The boy in the Striped Pajamas is about a little boy whose father is a commander in one of the many concentration camps. They lived in Berlin, Germany, where the little boy, Bruno and his sister, Gretel grew up. When Bruno was 9 years old, his father had a meeting and was told he had to move to “Out-with” and be a commandant. Bruno was very sad to leave his 3 best friends and the amazing house they lived in. He described it as the best house ever with 5 stories, a banister, and a window that he had to stand on his tippy toes to see through. Having to leave his old house and friends was one of the saddest things according to Bruno. When he moved to Out-With he thought that he wouldn’t have anyone to talk to. Moving day came and the housemaid, …show more content…
They both liked the idea and after Father asked many other questions they decided that Saturday would be moving day. The next time Bruno went to see Shmuel he had to tell Shmuel about the news and Shmuel looked very upset. He told Bruno that he couldn't find his father and he has looked and looked and he is nowhere to be found. Shmuel knew that Bruno loved to explore and thought that he might be able to help. They knew tomorrow would be the last time that they would be able to see each other. They planned that Shmuel would get Bruno a striped pair of pajamas so the next time they meet Bruno would crawl under the fence so they can search for Shmuel's Papa. The day finally came and it was pouring rain but Bruno knew this was his last chance to see Shmuel so it was now or never. He slipped on his raincoat and boots and started off to the fence where Shmuel was standing. He changed out of his clothes and put on the striped pyjamas and crawled under. After he crawled under, they started on there way to find Shmuel’s papa. Bruno found that the other of the fence was the complete opposite from what he expected and he didn’t feel comfortable at
While the adults show their disgust and hatred to the Jews, Bruno doesn't mind them and is nice to Pavel, the Jew that got him the tire, and later becomes friends with Shmuel. Bruno’s father is a soldier and is in charge of the concentration camp. Even with all the Jew hating Germans around him, he still goes out to visit Shmuel and doesn’t let them ruin his friendship. Near the end of the movie Bruno shows his friend how much he cares by entering the camp to help look for Shmuel’s father, who had gone missing. While entering the camp, Bruno learned first hand how bad the camps actually were and wished he hadn’t come. Even with these feelings he still wants to help his friend, which eventually leads to his demise.
In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, a young naive boy, Bruno, tells from his perspective how the occurrences in the Holocaust took place. In 1943, the beginning of the story, Bruno’s father, a commandant in Hitler’s army, is promoted and moves to Oswiecim with his family. Oswiecim is home to the hideous Auschwitz Concentration Camp. While Bruno is out playing near a fence at the edge of Auschwitz Concentration Camp, against his father’s orders, he becomes friends with a young Jewis...
Let’s start comparing these characters let’s start with the younger one Bruno from The Boy in Striped Pajamas. Bruno is a little nine year old who is living in Berlin with his family. But then his father gets a new and very important job and has to move to out-with. Bruno does not want to move because he doesn’t want to leave his best friend and his grandparents behind. When he gets to out-with he hates it there he has no friends and now has a smaller house. He notices something out of his window. A fence across the street separating him and people in striped uniform. Time passes and he starts to like his new home. One day he went outside to explore witch was not allowed to do and never to come close to the big fence. But he went walking by the big fence until he saw a little boy. He introduced himself as Shmuel. They talked and became secret best friends. “He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly.”- Pg.213 "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.”-Pg.213
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne is a fictional/historical novel has been A New York Times Bestseller and been given the Bisto book of the year award of 2006. This Book is about the Holocaust and how the jews were treated during this time period though the eyes of a young nine year old boy who is the son of a nazi commander. John Boyce has written many other Historical books including The House of Special Purpose and Stay Where You Are Then Leave.
