are committed to something. Commitment affects everything‚ even books. Three books that I read (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ I Promised I would Tell‚ and The Diary of Anne Frank - The Play) are just some examples of commitment. Commitment effects The Boy in the Striped Pajamas because Bruno and Shmuel made promises and sacrifices to each other‚ to help each other and stay friends. (Boyne 134) Everyday‚ Bruno brought

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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 book and movie Jumanji they are very similar and different in many ways. They are very similar by their tone they are both mysterious‚ but they are also very different. Paragraph one will be the tone of the movie. Paragraph two will be tone of the book. Paragraph three will be the difference between the book and the movie. First‚ tone of the Jumanji movie is mysterious. In the first scene of the movie when the two kids are burying the box the kid says its after him he says it like a little boy

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was written by John Boyne‚ and publish by David Fickiling‚ Random House Children books‚ in September 2006. It is a historical fiction book written about events that occur during World War II. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is emotional and motivating. The plot of the story is about Bruno‚ a nine year old boy who grew up in Berlin during the World War II era. He lived with his parents‚ 12 year old sister Gretel‚ and his servant. He faces many challenges and obstacles

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