The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - PERIOD 1 by ARLENE FRANCO

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas - PERIOD 1 by ARLENE FRANCO https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03 a fable by John Boyne en-us 2019-03-12 15:47:16 UTC 2024-12-12 22:16:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Clouds.png Setting afranco028 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340488696 Thus far in the novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, the central setting seems to be Auschwitz, home to over 40 different types of concentration and extermination camps built by Nazi Germany during World War II. Pronounced as “Out-with” in the novel, Auschwitz comes to play a crucial role in the development and life of main character 9 nine-year old Bruno. As the son of an important Nazi commander during the reign of Adolf Hitler, Bruno and his family were forced to leave their comfortable home in Berlin and relocate near the concentration camps to a much smaller and desolate house. In the mind of Bruno, especially as a nine year old, this sudden move would limit his ability to continue to see his best friends and would mean he’d have to cancel all plans they'd already made. In addition, young Bruno was worried about making new friends since, upon his arrival to his new home, he did not see any children and thus, felt isolated. On the other hand, Bruno’s parents seem to believe that the move was in order to keep the family in less danger and safe. As supporters of the Hitler Regime, Bruno’s family was undoubtedly targeted at times, hence it would be a good idea if the family moved away from that to an area where all political views were the same. Unfortunately, it continues to be too early in the novel to be able to conclude how setting impact both conflict and plot. However, as a reader, one does become aware that Bruno hates his new home and being away from Berlin, which in a way or two may impact plot and conflict in the future. ]]> 2019-03-12 15:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340488696 NARRATIVE POINT OF VIEW mmoyo0002 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340488741 Within The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne, the narrative point of view of the text is expressed through third person omniscient. From this, Boyne is allowed to be able to tell the story of what happens through Bruno’s eyes and is also able to move freely into other characters’ thoughts and mindsets. This allows the readers to understand how important and unique Bruno and the other characters’ are and what surrounds them. The benefits of this type of narrative point of view is that readers get to experience what is going on through Bruno’s and the other character’s eyes and gets to know what they is thinking at that exact moment. However, the drawbacks of this point of view, is that it is ‘omniscient’, as readers get to know everything that is going through all the character’s minds. With this, we know everything that the characters are thinking, and may foreshadow what will happen in the future. The narrator, on the other hand, is reliable. The reliable part is that the readers for sure know what Bruno and the other characters are thinking and what they see through their own eyes at all times. Overall, the narrative point of view that The Boy of in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyne, is in third person limited, and there are many pros of the book being in this point of view. ]]> 2019-03-12 15:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340488741 TONE AND MOOD Based on the pages that I have read so far, the tone and mood of the book is depressing and sad because Bruno had to leave Berlin and his friends and had to move to a place that was in the middle of nowhere. He misses his friends dearly because when he had reached the house they were going to live in, there were no other houses around it. This made Bruno devastated because there would be no one to play with. tezeudu0001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340488958 2019-03-12 15:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340488958 Theme mojute001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340489051 Based on the pages that have been read, the overall theme that can be drawn from the text is childlike innocence. Innocence is shows throughout the novel as Bruno is fiercely protected by his parents who shield the horrible conditions of the holocaust. Keeping Bruno’s father’s job a secret from him, Bruno is forced to move from Berlin because of his father’s new hob, but “If he was honest with himself -- which he always tried to be -- he wasn’t entirely sure what job [his] Father did” (Boyne 8). Bruno does not know the amount of prejudice and hatred that goes toward the Jews, and has no idea what his father is doing to them. Although Bruno knows not to go into certain rooms in the house, he is constantly being lied to in order to hide the truth from him. This, in fact, shows an immense amount of innocence to the real world.]]> 2019-03-12 15:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340489051 CONFLICTS abartolom001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340491972 Throughout these chapters, the most prominent conflicts can be acknowledged

as the protagonist, Bruno’s, disposition regarding his family’s move into a new house. From his own lack of freedom and exploration, Bruno is constantly left with unanswered questions. Bruno meets the trial of adjusting to his new environment. Though, he wants to return home, his father reassures him that their new house has become the only home they’ll need. Thus, the conflict of adaptation is evident.

]]> 2019-03-12 16:01:44 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/340491972 Cultural Lens afranco028 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341816373 Overall, the idea that race, ethnicity, and culture plays a role in the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is accurate and can be seen through its entirety. The entire novel is based upon the horrors of the Holocaust, a mass genocide during World War II which targeted Jews based upon the belief that they were the “inferior” class and that Germans were racially superior. Especially prevalent to 9-year-old German Bruno, ethnic differences between characters impact their interaction since Jews were supposed to obey Germans which legally, were more superior. In the case of Bruno, housemaid Maria and servant Pavel were trained to obey their masters, which Bruno didn't quite understand. Instead, Bruno talked to his workers as normal people and tried to make with them as much conversation as possible. In addition, ethnic variations also prohibited Jews or “asians” to say or do certain things. Overall, race, ethnicity, and culture played a great role in John Boyne’s novel and the impact it had must be recognized.

