4 Vilenchik
Michelle Vilenchik
Professor. Popy Begum
ICJ
24 September 2016 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas directed by Mark Herman and produced by David Hayman was released on November 7, 2008. Although the setting of the film is in Nazi occupied Germany, it was actually directed within the United Kingdom. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas delivers both a riveting and chilling message that depicts the true power of friendship and its boundless nature. In this film, Bruno is an eight-year-old boy living in Nazi occupied Berlin, who along with his family moves to the German …show more content…
The most memorable political element of the film was the propaganda video of the concentration camps. In this propaganda film, the camps were shown to be fun and lively. The video also displayed an active and functioning community with music, school, work and even entertainment with limited restriction. As soon as Bruno saw the film, he began to feel better about everything that was going on, despite his first hand account and knowledge of seeing Shmuel in dirty pajamas and constantly starved. I believe that the video was created to show the rest of the world all of the “positive” change that Germany was instilling. Another political element that really stuck with me was the funeral of Bruno’s grandmother. Despite her obvious disapproval and disgust with regards to the Nazi regime and all that they stood for, a swastika was placed on her casket. When Bruno’s mother tried to remove it out of respect, his father struck her hand away because according to him it wasn’t about what she wanted. It was decided by a highly ranked Nazi that she was to have a swastika on her casket and that is how it went. Another political element of the film was that if you disagree with the views of the Nazi party and or choose to not comply, you could be jailed or even killed. This was evident with the lieutenant, whose father left the country to Switzerland to escape the …show more content…
Physically seeing this being portrayed in the context of an unlikely friendship triggered a strong emotional response. Growing up as a Russian speaking Jew, I was constantly exposed to the idea that the Holocaust altered our community by shaping our core values such as faith and loyalty to who we are. This film was an educational experience, which helped me further identify with my culture and religion. Along with that, we get to watch the beautiful friendship that was formed by two children, despite them not knowing why they weren’t able to play freely and why one had to succumb to horrifying conditions, while the other was a part of the party inflicting these horrors upon
Michelle Vilenchik
Professor. Popy Begum
ICJ
24 September 2016 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas directed by Mark Herman and produced by David Hayman was released on November 7, 2008. Although the setting of the film is in Nazi occupied Germany, it was actually directed within the United Kingdom. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas delivers both a riveting and chilling message that depicts the true power of friendship and its boundless nature. In this film, Bruno is an eight-year-old boy living in Nazi occupied Berlin, who along with his family moves to the German …show more content…
The most memorable political element of the film was the propaganda video of the concentration camps. In this propaganda film, the camps were shown to be fun and lively. The video also displayed an active and functioning community with music, school, work and even entertainment with limited restriction. As soon as Bruno saw the film, he began to feel better about everything that was going on, despite his first hand account and knowledge of seeing Shmuel in dirty pajamas and constantly starved. I believe that the video was created to show the rest of the world all of the “positive” change that Germany was instilling. Another political element that really stuck with me was the funeral of Bruno’s grandmother. Despite her obvious disapproval and disgust with regards to the Nazi regime and all that they stood for, a swastika was placed on her casket. When Bruno’s mother tried to remove it out of respect, his father struck her hand away because according to him it wasn’t about what she wanted. It was decided by a highly ranked Nazi that she was to have a swastika on her casket and that is how it went. Another political element of the film was that if you disagree with the views of the Nazi party and or choose to not comply, you could be jailed or even killed. This was evident with the lieutenant, whose father left the country to Switzerland to escape the …show more content…
Physically seeing this being portrayed in the context of an unlikely friendship triggered a strong emotional response. Growing up as a Russian speaking Jew, I was constantly exposed to the idea that the Holocaust altered our community by shaping our core values such as faith and loyalty to who we are. This film was an educational experience, which helped me further identify with my culture and religion. Along with that, we get to watch the beautiful friendship that was formed by two children, despite them not knowing why they weren’t able to play freely and why one had to succumb to horrifying conditions, while the other was a part of the party inflicting these horrors upon