...The author of this story is trying to show the innocence of children and racial discrimination. The lesson he is trying to show is how two children who come from two different backgrounds can become friends. Discrimination is something that is taught, children are not born to hate. This story is about a friendship between Bruno and Shmuel. Bruno was not aware of the differences between him and Shmuel. All he cared about was having a friend and he found that in Shmuel. Bruno was a loyal friend to Shmuel, although, his father was a Nazi commander and Shmuel was a prisoner in the Jewish camp. When Shmuel’s father went missing, Bruno was willing to help Shmuel find his father, which showed courage and loyalty. A problem I found in the story was...
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...best friend, Shmuel,” he said “My best friend for life.” Shmuel may have opened his mouth to say something back, but Bruno never heard it… despite the chaos that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel’s hand and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go. “….he took hold of Shmuel’s tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. “You’re my best friend, Shmuel,” he said “My best friend for life.” Shmuel may have opened his mouth to say something back, but Bruno never heard it… despite the chaos that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel’s hand and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go. “….he took hold of Shmuel’s tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. “You’re my best friend, Shmuel,” he said “My best friend for life.” Shmuel may have opened his mouth to say something back, but Bruno never heard it… despite the chaos that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel’s hand and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go. “….he took hold of Shmuel’s tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. “You’re my best friend, Shmuel,” he said “My best friend for life.” Shmuel may have opened his mouth to say something back, but Bruno never heard it… despite the chaos that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel’s hand and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go. “….he took hold of Shmuel’s tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. “You’re my best friend, Shmuel,” he said “My...
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...JHZC The Boy In The Striped Pajamas: Summary The movie started with an eight-year-old boy, named Bruno, running across Berlin with his three friends. Bruno is the son of a government official, a soldier of the Nazi period, named Ralf. When Bruno went home, he saw that their things are being prepared and packed by the house servants. He was confused of what’s happening and so his mother, together with his sister, named Gretel, approached him and said something about having good news. Bruno doesn’t have any idea what the good news was about. Later that day, Bruno learned that the good news was about his father being promoted to become a higher-ranking soldier. Because of the promotion, Bruno and his family need to leave Berlin and move to the countryside where their new house is located. He was very reluctant to leave Berlin because he will miss his friends. Eventually, Bruno and his family left Berlin and finally arrived at the countryside. Bruno was very lonely when he first step foot on the place. He cannot see other children whom he can play with. One day, Bruno peeked through his new bedroom’s window and saw what he think was a farm. He then asked his mother if he could play with the children at the farm. At first, his mother agreed to it but when he mentioned that something was strange about the people in the farm, his mother asked him what was it. Bruno answered that the people in the farm are all wearing pajamas. He also mentioned that their servant, named Pavel...
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...The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas – Chapter Summaries Chapter 1: Bruno makes a discovery Being the first chapter, this introduces most of the main characters and introduces the complication (Bruno's family moving because his father got a new job). Bruno comes home one day to find that his things are being packed to move. He argues with his mother about it, and hears her arguing with his father. This chapter hints at when it is set with things like "we have to turn all the lights off at night now". Chapter 2: The New House Bruno arrives at the new house and is thoroughly disappointed by its size and remoteness. He argues with Mother some more. Lieutenant Kotler is introduced, but not named. Chapter 3: The Hopeless Case Bruno's relationship with Gretel is described in this chapter via an argument in his room. Bruno first sees the Striped Pyjama People in this chapter, although they aren't described properly until later on. Chapter 4: What They Saw Through The Window: Bruno and Gretel try to work out where they are, and who the Striped Pyjama People are. Gretel is disgusted by their appearance, but Bruno is intrigued. 'I'm going back to my room to arrange my dolls. The view is decidedly nicer from there' -Gretel, page 38 Chapter 5: Out Of Bounds At All Times With No Exceptions This chapter starts with Bruno recounting the departure from Berlin. Bruno, who hasn't seen his Father since arriving at 'Out-With,' decides to ask him why he took the family to such a horrible place...
