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    The movie The Boy in the striped pajamas was Directed by Mark Herman is a deep and meaningful movie that is set during world war II, The main character Bruno’s father is a German general and is asked to supervise a close by concentration camp. Bruno and his family end up moving right next to one of camps. Bruno is unaware of what is happening In these concentration camps and goes exploring one day and finds the camp. Bruno starts to form a friendship with one of the young jewish boys who live in

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    “The boy in the striped pyjamas” is a 2006 Holocaust novel, written by Irish novelist John Boyne. The novel has sold more than five million copies around the world. In both 2007 and 2008, it was the best-selling book of the year in Spain, and it has also reached number one on The New York Times bestseller list, as well as in the UK, Ireland and Australia. The book was adapted in 2008 as a film of the same name. The story happens in the Nazi Germany. The setting is very important because that’s what

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    THE STRIPED PYJAMAS Essay Question: “Books that engage directly with contemporary concerns and issues will always involve a reader” Through the study of the novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne, it is clear that the concerns and issues, as well as the style and structure of a text, are what determines the reader’s involvement. In addition, the issues of the past (particularly those about war) still remain concerns today. The issues amplified within The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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    About the Author: “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” is written by John Boyne, born on 30th April, 1971, an Irish novelist. His first story was published in The Sunday Tribune when he was just twenty one years old and first novel published in 2000. He has written nine novels, five books for young readers, and a collection of short stories, published in forty-eight languages. In 2012, John Boyne was inducted into the Hennessy Literary Awards Hall of Fame, followed by an Honorary Doctorate of letters

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    In the novel by John Boyne, titled The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, through Boyne’s work, he displays a theme of prejudice and how prejudice can spread fear and hate among people. This theme is shown, when Bruno decides to build a tire swing in chapter 7 he asks Kotler, for a tire, and Kotler calls Pavel to find Bruno the finest tire, but then Kotler calls him a string of slurs. Boyne, to describe this, writes : “hey you!” he shouted, then adding a word that Bruno did not understand. “Come over here

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    The boy in striped pyjamas The Boy in Striped Pyjamas written by John Boyne suggest about the importance of friendship in difficult times is very important. 1. John Boyne suggested the importance of friendship is talking about when Bruno is lonely in Out-With and is in a very bad mood then he found Shmuel and he was happy so it leads to the importance of friendship in lonely difficult times. 2. Boyne suggested the importance of friendship which is referring to Bruno and Shmuel are coming from completely

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    Samantha Nelson Mass Communication for Modern Society TTH- 9:30-11:00 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Message The message of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is childhood innocence. This can easily be seen in the relationship between Bruno and Shmuel in that Bruno does not have the hatred towards Jews like his father does. Another instance would be that Bruno switches over and takes on Shmuel’s identity, because he does not know what is happening in the camp behind his house, and ultimately leads to

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, is definitely a must read. This book is based around a worldly issue that took place in Germany during the 1930’s and 1940’s (which was the Holocaust). I loved this book because it shows a different side of the topic. The story is portrayed in a more emotional sense which makes it all the more worthwhile to read. The boy in the Striped Pajamas is a must read novel because of the emotional viewpoint of the book

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was aired in 2008. It was based off a book by John Boyne in 2006. The film is a holocaust drama explores the horror of a World War II Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of two, 8-year-old boys, one whose father is a commander of that specific concentration camp and one who has to survive the terrors of that same camp. Many different criticisms and opinions about the movies output were made mainly to specify thoughts on the accuracy the film had relative to historical

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    favorite books I’ve read this year are Making Bombs For Hitler, Princess Academy, and, my book club book, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. I would most likely recommend The Boy In The Striped Pajamas. This book was a really intriguing and emotional read. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is more interesting of a book then Making Bombs For Hitler and Princess Academy . The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is very relatable to the world we live in. In the other books I’ve read this year I couldn't relate to the characters

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