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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Quiz Please write using complete sentence and use your own words for each answer. Be sure to check grammar and spelling. You may write on the quiz sheet, but it is recommended you use own paper for writing answers. 1. Why are Bruno (Asa Butterfield) and Shmuel (Jack) drawn to each other, despite their opposing circumstances? Bruno and Shmuel are drawn to each other simply because they are two kids of similar age that don’t have any friends where they reside

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne is a novel about an innocent boy called Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences. Through his use of stylistic elements such as selection of detail, imagery and figurative language, Boyne reveals how “ignorance is bliss”. The novel uses a child’s perspective through the

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    The book The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas was a book written by John Boyce. It focusses on the life of a boy, Bruno. He is young, wealthy, aristocratic and living in anti-semitic Germany during World War 2. However, he befriends a Jewish boy, Shmuel. During the movie, various ideas were used to interpret a profound message. Specific filmic codes were executed flawlessly throughout the movie to portray numerous ideas such as innocence, friendship and power/gender roles. Friendship was a crucial part

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    about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. And other things are probably better off left alone”. “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas” written by John Boyne is during the World War ll, 8-year-old Bruno and his family leave they’re home to take up space near the Jew concentration camp where his German father has just promoted to the commandant. Bored and lonely, Bruno wonders

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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 attitude of how he felt about Shmuel upon first meeting him. The way Boyne made Pavel shape

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    Throughout The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, the story is told from Bruno's point of view in third person limited. It is narrated by a separate person but you can experience Bruno’s thoughts. Although the book is critically acclaimed by Bisto Book Of The Year I find Bruno’s perspective flat and lacking relatability. Due to the lack of connection many events seem over exaggerated and whiny, his point of view shows very little development, because of his blatant and persistent naiveness . I will be

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    The book The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne, explores the Holocaust from a child’s viewpoint, and also investigates different characters, personality, and beliefs. The characters Mother, Father, and Bruno are not exclusively good or bad, but are a mixture of both. Mother is a polite woman, who realises her husband’s actions are immoral, but also hides an affair from her family. Father contrasts this by being presented as bad due to his line of work, but ultimately loves and cares for his

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    'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' is a story about a young, wealthy boy who moves to the countryside for his father's job (a Military Commandant). Throughout the book, Bruno forms a forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy from the concentration camp situated next to his new house. The story ends when Bruno decides to enter the concentration camp to help his new friend Shmuel. The book focuses largely on the cruelty of man, which is displayed by the way the Jews are treated. Friendship amidst suffering

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    Children see reality differently than adults. In the novel Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne demonstrated a strong childlike viewpoint. John Boyne knew how to look through Bruno's eyes. This is shown through Bruno's innocence, selfishness, and naiveness. Bruno is naive. Bruno does not know what the real world is. During Bruno’s conversation with Shmuel Bruno said “All the same” said Bruno “I think I’d like one I don’t know which one I’d prefer, though your one or Father’s (Boyne 68) This quote

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    An individual’s identity is made up of their experiences and how these happenings shape them, how they’ve reacted, and what they’ve learned. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas is a novel written by John Boyne, and paints the events of holocaust through the eyes of a young German boy named Bruno. Bruno’s knowledge is limited to what he’s been told, giving an innocent and naive approach to narrating the surrounding environment at the time of World War II. When Bruno’s family moves near the concentration

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