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    It is through our experiences and context that we shape the way we perceive the world. However, it is through texts that writers are able to challenge and at times destabilise these perception’s, to convey their ideas and values. Both, Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Rose Blanche have been written to show the audience something about the impact of an individual’s context, using the Holocaust as a backdrop. Each text has a purpose and has been written to meet that purpose. Boyne uses the characterisation

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    They say that ignorance is bliss. That is somewhat true, as not understanding the atrocities in our world would surely make a happier person. However, innocence can also lead to calamity. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, is a coming of age story about Bruno, the son of a Nazi Commandant under Adolf Hitler. Bruno was initially very ignorant of what was happening in the world and was very immature about moving from Berlin. As the days went by, he got used to his new home and his thoughts

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne is about a confused nine year old boy who moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolated area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. This soon changes when Bruno meets Shmuel, a boy who lives across the other side of a barbed wired fence. As time passes Bruno and Shmuel’s friendship grows. As both of the boys continue to live there life in two different worlds. Bruno and Shmuel’s friendship carries in throughout the novel

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    How does the author, John Boyne, of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas explore the notion of ‘fear’ in the novel? Refer to social context John Boyne’s historical fable, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, is an optimistic narration of World War Two set in the “Out-With” concentration camp. In the background of the war, the story details the life of male protagonist Bruno, who befriends the unlikeliest of strangers in his attempt to adjust to life at Out-With. In Boyne’s portrayal of this dictatorship, the

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    In The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, Bruno’s attitudes and actions are mainly shaped by three people. Pavel, Father and Shmuel. They shape Bruno’s attitudes and actions mainly through deep conversation. Boyne made Pavel shape Bruno’s attitude towards the people on the other side of the fence. Boyne also made Father shape Bruno’s actions to go and explore the fence. Boyne decided to make Shmuel shape Bruno’s actions and make Bruno visit Shmuel every day. The way Boyne made Pavel shape Bruno’s attitudes

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    John Boyne has created a sophisticated and meaningful novel in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas through his thematic analysis of power which explores society’s perception of authority; his symbolic representation of the fence which starkly exposes Bruno’s ignorance of cultural divisions; and finally, his characterisation of Mother revealing the fraught atmosphere during the Holocaust. The theme of power is explored in this novel through authoritative figures and their presentation in society.The

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    Friendship is stronger than a concrete or figurative barrier. The Boy in The Striped Pajamas is a movie about a German boy named Bruno. The movie mainly revolved around Bruno’s friendship with Shmuel, a Jewish boy imprisoned in a concentration camp. Their friendship bloomed even when a fence kept the two apart. The fence represented a racial barrier between the Jews and Germans. The differences being the division of race, beliefs and social status. One of the symbols for the fence is the division

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    The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas The Boy In The Striped pyjamas starts off with a group of a kids that are carelessly running through the city as jews are being torn out of their houses and mounted into a vehicle. Director Mark Herman brought this sad heartbreaking film to life based on the novel written by John boyne. John Boyne is an irish author whose novels are written in over 50 language 10 novels being for adults and 5 for younger readers. Director Mark Herman is an english film director born

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    Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is a historical fiction novel about a german boy named Bruno who meets a young jewish boy named Shmuel during the time of the Holocaust and become good friends. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bruno (a young german boy) and Shmuel (a young jewish boy) become friends and let nothing get in their way. Throughout the book there is a fence that separates Bruno from Shmuel and the two boys decide to do something about it. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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    In the novel,'Boy In the Striped Pyjamas' by John Boyne the author discusses detail and relevant text about characters feelings, expressions, and thoughts towards certain situations. He tends the readers to understand what the characters face throughout the novel by expressing their emotions and actions. There are many events when John Boyne has shown this type of purpose, in his novel. For instance, he mentioned several times at the start of the book how much hatred did Bruno have for Out-With.

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