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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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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Feliks Skrzynecki A key idea to do with the concept of belonging is how a sense of belonging can deplete or enrich one’s identity. This is presented in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas through the character Bruno and how his connection to setting affects his sense of belonging. Bruno is forcibly moved from his home in Berlin where he has grown up and feels a strong connection with‚ to ‘Out With’‚ which is ‘in the middle of nowhere’. It is important to observe how

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    which the author wanted. John Boyne’s‚ "The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas"‚ is an example of a text in which numerous interpretations from both Boyne’s intention and the readers personal context can be gathered. "The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas" is a story set in World War II from the perspective of an nine year old boy named Bruno‚ who happens to be the son of Auschwitz’s commandant. He strikes an unlikely and forbidden relationship with a young Jewish boy named Shmuel who is imprisoned on the other

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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 the

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Teresa Ip Mark Herman‚ the director of the film‚ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ uses significant film techniques to create empathy towards the Jewish people involved in the Holocaust. Herman delivers thought provoking ideas to illustrate the horrid events the Jews had to suffer. The significant themes that are conveyed in this film are truth and revelation‚ betrayal‚ human suffering and death. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was set in 1942 at Auschwitz

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    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by Alethea Chong (Ally) ~ Critical Analysis ~ The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a novel that was written by John Boyne. It was first published in 2006. John Boyne was born in Ireland 1971 and is the author of six novels. His novels were published in over 30 languages. Because people were inspired by The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas‚ it has now been made into a featured film. The story The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas revolves around the friendship between

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    ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ and ‘The Book Thief’ In novels‚ the author creates a focus on a relationship - between enemies or friends‚ a parent and child‚ or husband and wife. In the two texts‚ The Book Thief‚ and The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas this is a aspect that is featured in both‚ the relationship between children. The Book Thief focuses on the relationship between Liesel and Rudy‚ two of the characters. In The Boy in the Stripped Pyjamas the relationship that is focused on is between

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    watched the heart-wrenching story‚ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. This story is considered historical fiction‚ because it is about a Nazi family living during the Holocaust‚ but the family is fictional. Bruno‚ the youngest in the family‚ is not happy to be moving away from their home in Berlin. They get to their new house‚ near Auschwitz‚ which Bruno calls “the farm” in the movie. He goes exploring outside of his year (strictly against his mothers rules) and finds a boy sitting on the other side of the

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    John Boyne represents the different perspectives of society in World War II through the representations of characters in the fictional novel The Boy in Striped Pyjamas. Bruno’s childlike perspective is represented through his malapropism of “the Fury” and “Out-With” and his reaction to unexpected events‚ “mouth making the shape of an O”. The irony of Bruno’s narrow view‚ “it’s so unfair...” confronts the audience with the ignorance of some German citizens to the horrific events of the Holocaust.

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    Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – Film Notes   “Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights‚ before the dark hour of reason grows”. John Betjeman   • Est.  Shot  –  blowing  swastika  flags  and  boys  playing  ‘planes’  through  the  streets  of   Berlin  –  a  city  of  fortune  and  prestige.  The  boys  are  clearly  innocent  –  unaffected  or   unworried  by  war.  They  run

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