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    Have you ever had a friend that you parents would never approve of‚ so you don’t tell your parents? In The Boy in the Striped pajamas there are a lot of difference and similarities. 6 million jewish people died in the holocaust and that is what the movie is about‚ the holocaust. First‚ there are a few similarities in the book and the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. One of the similarities are that Shmuel and Bruno are friends in both the movie and the book. The was a pillar in both of the the

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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 Boy in the Striped Pajamas by Mark Herman opened my eyes to a different side of the Holocaust. The film was told through the point of view of a young child outside the camps and how this horrific event looked to them. Bruno being so young and naïve had no idea what Shmuel was going through. For example‚ when Bruno first found the fence and Shmuel he asked if he had any friends and Shmuel responded with kind of and Bruno was jealous that he had someone to play with and that Bruno was all alone

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    In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ the fence in the story was not just between the Nazi and Jew population‚ but also between many characters. Confliction grew and fences existed between Bruno and his parents‚ Bruno’s father and Grandmother‚ Bruno and the servants (Pavel and Maria)‚ and between Bruno and Shmuel. These fences strained many relationships and affected how they treated one another and what they told each other. To begin with‚ Bruno and his parents had a fence built between them after

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    The boy in the Striped Pajamas--Text Response It has been said before that ignorance is bliss.The film The boy in the Striped Pajamas does demonstrate that a lack of knowledge about what is true and ugly about the world would certainly make a person happier.The many characters in the film that are oblivious or unware of the incomprehensible truth happening around them enjoy life more than those who are aware of the complete truth.This essay will argue that what the main characters Bruno‚Shumel

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    language to help the reader identify the characters’ place in society. Despite the language of fear in the novels Flowers for Algernon‚ The cage‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and --by Daniel Keyes‚ Ruth Minsky Sender‚ Ruta Sepetys and John Boyne--that conveys a lower place in society‚ it is the language of hope and love‚ that inevitably conveys the movement of the characters to a high place in society. The Holocaust is the setting in the novels Boy in the Striped Pajamas and The Cage by John Boyne

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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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    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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    The film‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas‚ delivered an incredibly stellar performance from the main character‚ Bruno (played by Asa Butterfield) and the rest of the supporting cast. Revealing the horrifying event of the Holocaust through the innocent eyes of a child‚ the film is one that powerfully encourages myself and other viewers to be enlightened of the many tragedies that occurred during this time period. Set during World War II‚ the story is focused on the viewpoint of 9-year-old Bruno. Bruno

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    The movies is called “The boy in the striped pajamas”. It was released on November 7th‚ 2008 by the director Mark Herman. The movie takes place in Nazi Germany‚ first the protagonist lived in Berlin‚ but his family and himself had to move close to a death camp called Auschwitz. The time that the movie takes place is during World War II‚ between the years 1939 and 1945. The main character of the movie is a wealthy boy named Bruno that likes to make friends and play with them. Also‚ he doesn’t see

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