The movie, “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” was released on November 7, 2008. The movie was directed by Mark Herman. The main setting of the movie is in the countryside, near a concentration camp, Auschwitz, is held for Jews. The setting of the countryside is where most the action takes place, between the Bruno, the German boy, and Shmuel, the Jew. The time period of this movie dates back to World War II, when Hitler was in power and there was cruelty against the Jews in Germany. We can see this by the situation represented towards the beginning as the Jews were escorted out of their homes. We can also infer this because there were many symbolic imagery involved such as, the flags of the Nazis and the ‘heroic’ art of Hitler around the town.
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We can see this from the way he made the Lieutenant Kotler change position in his occupation, when he found out he had not informed the truth about his father, however, Ralph had done the same about his mother. The conflict that is driving the protagonist, Bruno, to act is the need to explore his limitations. As he mentions numerous times in his dialogue, he wants to explore and he likes to explore. What Bruno wants to explore is the so called, ‘farm’ he believes is on the other side of the field. He is very curious to know what those kids in the striped pajamas are upto and how he can help him. In specific, he is curious to what a Jewish boy named Shmuel is doing and how his life differs from his. He wants to find out what is so bad about Jews and why people say their evil. The audience can also infer that since the teacher said, “All Jews are bad if you find a good Jew, you are an explorer, “ Bruno has the desire to prove he has found a great friendly Jew. A subplot in this story is the relationship between the mother and father. We can see this in the movie by the distress the mother faces when she becomes aware of the mass killings of the Jews. As the movie progresses onwards, we see that she
We can see this from the way he made the Lieutenant Kotler change position in his occupation, when he found out he had not informed the truth about his father, however, Ralph had done the same about his mother. The conflict that is driving the protagonist, Bruno, to act is the need to explore his limitations. As he mentions numerous times in his dialogue, he wants to explore and he likes to explore. What Bruno wants to explore is the so called, ‘farm’ he believes is on the other side of the field. He is very curious to know what those kids in the striped pajamas are upto and how he can help him. In specific, he is curious to what a Jewish boy named Shmuel is doing and how his life differs from his. He wants to find out what is so bad about Jews and why people say their evil. The audience can also infer that since the teacher said, “All Jews are bad if you find a good Jew, you are an explorer, “ Bruno has the desire to prove he has found a great friendly Jew. A subplot in this story is the relationship between the mother and father. We can see this in the movie by the distress the mother faces when she becomes aware of the mass killings of the Jews. As the movie progresses onwards, we see that she