Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

In the beginning, Bruno was a young boy who came from a Nazi household. Even though he didn’t quite understand everything at the time, he had dreamed of becoming a soldier just like his father. Shmuel was a young boy as well, who happened to be Jewish. Although the two came from rather different backgrounds, they both had a few things in common: They were born on the same day, they were very lonely, and they were forced to leave behind everything they had ever known. As they had gotten to know each other, they learned that they weren’t so different after all. Bruno had started to realize that he had more in common with Shmuel than he ever did with his old friends back in Berlin. Eventually, the fence between them had started to disappear as the two came together, despite any differences they ever

The second struggle in Bruno 's and Shmuel’s friendship is their need to overcome their differences in the family background. One day, Bruno decided to talk about how they came to be in Auschwitz. When Shmuel starts talking about how he got here.He said that, “The train was horrible," said Shmuel. There were too many of us in the carriages for one thing. And there was no air to breathe.” “That 's because you all crowded onto one train,”said Bruno.... “When we came here, there was another one on the other side of the platform, but no one seemed to see it. That was the one we got.” (129-130). When Bruno talks about

Bruno only cares about himself. When Shmuel is in Bruno's house, it says Bruno wished he could run away. He hated Lieutenant Kotler, but he was advancing on him now and all Bruno could think of was the afternoon when he had seen him shooting a dog and the evening when Pavel had made him so angry that he- “ Tell me Bruno!” Shouted Lieutenant Kotler, his face growing red “I won't ask you a third time.’ “ I’ve never spoken to him before in my life. I don't know him. In this quote Bruno was clearly only thinking of what might happen to himself. Bruno does not care about taking things from another perspective. I’m sure it is,” said Shmuel quietly. “Although it's not a very nice part of it.” “No?” “Where I come from it's a lot nicer.” “ It's certainly not as nice as Berlin.” Said Bruno. “ In Berlin we had a big house with five floors if you counted the basement and the little room at the top with the window. And there were lovely stalls and any number of cafes (Boyne 61) Bruno does not care if Shmuel’s perspective is

Bruno was very oblivious to the things that were taking place around him. Although he was oblivious to the big picture he still had a feeling that he should not communicate with Shmuel, which is why he denied knowing him. Yet he was brave enough to sneak out of the house to visit Shmuel at what he believed was a “Farm.” In reality, this

The Boy in Striped Pyjamas One of the main ideas in the film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas directed by Mark Herman is that friendship breaks all barriers, no matter the circumstances. This is conveyed through the characters Bruno, a naive Christian boy who loves exploring, and whose father is a head officer in Hitler’s army. And his unexpected friend Shmuel, a Jewish boy who lives in a concentration camp on the opposite side of the forest that Bruno and his family live at. This is a very unusual friendship , but because of the two boy’s naive and kind hearts, they physically and emotionally break every barrier in their way that stops them from being best friends. In this Film it begins with Bruno and his family living securely in Berlin,

For example at the end, he and Bruno went on an ordered ‘march’ as Shmuel said and were led into a gas chamber that Shmuel thought was just shelter from the rain. Shmuel obviously didn't understand the situation, as he acted very calm for someone about to be executed “I never see the people after the march”. This quote displays that Shmuel knew absolutely nothing about the gas chambers as he thought it was just some sort of march, otherwise he would have acted differently and hesitated when forced into the chamber. I also found that Bruno and Shmuel were very similar, which I also found astonishing due to the major difference in lifestyle as Bruno was the son of a high ranked Nazi officer and had a nice house whereas Shmuel has no house and is abused by these Nazi officers. Some

'Successful fiction captures the imagination, it allows us to live lives that are extraordinary to us. The story of Bruno and Shmuel within The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas does exactly that, through it we gain a fresh and new perspec­ tive on the Holocaust ... it is a novel whose ending remains with readers long after the pages are finished, it is a novel that inspires thought and difference of opinion, it is a book that deserves to be read, to be

Little did he know that Shmuel was being deported and Bruno was just moved to a better house. This shows that Bruno is clueless about what is happening with the Nazis and the Jews because of his parents being Nazis and shielding him from the

That they aren't aloud to say anything mean about Nazi, she was unhappy because Bruno shouldn’t be raised near a place that is a concentration camp for Jews. Also how bruno saw the lieutenant kill paule and the lieutenant getting mad. Also Bruno shouldn’t know anything until he is like maybe 17 or 18 in age. Why do you think the author used Shmuel, another boy, to help make his point in this novel? Would it have been as effective if he’d used adults?

The boys met at the fence every day, although one day Shmuel was extra sad, his father had gone missing. Bruno was also sad that day because he had found out that he was moving back to Berlin. The boys planned an ultimate final adventure where Bruno would cross to the other side of the fence and they would look for Shmuel’s father. While he was on the other side of the fence, the boys were sent with a group of people on a march, this led to a gas chamber and both boys were gassed that day. The death of Bruno can be blamed on three people.

Bruno want to discover the other side in the fence looked like, and also spent the time with Shmuel, however, he didn’t know that because of his curiosity, he would be in danger. When they followed people into the gas chamber, Bruno and Shmuel didn’t know they were facing the death, Bruno just told Shmuel about how he attached great importance to this friendship. “You’re my best friend, Shmuel, my best friend for life” (213). Because of the innocence and pure thought, they had the

The reader has to interpret what is happening and must have some knowledge of WWII and the holocaust to understand the storyline. For example, when Bruno Shows Gretel (Bruno’s sister) the children outside his window that’re behind a giant fence, the reader has to interpret that Bruno’s showing Gretel a concentration camp. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is aso quite symbolic, an example of this symbolism would be when Bruno and Shmuel die together within a gas chamber, which symbolises that even innocents

But what the reader nor Bruno don’t know is that his friend is a Jewish prisoner. Throughout the book the reader gets subtle hints showing the moral of the story. For example, Bruno is separated from Shmuel by a wired fence. Shmuel is also dressed in pajamas and is wearing a number attached to his shirt. Most students at the age of 9 or 10 have learned about these facts in history books.

Characterisation – Bruno juxtaposed against character of Schmuel used as a form of empowerment for the two characters.

Shmuel, went from being lonely and sad, to be more cheerful after meeting Bruno. Bruno gave him support, food and friendship things that he didn’t have inside the camp. One day, they planned to go and find Shmuel’s dad inside the camp and marched together with other people not knowing that they were marching to their death.