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...beliefs are. One of the boys is Jewish and the other has a father who works for Adolph Hitler and the Nazis, but Bruno (the son of the Nazi Commandant) has no clue what a Jew is or what a Nazi is. But Shmuel know that he is Jewish and that him and Bruno shouldn’t be playing with each other and that doesn’t interfere with their friendship what so ever. Nine year- old Bruno is very lonely, and ignorant until he meets his new best friend for life; he is very friendly to this boy that wears striped pajamas all day but still has many commonalities. Bruno had to move with his family to a place he thinks is named OutWith but is really pronounced Auschwitz, because of father’s promotion and his job is very important. When he left his lovely house in Berlin, he also had to leave his grandmother and grandfather along with his three best friends for life, Karl, Daniel, and Martine. Bruno and his family left their friends and family for a place with horrid scenery outside your bedroom window. The view you get is of a fence and on the other side; there are badly treated people. Another down about this new house is that there are soldiers and lieutenants walking in and out of your house as if they owned the place. The worst part about the house for Bruno and his sister was that there weren’t any other boys and girls their age that were on their side of the fence. Bruno was stuck with his sister, Grettle, the hopeless case, all day. That was until he decided to go exploring one day and...
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...historical fiction book by John Boyne. The book is very well written but has a grim subject. The boys remain friends while Shmuel, Bruno’s friend is in a concentration camp. Both boys do not know what will happen to each other, but as a reader, you know that Shmuel will most likely die in the camp. The main theme in the novel is innocence. The author expresses this theme by the way he uses his text. He explains how both boys do not know why they are on other sides of the fence. He shows the innocence of the boys as they are really not to speak to each other, but as they get more adventuresses, it ends badly. Shmuel and Bruno begin to meet every day. Bruno is thrilled to have a friend his own age, yet never fully grasps why Shmuel can't play at his house or why Bruno can't play with the other children in striped pajamas The power of the book in fact lies in the way that the reader instantly connects with his innocence and is willing to see his worldview, also follow him as the story unfolds, although with our sensibilities and the hindsight of history we cannot help fearing that something terrible is bound to happen. The setting is Nazi Germany after all. Innocence is an important theme throughout the novel. Although Bruno and Shmuel share a certain childlike innocence, the reality is that Shmuel is a prisoner in Auschwitz and has certainly seen horrific sights. Bruno, on the other hand, is fiercely protected by his parents who do not want him to know about the horrors of the reality...
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...Shmuel was waiting for Bruno when he arrived, and for the first time ever he wasn't sitting cross legged on the dust beneath him but standing, leaning against the fence. "Hello Bruno" he said when he saw his friend approaching. "Hello Shmuel", said Bruno. "I wasn't sure if we'd see each other again—with the rain and everything", said Shmuel. "Did you bring the pyjamas?" said Bruno. Shmuel nodded and handed Bruno the pyjamas through the fence. Bruno undressed himself and put on the filthy striped pyjamas, picked up the shovel and started to dig a hole under the fence. Shmuel and Bruno looked at each other in the eye and smiled for the first time without a fence in between them. "Okay. Let's go and find your Papa", said Bruno. The two boys ran off, and headed to the cabins to find Shmuel's Papa, hoping they might be able to find him in there. "Papa?" Shmuel exclaimed scaling his eyes around the room, before a loud whistle goes off huddling all of the people out of the cabin towards the gas chamber. The Nazis jammed all of the Jews into the gas chamber. Bruno covered his mouth, and stood at the back of the room. He tucked the collar of his new striped pyjamas over his nose, and turned towards the door. The room was tightly sealed, but Bruno felt as if he could open the door if he tried hard enough. He tugged on the sleeve of Shmuel's pyjamas and pointed. He nodded. Shmuel looked even more pale than he had when he walked in. Leaning against the door, Bruno remembered...
