Similarities Between The Book Thief And The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

The Book Thief compared to Boy in the striped pajamas A child's view of war is significantly different from an adults view. When comparing The Book Thief and The boy in the striped pajamas, the children introduced in the book and movie take different views of war throughout the entirety of the plot. The characters develop different understandings and views of war as they progress throughout their lives. Liesel, The Book Thief, is introduced to the readers as a very incompetent, slow girl whos views suddenly change when she is introduced to the power of words and a innocent jewish man. She has a good understanding of war, and her views on war are knowledgeable. Bruno, The Boy in the striped pajamas, does not understand thoroughly the war and

Max, The Book Thief and Shmuel, Boy in the striped pajamas, are two Jews unfortunately living through the terror. Although they are both Jewish, they show two different views of the war that change their characters. Max, is a young man who lives life in the basement of the Hubermanns household, and develops a strong relationship with Liesel during his stay. He thoroughly understands the war, as he dreams about boxing Hitler and writes stories about Hitler and his power. Max fortunately understands the life he has, and he sees the war as a never-ending nightmare of hate and fear. His view sees Hitler as a bad guy, for taking away his family and friends from him, as well as putting him in a position of

Although they both share the Jewish culture, Shmuel lacks the knowledge of the Nazi ideology, which separates Max and Shmuel from the knowing and the unknowing. Shmuel is introduced to the viewers as an innocent Jewish child attempting to survive a concentration camp. In the beginning, he is introduced to Bruno, who also does not thoroughly understand what is going on. The two intertwine and find a friendship that held till the end of the movie. Shmuel, along with his family, were captured a little bit after the war began, all of his family died except for his father, whom he lived with in the camp. Shmuel’s sees his life as a routine, and he doesn't enjoy his life as much as he did before World War Two.

“There are no nice guards in here Bruno” (Boyne)

Shmuel’s view of war is different from Max’s view, as he does not entirely understand the war and why he a prisoner of war. Max understands the life he has, and unlike Shmuel, he sees war as the way it is, when Shmuel lives The Holocaust in confusion and terror, as he sees it all, but doesnt understand why it is happening. The children in the book and movie show different views of war during World War Two. The characters react to what they see in different manors and therefore, they act differently when certain events take place in their lives. A child’s view of war is significantly different from an adults. The children in the movie show different views of war as a