...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 Pajamas Bruno (Asa Butterfield) is the son of a Nazi officer. When his father receives a promotion, the young boy must move with his family away from his friends and his comfortable home in Berlin. He quickly becomes bored in his new surroundings in the countryside where he has no one to play with. From his bedroom window he can see a neighboring “farm” where all of the occupants wear “pajamas.” Hoping to play with the kids there, he can’t wait to go pay them a visit. Though his mother repeatedly warns him not to venture far from the house, his curiosity gets the best of him and he sneaks off to go exploring. It is on one of these adventures through the woods that he stumbles upon the barbed wire fence that encircles the neighboring concentration camp. Behind it he finds Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish boy who is the same age as him. They quickly develop a friendship, interacting as much as they can while separated by the fence. Though they are both somewhat oblivious to the horrors taking place around them, they will both ultimately be affected by the events of the war. This film is very well done, yet difficult to watch. While there is no graphic violence depicted on the screen, the film is none the less heartbreaking. Because the story is told through the eyes of an 8-year-old boy, much of what we see seems mostly benign. Bruno simply doesn’t understand the things that he sees. Unfortunately for us, as adults, we do. All of the actors...
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...Identity” Text Analysis Title: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.|Author: John Boyne|Publication Date: | I chose this book because (respond in at least 2 sentences): I chose this book because it has a deep story. After seeing what happened in the movie and reading the book it is so sad to see what happens and how things come out to be.| Discussion Questions Use the text and your analysis to prepare two interpretive or evaluative discussion questions. Then identify the type of question you have created. Question|Is your question interpretive or evaluative?| 1. What is it about the house that Bruno doesn't feel safe about?|Interpretive| 2.What kind of person is Bruno based on how he acts in the story?|Evaluative| Connecting with Character: Protagonist’s Name _____Bruno_______________________ How do you relate to this character?| I am similar to the character in the following ways…|I am different from the character in the following ways…| Beginning: Bruno started to feel unsafe when he moved. He felt like he didn't belong there. He felt alone because his family paid mind to something other then his feelings and how to felt when they moved.End: Bruno started to realize that no one felt the same way he did , they just ignored him.|Beginning:Bruno has relationship problems with his family. He feels like no one cares about him. So maybe that's why he started to run away. End: Bruno ends up dying in that room that he was in with the boy he was with.| Identity Development ...
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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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...Stories have been a part of human culture since the beginning. In the ancient times, people verbally recited epic stories of heroes, villains, monsters, and other elevated characters. These stories reflected the people’s problems, triumphs, and traditions, and served as a valuable source of entertainment. From the ancient times to the present, authors have written many stories covering many topics. One of these stories, written relatively recently, is the book “The Boy In The Striped Pajamas.” This book tells a story of the holocaust through a nine year old boy’s eyes. In the book, the young boy, Bruno, is tutored by an older man named Herr Liszt. Bruno prefered reading and art, while Liszt was fond of history and geography. Because of this, Bruno asked Liszt “But aren’t books important?” (Boyne 97). Liszt promptly responded “Books about things that matter in the world, of course, but not...
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...Having different beliefs and cultures has always been around and has always been problematic, two perfect examples being the Greensborough 4 documentary and the Boy in the Striped Pajamas movie. The Greensborough 4 documentary dealt with African American segregation and they boy in the striped pajama dealt concentration camps and the killing of jews. Culture and beliefs change within time periods, where you are, and what you believe in. Individuals in their society are affected by beliefs and culture, you can see this in the boy in the striped pajamas because Bruno thought that jews were bad because that is what everyone around him believed and his culture hated jews. This also goes with The Greensborough 4 documentary. People did not like African Americans...
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...In my research into the differences between prejudice and discrimination I have found that people in society have blurred the lines between the two words. We often see one being misused for the other even though they have completely different meanings, actions, and thoughts. In the purest form of the word, prejudice is feeling differently towards a certain group or groups that have a trait that they do not like or agree with. Everyone can be and is prejudice at some point in their life. Discrimination is where a person has prejudice towards a person or group of people and takes action. In today's society we tend to want to group the two together and make them seem like they are the ultimate evil, but in reality one is a common place occurrence that is usually kept behind closed doors while the other is not a good thing and can lead some to horrible actions. When I researched the two words I immediately noticed the way that they can be grouped together. I noticed that it is one trait as humans that we can't escape as hard as we try. It does not matter what race, gender, sexual orientation, or social class that you belong to there will always be one thing that makes us feel prejudice. Prejudice stems from the way that we as humans stereotype each other. Prejudice is usually completely unjustified and has no roots in reality. It is a positive or negative attitude towards people or groups for the way that they interact socially. I realized that in some cases prejudice can lead...
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...The book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about a nine year old boy, living in Berlin named Bruno. One day after school Bruno comes home to find his maid Maria packing his things. He is informed that they will be moving to a new house because of father’s job. Father is a high ranked soldier for the Fury, but Bruno doesn’t know much about what his father really does. When Bruno moves he refers to the new house as out-with. He hates out-with when he first moves there. This is mainly because it has 3 floors instead of 5, no banister to slide down, and he missed his three friends. From Bruno’s new room he sees people a little way away from the house. The are inside a tall fence and are all wearing striped pajamas. WHile at the new house there...