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...Bruno had imagined a great adventure ahead. All in all, it seemed like a very sensible plan and a good way to say goodbye… but what Bruno didn’t know is that things would become excessively out of hand. The next day Bruno got up to find out it was raining. Oh drats, Bruno thought. What if it rains all day and I get my new shoes all muddy? Then when I stomp in them, the sides won’t light up. Bruno, sad at the thought of ruining his new shoes, dragged his body out of bed, got dressed, and went through his usual morning. He ate his breakfast of Lucky Charms with his irritating older sister, went to school with Herr Liszt, got lunch (which was spaghettios with gold fish and sour cream) and ended the day with Herr Liszt, who was droning on about a piece of literature with stupid sparkling vampires, teenage romance, and car accidents killing angtsy teens while Bruno was coloring in his Hello Kitty’s Island Adventure coloring book. When his lessons were done and Gretel stole his coloring book to make paper airplanes, Bruno decided to go visit his friend, Shmuel. He put on his helmet, boots, biker’s cape and headed out to his motorcycle. Bruno loved his motorcycle more than almost anything. It was a birthday present from the Fury (whom he did not like very much, but at least he gave good presents.) It was painted jet black and had ghostly skulls painted across it. Black wasn’t particularly his choice of color, but the skulls were neat. Once outside, Bruno walked to the...
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...responses. Chapters 1-2 1. Why doesn’t Bruno understand the nature of his father’s job? Nobody ever explains his father’s job; they just say it is important and that the “Fury” has big things in mind for him (5). 2. How does Bruno’s mother feel about leaving the house in Berlin? Bruno’s mother is upset and sad about leaving the house in Berlin. Bruno realizes that she has a “strange laugh” and doesn’t “look happy” when talking about the move. While explaining to Bruno that they have no choice but leave, “Mother sighed and looked around the room as if she might never see it again” (5). Additionally, she tells Bruno, “We don’t have as much time to prepare as I would have liked, thanks to some people” (8), which Bruno recognizes as a reference to his father. 3. How does Bruno feel about his sister? Bruno thinks Gretel is a “hopeless Case” and would not care if she stayed behind in Berlin (10) 4. Why is Bruno reluctant to leave Berlin? Bruno does not want to leave Berlin because he loves his large, comfortable house, which is close to his grandparents and accessible to his three good friends. 5. How does Bruno react to his new house? Bruno does not like his new house. He thinks it is desolate and small and set in a place where there are no other houses. He also is sad there are no friends nearby (11). Bruno tells Maria, “I think this was a bad idea” (13) in reference to the move. 6. How do Bruno and Maria react to the young soldier in the hall? Bruno takes an instant dislike to the young...
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...Protagonist Bruno How do you relate to this character? Similarities Beginning: None Differences Beginning: e aren’t the same age W End: Adventurous, curious, and we both have a big heart End: e were born in different years W Identity Development. Identify the protagonist’s stage of identity development throughout the story. Beginning Stage of Identity Development Identity Moratorium Identity Foreclosure Middle End Identity Achievement Text Support “But we had plans,” He protested. “Plans?” asked Mother, raising an eyebrow.. “I’m sorry, Bruno,” said Mother, “But your plans to have to wait. We don’t have a choice in this.” “Don’t you remember you said I look like you?” he asked Shmuel. “Since I had my head shaved?” “Only fatter,” conceded Shmuel “and if I had a pair of striped pajamas too, then I could come over on a visit and no one would be any wiser.” “You’re my best friend, Shmuel,” he said; “my best friend for life.” this was being said without Bruno knowing the confusion going on around him; he just thought he was going to a dry spot. Conflict. Identify three conflicts and how the protagonist responds throughout the story. Conflict Bruno and his family have to move to Poland. Protagonist’s Response Bruno gets angry with his mother because he has to leave his friends behind. Bruno makes Kurt believe Shmuel did not eat; he did. What does this reveal about the character? Bruno hates change....
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...someone to share your problems with. In “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne, Bruno, the main character is in need of a good friend. He is unhappy, having been forced to move away from his home in Berlin and ‘his three best friends for life’ because his father has a new job. Bruno, his mother and sister accompany the new commandant to the new house at “Out-With,” as Bruno calls it. This new house is small, dark, and strange. Bruno spends long days gazing out the window of his new bedroom, where he notices people dressed in striped pyjamas and rows of barracks surrounded by a barbed wire fence. With nobody except his sister ‘The Hopeless Case’ to talk to, bored and lonely, and not really understanding the circumstance of his new existence, Bruno sets out to explore the area, despite being forbidden to do so by his parents. He discovers Shmuel, a very thin Jewish boy who lives on the other side of the fence and an unlikely friendship between the two boys is formed. Over the next few months the two children swap life stories through the wire fence. Shmuel explains how he and his family have been transported here from a ghetto in Poland. Unable to comprehend the gravity of Shmuel’s situation, Bruno is simply content to have found a playmate. In particular he finds it amazing that they are the same age and born on exactly the same day. In return for Shmuel’s tales of implicit horror, Bruno...
