The boy in the striped pyjamas
“The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas” is a story that takes us on an adventure back in time during the Holocaust about the friendship of two 9 year old boys; a German and a Jew. This story definitely left a place in my heart, and I truly loved the story because it gave me a chance to understand the feelings of both worlds, and it helped me understand the two VERY different lifestyles. After reading the novel and watching the movie, I personally liked both. Overall, the book was much better because of the detail that gave me a connection with the characters, the use of flashbacks, and the book had a bigger emotional impact on me.
There are a handful of reasons why I think the novel is better. One of the main reasons is because the novel was described in full detail and was very well written. This gave me a very strong connection with the characters. The novel shared information that the movie didn’t. In the novel, it told us about the grandmother’s feelings towards the Holocaust which proved that not all the German’s agreed with the madness. The Grandmother represented the other Germans that felt the same as she did but were too afraid to speak. The novel also tells me that the father is a man of many layers. In the novel, the author said what Father did for Maria. Such as pay her mother’s medical bills when she was sick, took her in, and gave her a job when her mother passed away. The father isn’t as cold-hearted as he seems. In the movie, Shmuel isn’t asThis story shared feelings and true identity from all angles.
In the novel, the author used many flashbacks to help us understand the current situations and it helps us know the characters better. In the movie, they didn’t incorporate flashbacks so the storyline was much harder to understand than the novel. The author used a flashback to show the disagreements between German’s, like when the father offended the grandmother because it showed how politics can destroy families and how not every German gladly
There are a handful of reasons why I think the novel is better. One of the main reasons is because the novel was described in full detail and was very well written. This gave me a very strong connection with the characters. The novel shared information that the movie didn’t. In the novel, it told us about the grandmother’s feelings towards the Holocaust which proved that not all the German’s agreed with the madness. The Grandmother represented the other Germans that felt the same as she did but were too afraid to speak. The novel also tells me that the father is a man of many layers. In the novel, the author said what Father did for Maria. Such as pay her mother’s medical bills when she was sick, took her in, and gave her a job when her mother passed away. The father isn’t as cold-hearted as he seems. In the movie, Shmuel isn’t asThis story shared feelings and true identity from all angles.
In the novel, the author used many flashbacks to help us understand the current situations and it helps us know the characters better. In the movie, they didn’t incorporate flashbacks so the storyline was much harder to understand than the novel. The author used a flashback to show the disagreements between German’s, like when the father offended the grandmother because it showed how politics can destroy families and how not every German gladly