Background Research Worksheet
Book Selection: The boy in the stripped pajamas.
Author: John Boyne
Instructions: For each question, respond in one or more paragraphs of at least four complete sentences. Include supporting facts and details from your research in each response. Provide the sources for your supporting research.
Using support from your research materials, identify and explain any political, social, economic, or cultural issues that may shape the story.
Bruce’s father has received a promotion and the family is to move from its home to a new place. There to move to Poland near a concentration camp Bruce calls a “ Out- with” it is really called a Auschwitz. See Bruce doesn’t want to leave his 3 best friends behind. He’s taking it pretty tough and doesn’t want to leave. Source: Book, Notes
Imagine what it would be like to live in this situation. Using supporting details from your research, discuss the greatest challenges people might face under these circumstances. It wouldn’t be pleasant living in this situation. I wouldn’t want to live in the situation Bruce had to. Challenges people have to face in this type of situation is making new friends, getting settled in a new home and school, & learning the neighborhood/area.
Sources: Book,Notes
Based on your research, describe how these circumstances would affect a person’s identity development (crisis, commitment, diffusion, foreclosure, moratorium, achievement).
It might affect their development, by him not being from their originally, Bruce wouldn’t know the different resources that is available to him if he needs help with a crisis he maybe e’periencing like if someone is bullying him, he gets depressed because of the move, or just need someone to talk to. Bruce might be withdrawn, and not focus on any goals he set for himself causes him not to achieve any set goals, or participate in sports to achieve anything that