Essay About Pajamas And The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

Imagine this! Becoming close friends with a boy that lives on the other side of a fence in a Nazi camp and only being able to talk to them through a fence never being able to run around together or just play a game of tag. Well that’s what happened to a little nine year old boy named Bruno that had to move very far away for his dads work. Bruno wondered beyond the fences when he met a little boy that seemed just like himself but yet his life and circumstances were extremely different then Bruno’s. This story is both a tragic and extremely depressing book and a movie called The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The book and movie were both absolutely fantastic and were very much alike, but they still had some differences. The few differences†¦show more content†¦He enters the camp to help the little Jewish boy find his dad, but instead something horribly tragic happens. Bruno gets mistaken by the Nazis as a Jewish boy and is thrown in the gas chamber on accident. The ending of the book is super heartbreaking; however, the end of the movie isn’t as depressing but is still very sad. In the end of the movie Bruno sneaks under the fence to help the Jewish boy find his dead, but is later hung. This change in perspective means that there is a bigger focus on other characters, giving the film a strong family dynamic and allowing the audience to see more of how Bruno’s mother and sister are coping and adapting to the changes, rather than only Bruno’s blurred understanding of it. seeing how Bruno’s how Bruno’s mother slowly breaks down and becomes more and more emotional and how his sister is so quickly influenced by her Nazi teachings makes the story all the more shocking, which is a great advantage of the film. Whilst Bruno’s Mother is more likeable in the film, there is a fundamental reason as for why we don’t see so much of this emotional side to her character in the book. In the book, she appears to b e more aware of what’s actually going, which is the more realistic of likelihoods, whereas in the film she come across as quite misled by her husband. There is a great scene in the film, however, when a Lieutenant comments that â€Å"They smell even worse when they burn†, which is when it first hits her that there’s more to beShow MoreRelatedEssay on The Short Life of Anne Frank by Gerrit Netten2196 Words   |  9 PagesIn this essay, I will aim to discuss and analyse my chosen documentary ‘The Short Life of Anne Frank’ by Gerrit Netten, with cinema dramatization of real events ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ by Mark Herman. I will be focusing on how each director uses techniques to show true aspects of real life, and how this persuades the audience into believing that they are witnessing something accurate, and true to the directors intention. Gerrit Netten’s 2001 documentary ‘The Short Life of Anne Frank’ Read MoreAnalysis Of The Book The Boy Of The Striped Pajamas 2429 Words   |  10 PagesLiterature March 30, 2015 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Introduction ​Most people view the Holocaust as one of the worst things that has ever happened in human history. It’s very difficult to argue this belief. Not only were millions of people killed in battle, but millions were killed outside of battle. After his murder of over six million Jews, Adolf Hitler became regarded as one of the most hated and evil people in the world, and still is today. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a novel based on thisRead MoreA Paradox Of Innocence : An Essay3669 Words   |  15 PagesInnocence: An Analysis of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Introduction As a child, we are focused on the small aspects of life. We worry about eating ice cream on a hot summer day or when we will get the opportunity to go out on a cold snowy day and go sled riding with our friends and drink hot chocolate. We are fully focused on such basic childlike desires that we are completely unaware of serious events happening around us or in this case right next-door. As a nine-year-old boy, Bruno has no idea thatRead MoreThe Boy in the Striped Pyjamas Portfolio6447 Words   |  26 Pages10 | Reflection | 11 | Film review | 12 | Interview | 14 | Song interpretation | 16 | Peer assessment | 18 | Vocabulary | 20 | Self evaluation | 22 | Introduction This portfolio documents my dealing with the book â€Å"The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas†, written by John Boyne, and the corresponding film, which was released in 2008. The reason I chose this particular material is the following: I saw the film before reading the book, which, as I see it, is not the right way to do, because