Discrimination In The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

Many racial and ethnic groups are treated cruel, which contributes to the problem of discrimination. The inhumane treatment inflicted onto different racial and ethnic groups is provoking horrific violence around the world. The film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, gives us an insight to the cruel treatment endured by Jewish people in World War II. Jewish people were taken from their homes, separated from their families, and placed in concentration camps where they were expected to die. They were exposed to extreme levels of abuse, such as starvation, physical beatings, and emotional torture. The fear and terrorizing the soldiers used on the Jews is shown in the scene when Lieutenant Kotler catches Shmuel eating a cookie: “Are you eating? Have you been stealing food?

This shows the awful treatment Jewish people were exposed to based on their ethnicity. They experienced physical and verbal violence from soldiers as a way to create fear. Discrimination also contributes to the high level of violence associated with racial differences. Many African Americans faced racial discrimination in society especially during the Civil Right Movement era. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, a black man named Tom Robinson is wrongly accused of raping a white women. Atticus Finch is a lawyer who decides to represent Tom Robinson, which the town does not agree with. Harper Lee agrees with the film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas about some of injustices racial groups faced in society. She demonstrates this through a confrontation between Atticus Finch and an angry mob of white men: “You know what we want,” another man said. “Get aside from the door, Mr. Finch” (153). Before the trial of Tom Robinson begins, an angry mob goes to the jail in attempt to take matters into their own