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    appearance and reality‚ and to show how human beings distort or conceal the latter." David Lodge‚ in the 1993 collection of short stories "The Art of Fiction: Illustrated From Classic and Modern Texts". The use of 3rd person limited subjective naïve narrator amplifies the themes of this ironic novel; innocence and ignorance‚ war and prejudice . Many literary techniques are used in this book highlight the themes. Third person limited subjective naïve narrator is one of many narrative voices. Third

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    told from the viewpoint of a child‚ eight year old Bruno. His father is an SS Officer and the family move from Berlin into a house near the grounds of a concentration camp. Bruno thinks that the fence exists so that animals cannot escape. Schmuel laughs‚ but not unkindly and he informs Bruno that the purpose of the fence is to restrain the Jewish prisoners. The sadistic SS lieutenant beats to death the Jewish house servant‚ and following this Bruno discovers Schmuel working in his home. He gives

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    Title: The Boy in Striped Pyjamas Author: John Boyne Type: Novel Personal Response: I personally found this novel‚ ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’‚ very grasping and informative. I found myself reluctant to put it down. The fact that is was told from first person perspective helped me understand what it was like to see things unfold through the main character Bruno’s eyes. It will linger in my mind for quite some time. There wasn’t a moment throughout the story that I thought was unnecessary. It

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    The boy in the striped pyjamas The film ‘the boy in the striped pyjamas’ based on the novel by John Boyne was changed to adapt to a different audience. This is shown through the changing of the story for an older audience. There are various amounts of differences between the novel and the movie one of them being Bruno’s age. Another major difference is Bruno’s mother. One of the other big differences is at the ending of the novel and the film. In the novel Bruno is 9 years old but in the film he

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    A movie story set during the Holocaust‚The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is both heart-warming and heartbreaking. It is a touching story of an odd friendship between two boys in horrendous circumstances and a reminder of man’s capacity for inhumanity. Bruno is a nine years old boy growing up in Berlin during World War ll. He lives in a five-storey house with servants‚ his mother and father and 12 years old sister‚ Gretel. His father wears a fancy uniform as he is a soldier. One day their family decide

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    Title- Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Author- John Boyne Text Type- Novel Date- 13 February 2013 One of the main ideas in the novel‚ Boy in the Striped Pyjamas written by John Boyne is religion discrimination. This is conveyed through the use of historical events‚ the story takes place in the early 1940’s‚ in a Nazi Germany. The novel is written through the perspective of Bruno‚ a nine year old boy whose father is a Commandment as a part of the Nazis. Throughout the book Bruno loses much of his childhood

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    John Boyne’s novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ set in 1943‚ emphasises perspective to challenge and critically shape the audience’s views on the period surrounding the Holocaust during World War II. Through a multitude of language techniques involving contrast‚ foreshadowing and characterisation‚ this novel focuses on two extremely similar‚ yet different young boys whose unlikely fates entwine. Boyne’s novel skilfully views both contrasting perspectives‚ whilst cultivating a touching‚ heartbreaking

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    The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is a story that was based around the time of the Holocaust. Throughout the novel‚ a series of events leads to a German boy making an unlikely friendship with a Hewish boy. Firstly‚ the ability of Bruno and Shmuel to support each other’s needs plays a significant role in the initial development of their friendship. Additionally‚ the realisation of their shared similarities helps to further strengthen their friendship. Finally‚ their ability to accept one another despite

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    ESSAY | The Boy In The Striped Pyjama’s | Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights‚ before the dark hour of reason grows- John Betjeman. | Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights‚ before the dark hour of reason grows- John Betjeman. This idea is quite evident throughout The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as it shows that children perceive things through their senses rather than in a more sophisticated adult-like way based on the opinion of society. Bruno‚ a young

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    Bruno a nine year old boy at the time of the war‚ stands completely oblivious to the horrific goings-on of the war that continue to take place around him‚ even with his father being a Nazi commandant. The title of the book is evidence to this as Bruno perceives their concentration camp uniforms as "striped pyjamas". Deeper into the book we discover Bruno’s interpretation of many Nazi words which gives us further evidence as he is unable to pronounce these important names "the Fury‚" (the Furher)

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