The Book Thief And The Boy In The Striped Pajamas : Book Analysis

It was absolutely odious that Bruno was so naїve about the Holocaust. If Bruno hadn’t been so innocent, then he wouldn’t have been nearly as ignorant, unaware of his surroundings, and insensitive. Being so naїve even lead him to a very, very early death. It was terrible that Bruno was naїve about the Holocaust throughout The Boy in the Striped

The Boy In The Stripped Pajamas by John Boyne is a 2006 holocaust novel seen through the innocent eyes of a young boy named Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a German concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has shocking and unexpected consequences. During the novel, prejudice and discrimination are shown to have many effects on numerous of the characters such as Bruno and Shmuel, Discrimination, or in other words, treating a person or group of people differently, especially on the fields of race, age and sex is taken place by a multitude of people such as Gretel, by following Kotler’s decisions, Gretel is discriminating because she is supporting the Germans belief. Prejudice on the other hand, is another word for an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge. Lieutenant Kotler one of Father's soldiers shows a great example of this as well as discrimination while Bruno at the end of the novel shows he fights against prejudice and discrimination

For starters, He had befriended a young Jewish boy by the name of Shmuel, which was an unacceptable action to compel in the time that Bruno was living in. Although Bruno didn’t know that what he had just done was considered as the wrong thing to do, he treated Shmuel just like anyone else never the less and thought of him as a close friend, well the only friend he had since moving to Auschwitz. When he had found out that Shmuel was starving and in need of food, Bruno made sure to go to the effort and bring food with him to enjoy with Shmuel when they were sitting together, separated by the fence. One day after uttering that the Germans were “superior” (Page 112), Bruno had quickly thought of changing the subject as it made him uneasy to have said that to Shmuel, having an innate sense that it wasn’t the right thing to have said. Although Bruno’s father had exclaimed it many times before, Bruno had not been fond of the words that were spoken out of his mouth at that exact moment. As the novel progresses further

Aristotle wrote the ideal qualities in order to form the “perfect tragedy.” Many people argue today that Aristotle’s criteria for a perfect tragedy cannot be met, due to the fact that it is contradictory. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was released in 2008 and I believe it meets Aristotle’s qualifications for a perfect tragedy, except for one part. In this movie, the Anagorisis does not prevent the praxis from happening.

Their opinions are brought forward whilst there is a march in their hometown and the two characters feed the marchers. Whilst this is only a small action, they managed to change the course of the storyline and the consequences of their actions really did bring the context of war upfront and it allowed the reader to understand what happened to some of the German people that tried to help the Jews and the others that were tortured along with them. The most serious effect that the war had on the characters of The Book Thief, Liesel especially, was at the end of the novel was when a bomb was dropped on her home town. As a result of this everyone that was special to Liesel was killed, including Rudy. Children in war are not aware of what is happening around them, especially in Bruno’s case, he only knows what he has seen. For example when Shmuel tells him that there are a lot of children on his side of the fence he thinks that it will be like in Berlin where children are happy and playful and have liberty, but when Bruno crosses the fence and experiences what Shmuel does every day he is very surprised and in a way disappointed to see that the children here and all lethargic and gloomy, this may affect a child very harshly in the long run seeing such a place on the inside, such as Auschwitz. In the story we see that Bruno can not comprehend what is happening when he and Shmuel are taken into the gas chamber and they think that it

Firstly, Bruno confronting his father in his office displays a lot of bravery and courage. His father said earlier in the book his office was out of bounds with no exceptions. When confronting his father, he broke this rule and purposely ignored the consequences

The innocence of Bruno is portrayed through the stylistic device, dramatic irony, such as ‘Not fair, me stuck by my own and you have all your friends in there.’ The innocent friendship between the two boys leads them to their deaths in the ending scene, mise en scene comes into place as the scene shows the empty room with only the clothes and boots that were left after the boys and other Jews got gassed. In this scene, there is a form of diegetic music being played and the film finishes with a fading camera shot, that creates a heart-breaking tone to the film and the audience is able to feel the loss of innocence after the boys’ death. With a similar end of war scene in The Book Thief, after the bombings that occurred, Liesel lost the boy she loved which is another way that the idea of innocence has been corrupted. Within this scene the director uses a bird’s eye view angle of the death of Rudy and mise en scene is also used in this text, placing Liesel sitting with Rudy in the middle of the ruins of their street, leaving the audience to feel heartbroken just as The Boy in Striped Pyjamas does with the death of both boys. Although, the friendship between child protagonists in The Book Thief, Liesel and Rudy, starts as an innocent friendship and remains that way through most of the film, their friendship is explored through playful love whereas the friendship between Bruno and Shmuel is explored through boundaries

