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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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    Father (Boyne, 2006, p. 53). During this time period, the Holocaust was currently happening and Father was referring to Jews that were at Auschwitz. Many Jewish people, especially Natzies were not considered as people during this era. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, the author, John Boyne, showed how Jews were killed and how they arrived to Auschwitz very accurately; however, the amount of guarding that happened at the camp was a point of inaccuracy because the events that happened in the book could

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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 During the book The Boy in the Striped pajamas, the historical event know as the holocaust takes place. “An extraordinary tale of friendship, and the horrors of war.”-Irish Independent. The book described a child’s life, and his view of the holocaust. My main goal is to explain to you what happened during The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and explain what relevance it has to history. A nine year old boy named Bruno living in Berlin, Germany forced to move to Auschwitz

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    Title and Meaning of It: The title of my book is The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The title refers to the fact that all of the Jewish people in the concentration camps wore what looked like striped pajamas. Also, in the end the main characters are both dressed in this attire. Author, Details about Him, and Publishing Date: The book was written by John Boyne. It was published in 2006. His books have been published in over forty languages. Also, in 2012, Mr. Boyne was awarded the Hennessy Literary

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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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    essay Throughout the book the Boy In striped Pajamas it is clearly shown how themes in the book shape hows Bruno's life paves the way to all the mistakes and adventures he has eventually leading to his untimely death. A good example theme would be irony, Bruno is a German with a Nazi father who literally kills jews as his job, after that Bruno then befriends Shmuel a jew. They are meant to be mortal enemies yet they turn out to be the best of friends yet sadly it leads to Bruno's death. Misconception

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is one of only a handful few movies that professionally directs the scenario of the World War II period while likewise effectively recounting an account of the cherished and the lost. Customarily individuals live by the convention of family starts things out, be that as it may, in the film there are a few events where this is not valid and standards are not kept. The film epitomises remarkable practices of a family. Amid the film we are shown that Bruno's family is

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    In The Boy With The Striped Pajamas the whole story is following a boy named, Bruno. In the beginning of the story Bruno comes home to the house maid, Maria, packing all of his belongings "even the things he had hidden in the back and that were nobody else's business." Soon after he finds out that him, his family, and even the house servants were to move from Berlin to Out-With (Auschwitz, Germany) for his father's job. When having just arrived, Bruno dislikes it immediately, it's nothing like the

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    2.06B Text Analysis: “Unit 2 Journey to Identity” Text Analysis Title: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.|Author: John Boyne|Publication Date: | I chose this book because (respond in at least 2 sentences): I chose this book because it has a deep story. After seeing what happened in the movie and reading the book it is so sad to see what happens and how things come out to be.| Discussion Questions Use the text and your analysis to prepare two interpretive or evaluative discussion questions

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