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    Boyne’s novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ was set during World War II. Throughout the novel, there are several prevalent themes but one in particular that stood out was the theme of childhood innocence. This is shown through the character of Bruno, whose young age of nine reflects his naivety. This is shown in his lack of understanding of what is going on around him. Bruno shows his innocence throughout the book when he talks to father, when he sees the striped pyjama people and what he has

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    The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is about a nazis son bruno becoming best friends with a jew Shmuel. Bruno and Shmuel hang out secretly every day. On the day before bruno leaves to go back to berlin he goes over to the jew camp that shmuel lives on and gets gassed. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas the author's message to the reader is innocence. Innocence is easier to not know what is going on in the world. An example of the authors message of innocence is when shmuel and bruno

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    In the begining of the movie, “The boy in the striped pajamas” bruno comes home from playing with his friends and sees everyone is moving things to a truck. This is when brunos mother tells him his father has been given a promotion to run Auschwitzt. Bruno is upset because he had to move to a different home and leave his friends behind due to his fathers work. When they arrive to the new home, their father has to go into a meeting. His wife is left clueless, she has no clue what they are actually

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    Semester 1 Essay Test The Boy in the Striped Pajamas John Boyne What caused John Boyne to write this particular book? Tip: If you don’t remember the class discussion, you can look online. (10 pts.) He was very passionate about this topic; so he wanted to inform us about the Holocaust. Describe the relationship between Bruno and Gretel? (15 pts.) They didn’t have the greatest relationship in the world, but then again no siblings do. All siblings fight or argue, but Bruno and Gretel did this

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    The novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas written by John Boyne takes place in the 1940s during World War II when Adolf Hitler was in power. The main character in the book, Bruno, is a nine year old boy who is part of a wealthy family and is forced to move to a place called “Out-With” because of his father’s work whom is an important commander working with the Natiz. At his previous home in Berlin he was accustomed to the luxury of a five story house, but he must adjust to his new lifestyle. At his

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    In the Film, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Directed by, Mark Herman takes place during World War II. The main characters are Bruno, a German boy who is the son of an SS officer that is played by Asa Butterfield, and Shmuel a Jewish boy who is captured inside a concentration camp, played by Jack Scanlon. This film is art because it does an amazing job of portraying how they treated people in the camps thus making you feel anger and sympathy. To help Shmuel, Bruno dug a hole under the fence and dressed

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    In the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, the main character, Bruno, changes throughout the story due to his interactions and relationship with Shmuel, a Jewish boy in a German concentration camp. Prior to meeting Shmuel, Bruno exhibited many negative character traits. For example, just after Bruno arrives at Out-With, Bruno begins to complain to Maria, their maid, on all of the “horrible” traits the house possesses: “‘Well, if Father’s job means that we have to move away from our

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    book. If the book means a lot to me and I can relate a lot to what happens in it, then I will spread the word and tell people about my experience. In this essay I will be discussing how the writer, John Boyne, involves the reader in “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” through feelings of pathos for the characters involved.

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    I believe an important theme explored in The Boy in Striped Pajamas is innocence and ignorance. Innocence and ignorance in that older people believe that young children don’t need to know the issues/downfalls of the world, as they don’t think that they would be able to understand or provide any type of answer or solution to the issue. I believe that we can see the importance of this in The Boy in Striped Pajamas as it is one of the defining characteristics of the main character, Bruno. Bruno is

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    John Boyne’s novel,“ The Boy In Striped Pyjamas” illustrates the horrific implications of the Holocaust, through the perspective of a young boy called Bruno. Innocence is reflected, as he is the central protagonist. As the novel unfolds it is evident he is not aware of being in the centre of evil during this dark period in history. The novel explores Bruno's curiosity about exploration which consequently leads to him discovering a friendly source of company in a odd place, that lacks humanity. His

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