named Gretel. Bruno has brown hair and is constantly made fun of because he is short for his age. He loves exploring and wants to be an explorer when he grows up. Bruno is very upset when his family moves to a place called “Out-With” because he has no friends there. He goes exploring along the fence outside his new house and finds a boy named Shmuel. The two soon become friends. Gretel Hoess: Gretel is a twelve-year-old girl who loves to play with dolls and rearrange them on her shelf. Gretel is very
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In John Boyne’s novel “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas”‚ it is proved that evil tends to arise out of the tendency of ordinary people to follow orders‚ to accept what their told by authorities‚ and to conform. The characters effectively show how influencing a conception can be by the exaggerating changes of their behavior and speech. When Bruno had asked about the people on the other side of the fence‚ his father had explained in a way Bruno could not understand. “Those people...well‚ they’re not
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Bruno‚ Maria‚ Gretel‚ Bruno’s Mother‚ Bruno’s Father‚ and Shmuel the most with a couple background characters. Bruno is a protagonist because he is nice to everyone and treats everyone the same‚ even though his father is a Nazi. Bruno is nine years old and is very adventurous. He is always looking someone to play with and this caused Bruno to get upset about moving to Out-With where there is no kids near him. Bruno’s father is a Nazi commander and is very secretive. He doesn’t let Gretel or Bruno into
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Bruno’s diary Year 1943‚ age 9 years old as I was born on the 15th april 1934. Day one of strange happenings: Today I came home from school and maria was in my bedroom going through MY things - Even my secret things. She is just a servant but I tried to be polite when I asked what she thought she was doing. Maria never takes all my private things out‚ she puts things away like she’s supposed too. I asked mother why maria is packing my things but she won’t answer me properly. She just
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What happens in the end of the novel‚is that when Bruno moves somewhere else because his mother did not think living in Berlin was an appropriate place for Bruno and Gretel to be raised their mother did not want them to be mislead about what they have seen outside their windows‚but of course Bruno had actually seen something totally different for himself when he was at the concentration camp to see his new friend shmuel. The characters Bruno and shmuel seem to change when they did not agree on certain
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Bruno’s exact age. . Shmuel is very quiet‚ and admires animals. Gretel‚ known as "The Hopeless Case" to her younger brother Bruno‚ is a 12 year-old who loves dolls. Gretel is a show-off who thinks she knows everything‚ and is flirty towards Lieutenant Kotler. She also is a member of the Hitler Youth. Despite his father not being a Nazi‚Lieutenant Kotler is a harsh Nazi lieutenant who constantly flirts with the commandant’s daughter‚ Gretel. He is very rude and brutal. Ralf is the commandant of the camp
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Throughout the novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ John Boyne demonstrates that prejudice was a large factor in the holocaust. He demonstrates this opinion through the novel‚ it is shown through the characters including Father‚ Pavel‚ Bruno‚ Shmuel‚ Gretel‚ Mother and Lieutenant Kotler. In the eyes of these characters there are many different opinions on the Jews and the situation they are suited in. He demonstrates the different opinions of being prejudice throughout the book. Boyne firstly demonstrates
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still be a year younger than Grandfather. Grandfather owns a restaurant where his friend Martin’s father is the chef. Grandmother had met Grandfather after one of her concerts‚ and according to Bruno he somehow convinced her to marry him. Bruno and Gretel put on a small play with grandmother for Christmas and birthdays written by her.
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In this group they were required to tell authorities if family or neighbors opposed Hitler’s beliefs and actions. A theory of why Gretel did not join the League is that she might have told authorities of her Grandmother’s opposing beliefs‚ while she was alive. If she told authorities before Father did‚ he would be severely punished and lose his position in Hitler’s army. Also Father’s
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SS officer Ralf (David Thewlis) and his wife Elsa (Vera Farmiga) have a twelve-year-old daughter‚ Gretel (Amber Beattie)‚ and an eight-year-old son‚ Bruno (Asa Butterfield). The well-to-do family must move to the "countryside" when the father is promoted (to Obersturmbannführer). Unknown to Bruno‚ the new house is near a Nazi concentration camp‚ and Ralf is the new commandant. Bruno initially dislikes the new house as he always has to stay in the house or the garden; also there are no other children
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