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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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    Movies and book are never the exact same. Sometimes the book have boring or imposable parts to reenact in it. In those scenes they either skip or adjust to fit the movie and make it better‚ but that is not always a good thing. Some people think that the book is better than the movie‚ others think that the movie is better than the book. Sometimes people say you should read the book before you see the movie‚ because the movie is make from the book. Books and movies are different and even if they are

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    that started normally‚ she just about lost everything in a horrific car accident. Her parents die instantly; she and her younger brother‚ Teddy‚ are left in critical condition. There are many differences between the book and movie that made both very appealing. The book and the movie portray the crash scene very differently‚ but both were emotional. After the car accident‚ Mia is wandering trying to get the attention of the firefighters‚ paramedics‚ police‚ and trying to find her family. “‘Dad‚’

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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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    The movie was more intriguing than the book and was easier to comprehend the history. The movie helped me understand what was going on in the book. The movie caught my attention more than the book did. The movie emphasized more than the book did. I’d like to build on the idea that the movie helped me understand what was going on in the book because I wasn’t really interested in the book so I didn’t really take in all the history that I could in the movie because the movie was more action packed

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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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    The Boy In The Striped Pajamas The Boy In The Striped pajamas offers the unsettling truth behind the Holocaust. The concentration camp in the film that is implied to be Auschwitz‚ is where the adventures of a curious eight year old boy take place. From beginning to end‚ this movie shows an incredible story‚ and gives some insights of what Jewish people really did go through. This movie is heartbreaking‚ but will make you smile at the same time. The director‚ Mark Newman does a fantastic

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    powerful‚ a book‚ or a film? A question that is asked all the time when comparing and contrasting a book that’s made it to the big screen.The story tells of a 12 year old girl named Meg and her 5 year old brother Charles Wallace who’s father has disappeared with the help of Meg’s classmate Calvin O’keefe and the three misses Mrs‚ Whatsit‚ Mrs‚ Who‚ and Mrs‚ Which they will set off on a journey to find Meg’s father and save the universe from the darkness. The movie was more powerful than the book because

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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 movie “The Boy in Striped Pajamas” is filled with conflict. The movie is take place in Germany‚ during World War II. Bruno is the main character‚ he is a nine-year-old boy and his family moves from Berlin to a new home. Bruno’s father is a SS Commandant and is assigned to take command of a prison camp. He gets promoted to commandant of Auschwitz. Bruno explores off into the woods to where it is off limits. He stumbles across this fenced off area and sees a young boy about his age. Bruno goes

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