Boy in Striped Pajamas
The Boy In Striped Pajamas: A Movie Analysis
The film is an emotional experience highlighting the tragedy of innocence, using the point of view of an eight-year-old German boy to expose the raw psychological devastation of the era. It's an unnerving film with a knockout punch for an ending, but it feels more acceptable as an educational piece than a profoundly rewarding work of drama.
This movie is based on a book that goes by the same name, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne. Director Mark Herman did very well and I loved the movie. Herman did a great job in capturing the main character Bruno’s childish innocence, while reaping the brutalities and cruelty of World War II.
It is indeed a light movie about a heavy subject. And although this war has been a cinematographic favorite for a long time, Boyne and Herman brought out a new and fresh perspective.
The movie, as I see, projects Bruno’s (Asa Butterfield) social being can be exemplified to Lev Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory that asserts 3 major themes: Major themes: 1. Social interaction plays a fundamental role in the process of cognitive development. In contrast to Jean Piaget’s understanding of child development (in which development necessarily precedes learning), Vygotsky felt social learning precedes development. He states: “Every function in the child’s cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological).” (Vygotsky, 1978). 2. The More Knowledgeable Other (MKO). The MKO refers to anyone who has a better understanding or a higher ability level than the learner, with respect to a particular task, process, or concept. The MKO is normally thought of as being a teacher, coach, or older adult, but the MKO could also be peers, a younger person, or even computers. 3. The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The ZPD is the distance
The film is an emotional experience highlighting the tragedy of innocence, using the point of view of an eight-year-old German boy to expose the raw psychological devastation of the era. It's an unnerving film with a knockout punch for an ending, but it feels more acceptable as an educational piece than a profoundly rewarding work of drama.
This movie is based on a book that goes by the same name, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne. Director Mark Herman did very well and I loved the movie. Herman did a great job in capturing the main character Bruno’s childish innocence, while reaping the brutalities and cruelty of World War II.
It is indeed a light movie about a heavy subject. And although this war has been a cinematographic favorite for a long time, Boyne and Herman brought out a new and fresh perspective.
The movie, as I see, projects Bruno’s (Asa Butterfield) social being can be exemplified to Lev Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory that asserts 3 major themes: Major themes: 1. Social interaction plays a fundamental role in the process of cognitive development. In contrast to Jean Piaget’s understanding of child development (in which development necessarily precedes learning), Vygotsky felt social learning precedes development. He states: “Every function in the child’s cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological) and then inside the child (intrapsychological).” (Vygotsky, 1978). 2. The More Knowledgeable Other (MKO). The MKO refers to anyone who has a better understanding or a higher ability level than the learner, with respect to a particular task, process, or concept. The MKO is normally thought of as being a teacher, coach, or older adult, but the MKO could also be peers, a younger person, or even computers. 3. The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). The ZPD is the distance