Bruno and his sister have interest conflict. His sister finds the soldiers to be good looking and she put pictures on her wall of them. This is the only real reason why she supports the Nazi’s. she has a crush on the one soldier and her interest becomes greater. Bruno though knows that is wrong and they have

In the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, the author highlights the main characters point of view to convey the theme that children who are sheltered from bad happening around them have a different,more positive, view of the world. Set during WWII, the story tells of a young boy named Bruno who meets another young boy, called Shmuel, and they form an incredible friendship. At the beginning of the book Bruno and his family are forced to move to Auschwitz. Bruno is very curious about many things, so it is only natural that when he sees the people in the striped pajamas behind a fence out of his window, he decides to check it out.That is when he meets Shmuel, a young Jew.

This is different than the movie, where Bruno was told earlier on by his sister and Shmuel that the people in the camps were Jews. Then he kept asking until he found out that they were “evil” and cannot be trusted. He then had to decide whether or not he should stay friends with Shmuel. Although he did not fully understand it in the book or the movie, he had more of an internal conflict in the movie, as he wasn’t sure if Shmuel could be trusted based on what his sister told him and what he learned from his history

Children’s innocence and unconditional love for their parents often unleash terror and abuse. It is impossible not to perceive the author’s hidden parallels: the nation’s that blindly follow their “chosen one” without questioning his decisions and true motifs march to imminent doom. Bruno comes to terms with his new life rather briskly and is perfectly willing to go on as long as he has a pleasant distraction - Shmuel - in his life. He instinctively avoids the question that can expose the horrors of his “best friend’s” existence or his father’s true nature. Even after witnessing the sad reality of the concentration camp with his own eyes, Bruno walks into the gas chamber with an unshakable thought that “... Father was the commandant, and if this was the kind of thing that he wanted the people to do then it must be all right” (Boyne 210). This very school of thought has been luring people into senseless wars and self-ruin from the beginning of time.

‘Yes, Father,’ said Bruno, unsatisfied by the response. He opened the door and Father called him back for a moment, standing up and raising an eyebrow as if he’d forgotten something. Bruno remembered the moment his father made the signal, and said the phrase and imitated him exactly. He pushed his two feet together and shot his right arm into the air before clicking his two heels together and saying in as deep and clear a voice as possible - as much like Father’s as he could manage - the words he said every time he left a soldier's’ presence. ‘Heil Hitler,’ he said, which, he presumed, was another way of saying, ‘Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.’ ’

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

In the book “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas” the main character is a 8 year old named bruno. He’s a young boy who has no idea what is going on around him. His father is playing a high roll in the Nazis. To me Bruno is stupid and blind. then i think hes only 8, he wouldn't know any better but in the book he finds out the truth in his like last 30 minutes of his life. He was being brainwashed he was a naive 8 year old. you wanna believe your father is your super hero, even though Bruno’s father thought he was doing right he was 100% wrong. Bruno was blind to what his father has been doing to poor men, women, children, and even babies. Killing people just because of their race. It was never right , Bruno was only 8 though so of course he want

I would like to thank you for creating such a brilliant book.I believe this may be one of the best books portraying the effects of the Holocaust I have ever read. If you don't mind I would like to ask you some questions on your wonderful book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. My first question for you is what was it like writing this terrifying and depressing story, and did you ever cry while writing this outstanding book. The second question I have for you is how would you feel if you were in the Nazi Commandant shoes, knowing that it was your fault then your own child died by the horrible things you were doing to the others in concentration camps. Last and foremost Mr. Boyne, do you plan on writing another WWII based book in the future if so