The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne is about a young boy who lived during the holocaust and is faced with fears no young boy should face. His parents won’t tell him what is going on so he made some “bad” choices that led to the end of Bruno as we know him. The moral of the story is innocence. The two elements was the internal conflict of man vs himself and the external conflict man vs man. The moral of the story is how Bruno and Shmuel's innocence in the holocaust and all of its terrors contributes to the innocence in this story. You can see this moral in the story when the innocence that Bruno shows through the book because he doesn’t get what is going on. He doesn’t get the horrors of the holocaust. For
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The definition of the internal conflict of man vs himself is Is when a character with a self-conflict must overcome feelings of inadequacy or past failures to achieve a goal. You can see this internal conflict of man vs himself in the story during chapters 9 and 10. For example this is one quote Bruno says that is an example of when he is fighting himself, “The one thing Bruno tried not to think about was that he had been told on countless occasions by both mother and father that he was not allowed anywhere near the fence or the camp, With no exceptions.”(Boyne 2006, p.103) It provides meaning to the story by adding the meaning and the confusion of Bruno when it comes to what is right or not.
The second element I see within the boy in the striped pajamas is the external conflict man vs man. The definition of the external conflict man vs man is When there is an inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces. You can see this internal conflict of man vs man in the story during chapter 5. For example he says something when his father was talking he interrupted “I don’t like it here.”(Boyne 2006, p.47) It provides meaning to the story by adding the meaning that Bruno growing up and being able to speak his feelings about the
The definition of the internal conflict of man vs himself is Is when a character with a self-conflict must overcome feelings of inadequacy or past failures to achieve a goal. You can see this internal conflict of man vs himself in the story during chapters 9 and 10. For example this is one quote Bruno says that is an example of when he is fighting himself, “The one thing Bruno tried not to think about was that he had been told on countless occasions by both mother and father that he was not allowed anywhere near the fence or the camp, With no exceptions.”(Boyne 2006, p.103) It provides meaning to the story by adding the meaning and the confusion of Bruno when it comes to what is right or not.
The second element I see within the boy in the striped pajamas is the external conflict man vs man. The definition of the external conflict man vs man is When there is an inherent incompatibility between the objectives of two or more characters or forces. You can see this internal conflict of man vs man in the story during chapter 5. For example he says something when his father was talking he interrupted “I don’t like it here.”(Boyne 2006, p.47) It provides meaning to the story by adding the meaning that Bruno growing up and being able to speak his feelings about the