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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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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Daisy Ray 10/24/13 “Set during World War II‚ a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno‚ the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp‚ whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.” The story of the boy in the striped pajamas deals with moral disagreement‚ desire for power‚ and racial discrimination that was at the heart of World War II.

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    How can point of view and character shape the theme of a text? An important theme found in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is sometimes dread precludes people from doing what they desire. This theme is mainly developed by two innocent boys‚ Bruno and shmuel‚ who initiate an aberrant bond. The boy’s unexpected friendship‚ and their relationship as friends strongly determine the theme of the selection. The excerpt from the story is told from a third person omniscient point of view. The third person

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is an extremely powerful film. Although it is full of twists and turns‚ every single character has a different viewpoint. In the end‚ however they all realize how inhumane and cruel concentration camps are. This is especially true for Bruno’s father. In the beginning of the movie‚ Bruno’s father is a bit cold-hearted and close-minded. He doesn’t realize that his own children would be curious as to what was going on behind their home

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    ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ In the novel ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ by John Boyne‚ the most important relationship is between Bruno‚ a German boy whose father is a Nazi Commandant and Jewish boy Shmuel who is a Prisoner of War kept in Auschwitz. This relationship is important to the idea of friendship across the divide. It shows that friendship can brake racial barriers‚ change peoples perspectives and get people to stick people together in all situations.

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    early age. Even with an overprotective mother‚ Elsa‚ Little Bruno must have seen the inequality in Berlin such as benches at the park labeled as “Aryans only” and the Jews being rejected from using streetcars in Berlin. As a German boy‚ Bruno must have witness the scene of “der Führe”‚ the leader‚ passing the city with their expensive car. However‚ it is the opposite with Bruno‚ instead of acknowledging the Nazi activities‚ he is utterly impractical about what is happening in Germany during the 1940s

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    The book I did was The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The author is John Boyne and is characterized under historical fiction. In Berlin 1942‚ Bruno returns home from school and gets the surprise that his belongings are getting packed in crates. They are moving because Bruno’s father had gotten a promotion. He moves to a place called “Out-With.” The narrator talks about the main characters: Bruno‚ Maria‚ Gretel‚ Bruno’s Mother‚ Bruno’s Father‚ and Shmuel the most with a couple background characters.

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    The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Theme Analysis Several themes are portrayed throughout The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by author‚ John Boyne. From start to finish‚ the book is packed with meaningful themes. The themes in the book are friendship‚ ignorance‚ and discrimination. The themes in this book are what make it such an emotional journey from page to page. The sensitive stories in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas about the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust gives the readers a better understanding

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    I am very distressed about living in this dreadful place. I absolutely hate it; I can’t believe we moved from the best house EVER!!! With 5 floors if you included the basement and the top floor with the window where if I stand on the end of my toes I could see the whole of Berlin‚ to this place which I’m pretty sure is the worst house ever. I miss Berlin so much but most of all I miss you and grandfather. This house is really small too‚ and I mean it is tiny! It only has 3 floors which means there

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    In the text “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” the plot plays a major role. The story is about an Eight year-old called Bruno who is the son of a Nazi officer‚ when his father gets promoted by the Fuhrer which takes Bruno’s family from a nice house in Berlin to an isolated area where Bruno has nothing to do and no-one to play with. He ignores his mother’s repeated instructions and starts exploring by walking along the fence. He then eventually meets Shmuel a boy who coincidentally has the same birthdate

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