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...the cultural, values and norms of a society that is different from your own culture. The movie chosen is the Boy in the Striped Pajamas which is based on a fictional book by John Boyne. Introduction Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one's ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one's own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern to language, behavior, customs, and religion. These ethnic distinctions and sub-divisions serve to define each ethnicity's unique cultural identity (Pinstonedu.com, n.d.). Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences (IMDb, n.d.). This movie really nails ethnocentrism on the head. By segregating the Jews in concentration camps with the fence that divides worlds of realism. On one side of the fence you have the privileged which are served the best wine, the best meals, a comfortable place to sleep, and life is good. On the other side of the fence, the worst in human brutality is obvious. They hardly have any food to eat; they have the worst sleeping conditions and they’re treated like nothing (Jews aren’t even humans to the Nazis). Jews were segregated because...
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...both 2007 and 2008, it was the best selling book of the year in Spain, and it has also reached number one on the New York Times bestseller list as well as in the UK, Ireland, and Australia.[not verified in body] The book was adapted in 2008 as a film of the same name. Bruno is a nine-year-old boy growing up during World War II in Berlin. He lives with his parents, his 12-year-old sister Gretel and maids, one of whom is called Maria. After a visit by Adolf Hitler Bruno's father is promoted to Commandant, and the family has to move to 'Out-With' because of the orders of "The Fury" (Bruno's naïve interpretation of the word 'Führer'). Bruno is initially upset about moving to Out-With (never identified, but cf. Auschwitz) and leaving his friends, Daniel, Karl, and Martin. From the house at Out-With, Bruno sees a camp. One day, Bruno decides to explore the strange wire fence. As he walks along the fence, he meets aJewish boy named Shmuel, whom he learns shares his birthday. Shmuel says that his father, grandfather, and brother are with him on this side of the fence, but he is separated from his mother. Bruno and Shmuel talk and become very good friends, although Bruno still does not understand very much about Shmuel and his side of the fence. As the meetings go on, Bruno's naïvete shows that his innocence has been preserved despite being near a death camp. When lice eggs are discovered in Bruno's hair he is forced to get...
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...A theme of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is despite the difficult circumstances/situations, people can become friends. This theme is developed from two characters who became friends during a dangerous time period. Bruno is the son of an SS officer, and Shmuel is a Jewish prisoner who lives in a concentration camp. The concentration camp is a deadly camp called Auschwitz operated by Nazi soldiers during the Holocaust and led by Bruno’s father. Both of the boys don’t know what’s going on, especially Bruno, but they become friends in Nazi Poland and their thoughts and feelings show how their relationships are as good friends. The characters develop this theme from the Holocaust and what places they are in. Bruno has no clue what’s going on...
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...| | |195 |Bruno asks Shmuel if he would like him to talk to |We would expect for Bruno to ask this because he doesn’t | | |Father about Shmuel’s father missing, but Bruno |understand the power his father has and he doesn’t | | |doesn’t understand that it could have been Bruno’s |understand that he can’t just ask his father because of what| | |father that killed him. |he does for a living. Plus Bruno doesn’t want Father | | | |finding out about Shmuel. | | | | | | |Shmuel and Bruno plan out their last time together |Bruno leaves from his visit to Shmuel with high hopes for | |199 |and decide that Bruno would explore the other side of|their last day together where Bruno will be going on the | | |the fence. Bruno and Shmuel are both very excited |other side of the fence. We are left with the impression | | |about this, but what Bruno doesn’t get is how it’s |that they will have a fun last adventure and then Bruno will| | |not an adventure....
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