Boy in the striped pajamas (rough) Throughout war, there have always been an effort to stop the involvement of the innocent. A big effort of this is towards children who were unfortunately stuck in conflict and sometimes join the conflict. John Boyne's book “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” helps shines light on social issues that are plaguing countries and communities today. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a touching story about the innocence of children in times of conflict shown by Bruno's lack of hate for Jews, Shmuel's kindness towards Bruno, and their commitment to each other in times of war. First of all, Bruno shows no hate for Jews in the book even though he is taught that Jews are awful, time and time again but does not listen. …show more content…
well, they're not people at all, Bruno.". In this quote, we see Bruno does not see Jews as terrible people up to this point because he has to ask his father about the people in striped pajamas, showing us the innocence of Bruno. This quote also shows us what Bruno's father thinks of Jews and the realization of what Bruno thinks of jews. This is because he has a pause in between “people” and “well”, showing his confusion and realization of Bruno not knowing what he thinks is reality, that being, Jews are unacceptable. Eventually, his father hires a tutor, Herr Liszt, to teach him about nationalistic ideas proven by what is said on page 97, “Those things are useless to you….. A sound understanding of the social sciences is far more important in this day and age.” and about the Jews, “Then this is what I am here to change…..To get your head out of your storybooks and teach you more about where you come from. About the great wrongs that have been done to you.” said on page 98. Bruno is skeptical of Herr Liszt …show more content…
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
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...
When Bruno moved to Auschwitz he was completely oblivious to the Holocaust. When he met Shmuel, he became slightly more aware, but couldn’t comprehend what it all meant. It is ironic that his innocence sheltered him from the traumatizing truth of the Holocaust, but it is what killed him in the
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.
... The interpretation of Bruno and Shmuel’s bond in the film The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is fundamental in understanding the significant themes of love and friendship. Works Cited Carriere, Kathryn. A. Film Review: The Boy in Striped Pyjamas. Journal of Religion & Film 13.1 (2009): n. pag.
Bruno is a 9 year old boy growing up in a loving, but typically authoritarian German family in the 1930?s. His father is a senior military officer who was appointed Commandant of Auschwitz? a promotion that requires upheaval from their comfortable home in Berlin to an austere home in the Polish countryside. The story explores Bruno?s difficulty in accepting and adapting to this change - especially the loss of his friends and grandparents. Boyne gives personality and family to the sort of person who today is generally demonised by western writings - the people who administered and controlled the death camps in which over 6 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and others were deemed to be grossly inferior by Hitler and his cohorts.
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 shows that she is so ignorant, that she believes in the total genocide of a religion, without knowing much about the reasons, just because that's what her father did. Secondly, she tries to explain the Nazi cause to Bruno. She understands what they are doing to an extent, but doesn't understand why they are doing it. Bruno asks why they are on the other side, and she says the must be kept together. Bruno doesn’t understand this so she says, “With the other Jews, Bruno(Pg. 182).
While the book is mainly about Bruno and Shmuel's friendship, the book also highlights what life was like for Bruno before he met that chapter of his life. When Bruno lived in Berlin, he had tons of fun going to school, having three best friends, and his wonderful house. Bruno liked playing war with his friends, and sliding down banisters, and running around with his friends in downtown Berlin. For example, “‘Say goodbye to them?’ He repeated, sputtering out words as if his mouth was full of biscuits, but not actually swallowed yet.
When Gretel first got to “Out-With” she agreed with bruno on how she did not think the place was very nice (Boyne, 24). The longer she stayed around Lieutenant Kotler, Father, and the other soldiers she was more frequently told bad things about Jews and how great germany was. Father tells Bruno that Jews are not really people when they first get to “Out-With” (Boyne, 53). Later when Bruno goes and talks to Gretel about the Jews Gretel tells Bruno that the Germans are the opposites of jews (Boyne, 183). It can be presumed that Father had had a similar` chat to Gretel about the Jews.
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne was published in 2006. This novel is about a boy that meets someone when he moves next to a concentration camp for the Jews and he befriends him. Also its an adventure for a boy named Bruno. This novel is well put together and is a really great book.
Even after all his lessons, Bruno still cannot understand why Shmuel is where he is. His family or anyone else doesn’t know that Bruno has been meeting up with a Jew at the work camp. He tells lies as to what he’s been doing or where he’s gone. That very night Bruno’s family, grandpa, and a soldier eat dinner together as they discuss various topics. An unfortunate encounter happened when Pavol knocked down a glass of wine.
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.
In the beginning of the book The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Bruno was being inconsiderate when his mother told him they were going to move to a new home named out-with. In the book Bruno says, “And what about Karl and Daniel and Martin? How
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.