Bruno goes with Shmuel in the concentration camp and in the camp, Bruno finally discovers what Shmuel has to suffer. They see soldiers everywhere and very thin people with sunken eyes. Even as Bruno and Shmuel see all of this they stick together in the name of friendship and brotherhood. As they get cramped in the dark room, with light slowly closing, Bruno and Shmuel hold hands and never let go at this scene. The author's theme is clearly shown because when everyone is screaming and panicking, Bruno and Shmuel never let go of each other in the dark and eventually hug to the point where their story ends. The theme is shown because the light is used to represent time and as it fades away; Bruno and Shmuel hold hands showing their friendship and how strong it is when they never let go. The first time we see Shmuel, he is thin, pale, and sunken eyes. Bruno ask Shmuel if he wants food and Shmuel says yes, as Bruno is told time and time again that he should not be near the fence, he takes the risk and goes to it to fulfill his promise to a friend that he has only just recently
Bruno’s friend Shmuel and the other Jews were treated less than human during the Holocaust. Once Bruno moved to the Out-With house the first thing he noticed was that there was no kids or neighbors unlike his old house in Berlin. Bruno soon began to investigate further in finding where all the people are at. Bruno then noticed a barbed wire fence which was very high and had huge wooden posts like telephone poles holding it up for support. (Boyne 31) That same day Bruno began to reveal what was inside the fence, it was people, not like Bruno though, they wore the same striped clothes that were grey striped pajamas with a grey striped cap on their heads. (Boyne 38) These people lived in huts that are only one floor
One day when Shmuel gets sent to shine glasses at his house him and Bruno start talking. A soldier see them and Bruno told him he didn’t know who he was, and the soldier beats the boy, Bruno feels terrible and want to make it up to Shmuel. Bruno wants to understand why the life behind the fence is so awful and why Shmuel isn’t happy. Bruno thinks it’s not better, but interesting because there are other kids to play with. They form a strong bond that can't be broken by anything and it makes him realize that his friends in Berlin weren't as special as Shmuel is and their friendship. The two boys have been talking and have been friends for about a year and decide that Bruno wants to go on the other side of the fence to see what its like and help him find his papa.
Other people in Bruno’s class were scared of him and though being scared they respected him. Because he had this kind of scared respect for him he was voted class president and was left alone. People stopped seeing him at school for a while and soon found out that his dad died. He was killed in the mafia, which affected him strongly. When he came back no one said anything and at this time he really need some one to talk too. But no one did because they were scare of him. The only person that came was the narrator was the only person who even came up to him and he did not even let her say it. But she could tell that he really enjoy her even coming up to him to attempt to talk to him.
...dship even in the darkest and devastating of endings. The interpretation of Bruno and Shmuel’s bond in the film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is fundamental in understanding the significant theme of love and friendship.
Bruno's imaginative journey is a flight from reality. It is a classic example of the psychological "fight or flight" syndrome experienced by all animals (including humans) when they are confronted by something of which they are unsure or afraid - something which challenges their current reality. What Boyne does in this story is to use Bruno to show how either approach can be totally destructive: the critical lesson is that we must acknowledge reality and do what we can to remove the fences that would destroy not only ?us? but our entire world.
Bruno, an eight year old boy at the time of the war, is completely oblivious to the atrocities of the war around him - even with a father who is a Nazi commandant. The title of the book is evidence to this - Bruno perceives the concentration camp uniforms as "striped pajamas." Further evidence is the misnomers "the Fury," (the Furher) and "Out-With" (Auschwitz). Bruno and Shmuel, the boy he meets from Auschwitz, share a great deal in common but perhaps what is most striking is the childhood innocence which characterizes both boys. Bruno is unaware that his father is a Nazi commandant and that his home is on ther periphery of Auschwitz. Shmuel, imprisoned in the camp, seems not to understand the severity of his situation. When his father goes missing, Shmuel does not understand that he has gone to the gas chamber.
This made it stronger because now he thinks that he should support Shmuel in his hard time. After the incident with the officer, Bruno thought of doing something or helping Shmuel so that he could get his only friend back and his trust. When he was wondering how he could help, Shmuel told Bruno how his dad was missing, that’s when Bruno thought of helping Shmuel. When he got into the camp he felt like giving up and going back but, when he saw that his friend was sad because of the decision, he decided to stay and search for him.
He never really knew why Shmuel was on the other side of the fence. In the book, Bruno asked his sister, Gretel, “‘Are we Jews?’” (Boyne 182). This shows that Bruno had very little knowledge of what was really happening in Auschwitz and all around the world. Boyne had also made Bruno use a very shameful and inappropriate term in his book.
Though only the relationship between Bruno and Shmuel, and the relationship between Bruno’s mother and father were only discussed, there were much more relationships. If I were to give advice to one of the relationships, it would be to Bruno’s mother and father. I would tell the father to have discussed to his wife his job details, and whether or not his wife would be okay with joining him. This way, if the mother was not okay, she could have stayed in Berlin with the kids, ultimately preventing Bruno’s
Bruno is irritated and shocked when he’s told they’re moving from Berlin but being a very naive boy doesn’t understand why their family has to leave. The story follows on as Bruno sets out from his house in Auschwitz to explore and finds a boy the same age as him sitting on the ground, on the other side of a fence. His name is Shmuel, a Jewish boy held captive in a concentration camp, but Bruno believes the camp is just a farm. Their friendship cements but is separated by a barbed wire.