John Boyne Research Paper

TJohn Boyne is a contemporary Irish novelist, who writes novels for both an adult and young audience. Boyne is famous for writing the acclaimed children’s book, entitled The Boy in t the Striped Pyjamas (2006). John Boyne was born on April 30, 1971 in Dublin, Ireland. At a young age he used to eagerly read major literary works as in The Count of Monte Cristo, Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island. As of the age of twelve he developed a keen interest in composing literature. As of then he decided to major in English Literature from the Trinity College, Dublin. He then studied creative writing at the renowned institution of Norwich, the University of East Anglia. He was awarded the Curtis Brown prize for his literary contribution. Boyne began his writing with short stories and published around seventy of those short stories. At first he wrote for adult audiences but then in 2006 he shifted his interest to children’s book as he published his masterpiece, The Boy in The Striped Pajamas. John Boyne said “In April 2004 an image came into my mind of two boys

Instead there were abundance of people in groups, staring at the ground , looking all melancholic and they all had one thing in common: They were all terribly skinny and their eyes were sunken as well as having shaved heads. Bruno looked everywhere and didn’t like it at all, he wanted to go home but he promised Shmuel that he’d help out finding his father. As they started to look for clues they got caught up in a never ending march. That’s when Bruno wanted to really go home and told Shmuel to walk him t the fence but at that exact moment the soldiers started pushing all the people who were marching and pushed them into a room. Bruno was never seen again after