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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas There are many films made about the Holocaust but not one that relates to this particular one because of how emotionally played it is. The Boy In The Striped Pajamas puts aside the powerful stereotypes between evil Germans and innocent Jews and instead‚ gives us two innocent eight year old boys‚ one Jewish and one German. Bruno‚ the son of a Nazi commander and Shmuel‚ the little Jewish boy stuck in the concentration camp become friends where they both believe nothing

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    The movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was made in 2008 by Mark Herman the director. The movie featured Asa Butterfield as Bruno‚ Jack Scanlon as Shmuel‚ and David Thewlis as Father. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a movie that takes place in World War 2 that shows the experience of Bruno a german whose family is well off. Bruno’s father is given a promotion requiring the family to move to the countryside. Soon after their arrival Bruno discovers the “Farmers” who live next door. He asks his

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    Imagine that one simple mistake you make could mean the difference between your life and death? The cruel realization of this comes into play in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne‚ when Bruno‚ a nine year-old German boy meets Shmuel‚ a nine year-old Jewish boy at a concentration camp called‚ “Auschwitz.” Bruno‚ who is a very naive little boy stuck in the Holocaust‚ doesn’t understand what’s going on around him. As soon as he leaves the safety of his home and the guidelines of his in-command

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    Title: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Director: Mark Herman Type: Film The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ based on the novel of the same title‚ directed by Mark Herman‚ set in Germany during World War II in the early 1940s. It follows the story of Bruno‚ an eight-year-old boy living in Berlin‚ currently under the rule of Adolf Hitler. His father is a commandant at a concentration camp. When his family moves to Auschwitz (or as Bruno believes it to be pronounced: ‘Out-With’) near the concentration

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    Holocaust was a final solution thought to maintain the purity and community of the German people. The Jews had been under serious discrimination for years during the Nazi rule and Adolf Hitler birthed the Holocaust. Bruno is a little kid at the age of 9 while this was happening‚ he met a friend named Shmuel that is on the other side of the fence. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ Shmuel killed Bruno because of how he wanted revenge and had a way to get Bruno into the camp. Shmuel wanted revenge on

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    confidence disappears then they have a lesser chance at solving the conflict. The confidence one has when it comes to a problem can affect the way that conflict is solved. The text The Boy in the Striped Pajamas shows how confidence can really affect how you solve conflict. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about two young boys‚ one is Jewish and in a concentration camp‚ named Shmuel‚ and the other is not‚ named Bruno. When the two meet they become friends. The Lieutenant doesn’t scare Bruno‚ therefore

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    The book‚ “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” written by John Boyne and was given the award of “Bisto Book of the Year”. This is a story about how two innocent boys with two completely different ethnic descents‚ one being a Jewish captive of the holocaust and the other being a son of a commandant in the Nazi army. Become friends during a time of hate and war. The two protagonists of the story are Shmuel (Jewish captive) and Bruno (son of the commandant). This book highlights the relationship Jews

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about a boy and his family that move from Berlin to Poland‚ a young boy befriends a boy who lives on the other side of the fence‚ unaware he’s a Jewish Prisoner. Throughout the movie‚ many Catholic Social Teaching themes were depicted. However‚ the two Catholic Social Teaching themes that stood out the most are Respect for Human Life and Human Equality. Both themes deal with respecting others despite their race. Respect for Human Life is human life at every stage

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    1 . Contrast the two characters‚ Pavel and Kotler in the novel‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Pavel Kotler -old (middle-age) -young (teenager) -doctor‚ waiter -soldier -wears dirty grey pajamas -wears clean‚ ironed German uniform -bows before Kotler -calls him “names” -courteous toward Bruno in that he calls him “young man” -insolent toward Bruno in that he calls him‚ “little man” -kind‚ warm‚ gentle -mean‚ cold‚ evil‚ nasty -speaks quietly -yells Pavel is old and a doctor by profession

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    by David Heyman‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a film released in theatres in 2008. This film is based on the 2006 novel written by Irish man John Boyne. It is a Holocaust-based drama film that follows the lives of two eight-year-old boys. Bruno is the son of a Nazi Commandant and Schmuel is the son of a Jewish inmate. Through these children’s eyes‚ viewers are invited to discover a poignant tale involving the horrors of the World War II concentration camps. Both boys share a lot of commonalities

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