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    THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS Essay Question: “Books that engage directly with contemporary concerns and issues will always involve a reader” Through the study of the novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne‚ it is clear that the concerns and issues‚ as well as the style and structure of a text‚ are what determines the reader’s involvement. In addition‚ the issues of the past (particularly those about war) still remain concerns today. The issues amplified within The Boy in the Striped

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    John Boyne has created a sophisticated and meaningful novel in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas through his thematic analysis of power which explores society’s perception of authority; his symbolic representation of the fence which starkly exposes Bruno’s ignorance of cultural divisions; and finally‚ his characterisation of Mother revealing the fraught atmosphere during the Holocaust. The theme of power is explored in this novel through authoritative figures and their presentation in society.The

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    In this novel‚ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’‚ Boyne uses a variety of techniques to dim the horror. One of technique that Boyne used was to describe the events through the innocent eyes of a young 9 year old boy. Another technique is to create physical distance between Bruno’s ‘world’ and the world of the ‘Jews’. Finally‚ everyday events in Bruno’s life and touches of humour also help to dim the horror. For Boyne’s first technique‚ he used Bruno‚ the innocent 9 year old boy‚ to describe the events

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    The play Master Harold and the Boys by Athol Fugard takes place in a small Tea House in Port Elizabeth in South Africa. The play starts off with Sam and Willie‚ two black servants at the restaurant cleaning and talking about a ballroom dance tournament coming up. Hally‚ a teenage white boy whose parents own the restaurant walks in after coming from school and begins to have a conversation with Sam and Willie. In the period of only an hour and a half or so‚ Sam‚ Willie‚ and Hally give a small glimpse

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    The Winslow Boy is an English play from 1946 by Terence Rattigan based on an actual incident in the Edwardian era‚ which took place at the Royal Naval College‚ Osborne. Contents [hide] 1 Performance History 2 Background 3 Plot 3.1 Differences between reality and fiction 4 Film adaptations 5 External links [edit] Performance HistoryThe play’s London premiere was in 1946‚ and it featured Emlyn Williams‚ Mona Washbourne‚ Angela Baddeley‚ Kathleen Harrison‚ Frank Cellier‚ Jack Watling

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    Bad Boys 2 An all-time favourite of mine is Bad Boys. Will Smith has always been one of my favourite crucial characters and my reasons for this opinion are echoed though his performance in the two Bad Boy films. Bad boys I set a baffling precedent after 128 million dollar earning from Hollywood alone. Can the second one beat it?  Detective Mike Lowrey played by Will Smith and Detective Marcus Burnette played by Martin Lawrence team up again since 1995 for the development - Bad Boys II. Both

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    Phrases | 10 | Reflection | 11 | Film review | 12 | Interview | 14 | Song interpretation | 16 | Peer assessment | 18 | Vocabulary | 20 | Self evaluation | 22 | Introduction This portfolio documents my dealing with the book “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”‚ written by John Boyne‚ and the corresponding film‚ which was released in 2008. The reason I chose this particular material is the following: I saw the film before reading the book‚ which‚ as I see it‚ is not the right way

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    Movie Response Boys Don’t Cry First I just want to say that if I didn’t have to watch this movie for class‚ then it wouldn’t normally appeal for me to watch it. I didn’t have anything against this movie; I just personally do not like watching movies that have a negative vibe like it did at the end of this movie. I know that this movie was supposed to be based on the true story of Teena Brandon‚ however‚ after watching this movie‚ I looked up the true story and it turned out that the movie was

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    ‘He has a lot of kindness in his soul‚ truly he does‚ which makes me wonder...’ Discuss the ways in which war changes people. During John Boyne’s novel‚ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ readers are exposed to characters that have been effected by the war. These changes vary between characters‚ some being effected emotionally where others might’ve been effected mentally and or physically‚ but the changes in the various characters due to the war are most definitely there. Father‚ Herr Roller and

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    First impressions in the opening of... “Master Harold” ...and the boys “Master Harold” ...and the boys‚ by the white South African playwright Athol Fugard‚ is a naturalistic play set in a Tea Room in Port Elizabeth on a rainy day in 1950. Two black servants‚ Sam and Willie‚ and their white master’s son Hally (‘Master Harold’)‚ have deep conversations about the good time they had together when Hally was young. In the beginning of the play‚ Sam and Willie‚ practice their dancing techniques

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