]]> 2019-03-15 15:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341816373 CONFLICTS mmoyo0002 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341817103 A conflict that arose in chapters 6-10 is that Bruno does not like his new home and the area around it. Previously living in Berlin, Germany, Bruno has to move due to his father’s job, leaving everything behind such as his three best friends, Karl, Daniel and Martin. Bruno has a hard time leaving Berlin, most especially his friends, but thought the new home wouldn’t be as bad. Turns out, Bruno disliked the house very much and immediately wished he could move back to Berlin. The conflict that is being exposed is external, as Bruno tells the everyone, whether it be Maria or his mother, that he dislikes the house and wants to move back to Berlin as soon as possible. Bruno’s conflict impacts other characters such as his mother and father as his parents both like the new place, but as soon as their son doesn’t like it, they’re not quite sure what to do besides telling him that he’ll like it sooner or later. The conflict presented also impacts the reader as they might agree with Bruno, that his home in Berlin was way better, or they might disagree, saying their new house is much better. Therefore, the conflict within chapters 6-10 is that Bruno dislikes the new house and wishes to move back to Berlin almost immediately. ]]> 2019-03-15 15:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341817103 SETTING abartolom001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341817456 Throughout these chapters, setting began to influence the problems that would emerge in Bruno’s household and would be the source of his own confusion. It had also provided opportunity to expand Bruno’s knowledge regarding Jews, allowing him to make the realization, that they were not all bad people. In addition, the setting had also contributed to the departure of Bruno’s grandmother. She had been ashamed of her son’s (Bruno’s father) occupation in the Nazi regime. Thus, she storms out of the house, but not before letting her son know that seeing him in uniform makes her want to tear her eyes out. Bruno’s mother even takes credit for the care of Pavel, claiming that she herself was on the one who had tended to Bruno’s wounds after he falls from a tree swing. ]]> 2019-03-15 15:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341817456 THEME tezeudu0001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341818467 The theme of the pages that I have read is you have to make the best out of your situation. When Bruno and his family moved to the Out-With, he had no one to play with, so he made a tire swing so he could keep himself busy. ]]> 2019-03-15 15:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341818467 Connections abartolom001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341827025 The stages of a genocide are evident throughout the chapters we have read. Alienation and isolation is also demonstrated within the protagonist, Bruno, as both him and his family had moved.]]> 2019-03-15 16:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/341827025 SYMBOLISM mmoyo0002 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/344270487 An event that represents something beyond itself is when Bruno starts to visit Shmuel almost every single day. Although it is only a small gesture, it means a lot to Shmuel, as he has no one to communicate with. It is usually odd for so called “enemies” to become friends, but this is the exact situation Bruno and Shmuel are in. This situation represents that there are no barriers when it comes to friendship, and the relationship between Shmuel and Bruno is fairly strong. This representation reveals that both Bruno and Shmuel don’t care about labels, and what matters most is their friendship. Although Bruno is a German and Shmuel a Jew, their labels do not get in the way of their friendship. This representation impacts the reader as they now learn that Bruno and Shmuel don’t care about anything else, whether it be the fence that separates them, or their labels. The two nine-year-olds simply just want to be the bestest of friends. This situation impacts the reader as it may influence them to go out there and to try to make friends with people they don’t know as well. It may also encourage them to try things that they haven’t tried or seen before.

]]> 2019-03-22 15:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/344270487 Imagery tezeudu0001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/344272958 John Boyne uses imagery in the text by helping us to visualize the events that are taking place. The impact this imagery has on the reader is that it makes the reader to feel as if he is in Bruno's shoes. For example, we can feel and sense the hatred Bruno had towards Lieutenant Kotler.]]> 2019-03-22 15:39:17 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/344272958 Setting tezeudu0001 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/346367689 The setting of the novel is in Auschwitz where Bruno had to move to because of his father's position in the Nazi organization. Bruno has made a friend with a Jew who was captured and put in the hundreds of concentration camps that were there. The Jew was a young boy who was the same age and had the same birthday as Bruno. The young Jew's name was Shmuel. His dad went missing and Bruno said he would help him find him. Shmuel brought him a pair of striped pajamas and they went into the camp. They saw a crowd of people being marched into a room and they followed. They didn't realize it was a gas chamber until it was too late. Everyone including Bruno and Shmuel sadly died in the chamber.]]> 2019-03-28 23:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/346367689 THEME mmoyo0002 https://padlet.com/afranco028/p39c1gfwaj03/wish/346378557 THE THEME WITHIN THE NOVEL IS THAT FRIENDSHIPS CAN UNEXPECTEDLY HAPPEN. THE WAY THIS THEME DEVELOPED WAS THROUGH BRUNO AND SHMUEL, WHO WERE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PEOPLE. BRUNO STARTED TO VISIT SHMUEL EVERY DAY, AFTER HE HAD DISCOVERED HIM BEHIND THE FENCE. BRUNO AND SHMUEL WOULD TALK AND EVENTUALLY, THEY BECAME THE BESTEST OF FRIENDS. BRUNO WOULD BRING THINGS, SUCH AS HIS BASKETBALL, IN ORDER TO PLAY WITH SHMUEL. ON SOME OCCASIONS, BRUNO WOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO BRING SHMUEL SOME FOOD AS WELL. THIS SPECIFIC THEME IMPACTS THE READER’S UNDERSTANDING OF THE NARRATIVE AS THEY NOW KNOW THAT ANYONE, OF ANY RACE, ETHNICITY OR COLOR, CAN BE FRIENDS. IN THE BEGINNING, THE THOUGHT OF BRUNO AND SHMUEL BECOMING FRIENDS WAS OUT OF THE PICTURE, AS BRUNO WAS A GERMAN, AND SHMUEL A JEW. HOWEVER, THEY BROKE THE ‘BARRIER’, AND BECAME THE BESTEST OF FRIENDS.

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