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Friendship is knowing about someone’s flaws, but still being their companion. Friendship is feeling safe when you are with someone. Friendship is an unbreakable bond, despite the boundaries. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, an unbreakable bond is seen between Bruno and Shmuel, two boys with totally different lives. Bruno is a nine-year-old explorer who was just moved to Auschwitz with his family because his father is the head commandant, whereas Shmuel is a boy living without a…

In John Boyne’s narrative, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ (BISP), he presents narrative voice and other literary devices to show his ideas. The novel introduces a German boy in the mid holocaust, who has left Berlin to live in a house near Auschwitz. He meets a Jewish boy who is held in Auschwitz and become friends with him. Boyne explores the theme of friendship, innocence and the theme of arbitrary boundaries. He uses characterisation, symbolism and dramatic to convey his main ideas. In the…

The movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a drama/history film that is set during world war two during the Holocaust. Nine year old Bruno and his family move away from their home in Berlin leaving behind all of Bruno’s friends. They are forced to move because Bruno’s father is a commandant in the German army, the new house is located near a concentration camp. Bruno has no friends at the new house and he feels very lonely so he starts to explore, one day while he is exploring he comes across a…

and not be shaken. In the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, two boys meant to despise each other , develop a friendship through the fence that separates their worlds. Bruno and Shmuel, absolutely unaware what is happening around them consider each other as the same. They each just want a friend and someone to talk to. Despite the challenges and differences Bruno and Shmuel face, their evolving relationship throughout The Boy in Striped Pajamas proves two people utterly diverse…

the best option. Then what is the most successful way to approach a problem? Remaining positive is the best way to solve a conflict. In fact, there are many examples in history and literature of conflicts being tackled, like in, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne and Dear Mrs. Breed by Joanne Oppenheim. Therefore, both sources show the characters responding to conflict with positivity. Some examples of positivity…

During the time of the Holocaust negative thoughts trumps positive views towards Jewish people. This is clear to see the socially unjust treatment in the Novels: the historical fictions novels Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, and The Boy in The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, and memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, character’s true inhumane nature is revealed during periods of Social injustice. To begin, in the Historical fiction novel, Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, reveals the worst quality in…

The boy in the striped pyjamas – Book vs. Movie A few weeks ago I read the novel “The boy in the striped pyjamas” by John Boyne. After reading it I watched the movie adaption of the book, by the same name. Movies and books are different ways of telling a story, so even though they have the same plot, there are a lot of differences that I will know address. The story is about the eight-year old boy Bruno, whose father is a Nazi commandant during The Second World War. Bruno has to move with his…

In the novel the Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, the theme of this book is, that no matter how different you are from a person, you can still be friends. This theme is mainly exhibited between, Shmuel and Bruno. Shmuel is a, Jew who is put in a concentration, camp and lives on the other side of the fence, where they live in huts, and are constantly supervised under fear by the soldiers, while, Bruno is the son of a Nazi, who does not know much about the war, except that he had to move…

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Persuasive Paper By writing The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, through the eyes of a naive nine year old boy, the author subtly displays the importance of never letting a Holocaust happen again. Although Bruno never seems to comprehend what all that is going on, the reader is led through various events. John Boyne’s story is a good teaching tool about the Holocaust, detailing how horribly Jewish people were treated and put to death in the Concentration Camps. However,…

In the movie, The Boy with the Striped Pajamas based on the novel by John Boyne, tells the story of an German nine year old boy, Bruno. His family moved to the countryside near Auschwitz due to the promotion in his father’s job as commandant during the second World War. When they arrived at the new house, Bruno was getting lonely as he had many friends back in the city, so to occupy his time he started getting curious about his surroundings and came across Shmuel, a Jewish boy. Much of the story…