they don’t care that they are supposed to hate each other according to society. However‚ Bruno’s Mother and Father are less naïve and create their relationships based on what Germany and the Fury want rather than deciding as individuals. In the book‚ Gretel makes a very noticeable change from being an innocent child‚ like Bruno‚ to more of a refined level like Mother and Father. Bruno is a young and innocent nine-year-old who relies on his “gut” for knowledge. When he discovers Shmuel‚ he finds out
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’A tale of the innocence of youth and the disastrous consequences of a friendship across a divide ’ Waterstone ’s Books Quarterly ’An extraordinary book that made me feel increasingly chilled ’ TES ’The new The Curious Incident of the Dog In The Night Time? ’ Heat ’Successful fiction captures the imagination‚ it allows us to live lives that are extraordinary to us. The story of Bruno and Shmuel within The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas does exactly that‚ through it we gain a fresh
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chambers. Gretel In the novel‚ Gretel is described as a spoilt‚ bumptious girl who considers herself superior to his younger brother‚ and takes pride in her age as well as her so-called “sophistication”. She is clearly a bully‚ constantly tormenting Bruno‚ earning the names “Hopeless Case” and "Trouble From Day One" by hogging the bathroom‚ accusing Bruno of abusing her doll collection‚ and encouraging her friends to also pick on her little brother. However‚ the naivety and ignorance of Gretel also
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Holocaust. Gretel‚ is a 12 year old girl‚ and is Bruno´s older sister; she is referred to as the “Helpless Case”. Bruno´s Mother is a stay at home mom and his Father is a Nazi lieutenant. Lt. Kotler is one of Bruno´s Fathers soldiers and The Fury is known as Hitler. The first scene of the book takes place at Berlin where Bruno first lives and the second scene takes place at Auschwitz which is where the concentration camp is. Bruno lives in a huge house with his parents‚ his sister Gretel and the
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas The use of language in texts inspires emotional reactions in readers. A particular theme that impacts the reader is the World War II Holocaust when Germans killed the Jewish race. The holocaust is confronting as it demonstrates the horrors of war which conflicts with the values of the reader. From this point on many people acted and wanted equality throughout the world. One particular novel that has a deep effect on the reader is John Boyne’s novel‚ The Boy in
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The boy in the striped pyjamas You are Bruno. You just betrayed schmuel by lying to lieutant Kotler about the food. Write your thoughts. I am hearing the sound of a loud voice shouting as I turn around. The drumming of my heartbeat grows loud as I run away from the shouting. Then I froze. I don’t know what I did‚ I am feeling nervous. It feels like something’s coming to get me. My hands are starting to shake. I’m scared. Stomping into my room locking my door and trying to squash myself under
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The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas By Kate M BEFORE READING 1. Examine the title of your novel. Why do you think the author might have chosen this title? What might the title suggest the genre‚ theme‚ characters and settings off this novel? The title of this novel makes me think that a boy in stripped pyjamas isn’t something that is usually seen and other people wonder why the boy wears the stripped pyjamas. I think this book will be about friendship and isolation. I think the main characters
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relationship between them. They had a lot of fighting and argue all the time‚ from berlin till the day Bruno disappeared. They had extremely different characteristic and thoughts. Gretel is a horrible trouble maker in Bruno’s world as the “Hopeless Case” ‘Bruno thought about this and frowned. He wasn’t particularly bothered if Gretel was being sent away because she was a Hopeless Case and caused nothing but trouble for him.’(Page 6) Bruno is a kid who is lack of knowledge‚ really stupid‚ and couldn’t handle
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enough to deter the crime rate‚ but the crime rate is irrelevant. According to Isaac Ehrlich ’s study‚ published on April 16‚ 1976‚ eight murders are deterred for each execution that is carried out in the U.S.A. He goes on to say‚ "If one execution of a guilty capital murderer deters the murder of one innocent life‚ the execution is justified." To most supporters of the death penalty‚ like Ehrlich‚ if even 1 life is saved‚ for countless executions of the guilty‚ it is a good reason for the
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character who is used by the author to portray to the reader the compelling horrors of war through the novel‚ The Boy in the striped pyjamas. We begin to learn much about Bruno’s character through the interaction between his Father‚ Mother‚ Sister‚ (Gretel) and his newly found friend‚ Shmuel. It would be difficult to comprehend and know the character of Bruno without the interactions of other characters within the novel‚ through the descriptive and figurative language used‚ and through the dialogue
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