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...CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND I. INTRODUCTION Phenomenology is a qualitative research method originally developed by the philosopher Edmund Husserl.[1] The termed phenomenology is both a philosophy and a research method. As a philosophy, phenomenology is a particular way of approaching the world and apprehending lived experience[2]. As a research method, phenomenology is a rigorous process of reexamining what Husserl termed “the things themselves.”[3] The question of phenomenological inquiry is about the meaning of human experience and asks, “What is it like?” Phenomenology is a way of thinking about what life experiences are like for people[4] and is primarily concerned with interpreting the meaning of these experiences. Phenomenological research “explores the humanness of a being in the world”[5]. Bergum refers to the phenomenological research method as an “action-sensitive-understanding” that begins and ends in the practical acting of everyday life and leads to a practical knowledge of thoughtful action. Phenomenological research is an introspective human science, the intent of which is to interpret and to understand as opposed to observing, measuring, explaining, and predicting)[6]. The intention is to go beyond the aspects of life taken for granted and “to uncover the meanings in everyday practice in such a way that they are not destroyed, distorted, decontextualized, trivialized or sentimentalized”.[7] To answer the question, “What is it...
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...The boy in the striped pajama’s – John Boyne Novel Summary Main characters + characteristics Quotes + Language techniques Key ideas 1. We don't have the luxury of thinking ... Some people make all the decisions for us. Bruno's mother, Page 14. 2. One day he was perfectly content, playing at home, sliding down banisters, trying to stand on his tiptoes to see right across Berlin, and now he was stuck here in this cold, nasty house with three whispering maids and a waiter who was both unhappy and angry, where no one looked as if they could ever be cheerful again. About Bruno, after change of location close to Auschwitz concentration camp is forced on his family, Page 15. 3. So we’re here at Out-With because someone said out with the people before us? Bruno to Gretel, Page 25. 4. We should never have let the Fury come to dinner. Bruno's mother, about Hitler, Page 40. 5. He suddenly became convinced that if he didn’t do something sensible, something to put his mind to some use, then before he knew it he would be wondering round the streets having fights with himself and inviting domestic animals to social occasions too. Bruno, Page 69. 6. The thing about exploring is that you have to know whether the thing you've found is worth finding. Some things are just sitting there, minding their own business, waiting to be discovered. Like America. And other things are probably better off left alone. Like a dead mouse at the back of the cupboard...
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...A recent film titled “The Boy in the Stiped Pajamas” is a fine example of history being portrayed in a romanticized and semi-fictionalized manner. This film centers around Bruno, an 8-year old son of a Nazi commandant, who lives with his family in Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. Bruno is predominantly protected from the harsh realities of World War II, and Shmuel, a Jewish boy confined in a concentration camp, forms a prohibited friendship with him. The boys instantly connect even though they are divided by a barbed wire fence. Bruno’s family forbid him from associating with Shmuel and from playing in the back garden in order to protect him from the true nature of his surroundings. Undoubtedly, Bruno betrayed his parent’s commands and he...
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...The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Quiz Please write using complete sentence and use your own words for each answer. Be sure to check grammar and spelling. You may write on the quiz sheet, but it is recommended you use own paper for writing answers. 1. Why are Bruno (Asa Butterfield) and Shmuel (Jack) drawn to each other, despite their opposing circumstances? Bruno and Shmuel are drawn to each other simply because they are two kids of similar age that don’t have any friends where they reside. Despite their “political” differences, they were able to relate to one another by playing games and just getting a sense of each other’s daily lives and activities 2. Gretel (Amber Beattie) believes Father (David Thewlis) and his peers in their viewpoints on the persecution of Jews. Through Bruno is even younger than her, why does he question these viewpoints while Gretel does not? Gretel seems to believe in his Father’s viewpoints because she has the mindset of a realist. She backs up her views, along with the viewpoints of her father’s peers with the propaganda that she reads along with her professor’s teachings. Bruno, on the other hand, is more ignorant and naïve, which is very understandable for someone his age. His attitude towards the persecution of Jews is an unbiased one, and that the treatment that they receive is unjust and cruel. He doesn’t really grasp the magnitude of political differences that the Jews and Nazi’s have. 3. Contrast Father with Lieutenant Kotler...
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...In the fable The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, a nine year old boy named Bruno moves from his home in Berlin, Germany to Auschwitz, Poland for his father’s job. In the story, Bruno’s curiosity leads him to exploring and he ends up finding a new friend named Shmuel who is imprisoned at the concentration camp. Shmuel and Bruno become great friends through their powerful conversations, which lead up to their final adventure. When the book ended, readers were left in shock and a clear lesson had emerged. Bruno’s father tried to indoctrinate him but didn’t succeed. Because Bruno’s friendship with Shmuel was so strong, he was able to develop an opinion of his own. On the other hand, Gretel had no friends and showed signs indoctrination. This showed readers that human...
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...His family had to move to a new home called Out-With that Bruno highly disliked. Even though he highly disliked it, he still toughened up and dealt with it. He seen people in his backyard through his bedroom window, and always wondered who they were. One day, he decided to go explore past his backyard and see who they were. He found a little boy sitting on the ground, separated from him by a metal fence. Bruno would go back there every chance he could get and they became best friends. That shows how Bruno stayed positive at his new house that he didn’t even...
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...The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was a failure of a movie. Despite its great storyline it did poorly at the box office. It was not nominated for any important awards in the U.S. The movie also received many negative awards. First reason why The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was a failed movie was how terrible it did at the box office. The movie had a budget of 12,500,000.00 dollars (IMDB). Not only did the movie not make enough money for a profit, it didn’t even what they spent on making it. The total domestic income that the movie brought in was 9,046,156 dollars (Boxofficemojo). Second reason why the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was a failure is it was not nominated for any important awards in the U.S. It was nominated for a few awards...
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