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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Describe a theme or idea presented in the text. Explain how this idea has affected you. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne is a very powerful, touching story with many important themes. The book is set in Auschwitz, Poland in the early 1940s during a time where there was a lot of racism and many innocent people were killed. This essay will argue that an important theme in this novel is that innocent people shouldn’t be punished. John Boyne shows this theme

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    The Boy In Striped Pyjamas In the boy in striped pyjamas written by John Boyne it is about exploring the friendship between Bruno and Shmuel evan though they have very different people. Bruno and Shmuel have the most unlikely friendship, but because there only nine they have no idea whats going on. Just imagine if they were about 14 years old they would probably hate each other but like I said there only nine so they have no idea whats going on. It is pretty amazing how two whole different religions

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    The boy in striped pyjamas written by John Boyne is a story about a young boy who is the son of a commandant in a German concentration camp. The story is told by Bruno, a nine year old boy, which concerns human brutality, followed by loyalty, courage, and love which are recurring themes read throughout the novel. Bruno is largely shielded from the reality of WWII, therefore displaying his childlike innocence, which is also one of the most important themes of the book. One of the ways Boyne builds

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    Mark Herman, director of The Boy in Striped Pajamas, provides viewers with a first person perspective throughout the film as shots often display the viewpoint of Bruno, and the style of shots impacts the message of the film by drawing more emotion from an audience. Introducing the first scene through a third person perspective, Herman quickly begins to film from Bruno’s perspective as he hopes to develop the plot completely from the young boy’s view and also draw people emotionally to his side.

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a story of two boys who cross limitations in friendship. The fence in the story represents the divide that has been set. This fence represents the boundaries that people give us. Ultimately, the message of the story is that beneath it all, we are all the same. Regardless of our color, religious preferences, or gender, we are all the same and should be judged the same. Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a film produced in 2008. A colored movie, 94 minutes in length and given a motion picture rating of 7.8/10, it highlights the friendship between a Jewish concentration camp prisoner and the son of a Nazi commandant. The movie stars Asa Butterfield as Bruno, Jack Scanlon as Shmuel, Amber Beattie as Gretel, Vera Farmiga as Elsa (the mother of Bruno and Gretel), and David Thewlis as Ralf (father of Bruno and Gretel). Set in Berlin of Nazi Germany, the film begins

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    In The Boy in Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, the story is told through the eyes of a child. This is very effective because we see the story as it is. There are no opinions or background information in the story, it is simply a series of events. And when we look through a child’s eyes, the story seems to soften and sift. Bruno is a very innocent and naïve, young boy, who is oblivious of the harsh truth of what is really going on around him. He isn’t aware that he is living through one of the largest

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    ¨The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing youvé found is worth finding.¨ This quote is from the book The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne. This book takes place in 1942 during the holocaust, and starts with the main character Bruno who takes the reader through his story. Bruno's father receives a special promotion from the boss who Bruno believes takes over his father's life, leading the family to leave their beloved Berlin house, for a smaller house in

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    The Reading and Viewing of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Most people would agree that novels and movies would not be the same without descriptive writing and cinematic techniques. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas shows both of those techniques throughout the book and the movie. The novel by John Boyne writes about the Holocaust in the eyes of a nine-year-old boy. This boy named Bruno eventually finds a friendship his parents never knew he would discover, and throughout the author's characterization

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    patches. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about friendship. It is also about a young boy, named Bruno, who moves from Berlin to a Nazi concentration camp, called Auschwitz. Tommy is not excited for the move he is afraid of missing his friends, His dad, a Nazi commandant got a promotion, and they were forced to move. While exploring, he meets this boy named Shmuel. They quickly become friends and have a lot in common. I think the theme in the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about how some

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