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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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Two young boys encounter the best and worst of humanity during the Holocaust in this powerful read that USA Today called “as memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank.”
Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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Des –
Ottimo per chi ha bisogno di consolidare la conoscenza della lingua inglese. Non troppo facile, né troppo difficile.
arju thakur –
“The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” by John Boyne is a poignant and haunting tale set during World War II. The story follows eight-year-old Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, who moves to a house near a concentration camp. Through his innocent eyes, Bruno befriends Shmuel, a Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp. Boyne’s narrative masterfully contrasts the innocence of childhood with the horrors of the Holocaust, highlighting the devastating impact of hatred and discrimination. The novel’s powerful themes of friendship, innocence, and the tragic consequences of blind obedience make “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas” a deeply moving and thought-provoking read.
Caitlin –
This is such a good book, there’s a reason it’s a classic. I don’t really have any criticism relating to the writing – it’s super well written and reads nice. The only thing bad that I have to say, is it’s a little too focused on like the Nazi’s and stuff. It kinda tries to make you sympathise with them more than the Jewish people imprisoned.
But it’s still just a really upsetting, moving book. I really liked reading it when I was a kid, and bought it again just to read cause I enjoy how good it is.
B. Marianne –
Livraison rapide et livre correspondant à la description donnée concernant son état.
Michelle M. –
The historical fiction novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas written by John Boyne brings readers into the point of view of a 9-year-old boy at the time of World War II. unfolding the reason why the “neighborhood” across from his house is so different.
Bruno, a 9-year-old German boy had a perfect life in Berlin with his friends, the city he lived in ,and especially his house. One day he was coming home from school and saw the maid packing up his things in his room, soon after they moved. Bruno asked many questions about why, but the only answer he was told was that it was for fathers work. After getting to the new house, Bruno and his older sister Gretel both agreed that this was not home and was most likely a vacation house-well it definitely wasn’t. Later in the story we come to find that the “modern neighborhood”is an Auschwitz compound and his father is a Nazi officer. The fence dividing the compound and Bruno’s house is how he means the Boy in the Striped Pajamas. As the story continues, Bruno finds how inhuman his friend’s life is.
This book has many strengths and weaknesses but here are the ones I found most prominent. I liked how the book was told from Bruno’s perspective. He is young and his knowledge about the holocaust is slim ,so as the story unfolded ‘learned’ together in a scene. What I didn’t like was that the end of the book happened so quickly. It didn’t go into detail like the beginning, I felt almost rushed.
The symbolism sticks out in this book. An example is the striped Pajamas , the people on the other side of the fence wear striped pajamas. This is a uniform that symbolizes their differences from Bruno and his family . Also these pajamas spark Bruno‘s curiosity of his “neighbors”.
All in all this book was great! The type of reader that I think would like to read this book would be someone who likes historical fiction plus likes to learn with the characters. I recommend anyone who wants to read this book should, it’s quick, easy and enjoyable!
David Seaman –
It is quite possible that more has been written about The Holocaust than any other historical event in history. Not just in regard to hard research, but many of the world’s finest novelists have fictionalized the story, film makers have touched upon the subject, playwrights, composers, painters and poets. If there has been a way to express the shock- and shock is an understatement in this case- it has been attempted.
John Boyne, a gifted and now internationally known Irish author, wrote the book “The Boy In The Stripped Pajamas” in about two weeks time. As he said, in order to maintain “the voice,” once he began he was afraid to stop. The same is true when reading it- we are compelled to continue and it is evident from early in the book that Boyne has disguised the terminal words so that it can apply to any and all of the other holocausts’ that occurred prior to and after this one. In fact, only once does Boyne choose to use a “telling” word; on page 54 one of the officers says, “Heil Hitler” but then we are told that the boy assumed that this was like saying, “Well, goodbye for now and have a pleasant afternoon.”
The boy, his name Bruno; his age nine, misunderstands the key words and Auschwitz is written as “Out-With” every single time. The negative pun- the only way I could describe this- suggests the old work rhythm, “In with the good; out with the bad.” Then the boy mishears the Furher as The Fury” and this negative pun needs no description at all. We have a moment when Bruno meets “The Fury” as well as “her” when they come for dinner and Bruno is appalled at how small The Fury is, but how kind the beautiful blonde woman with him is (her name is simply Eva).
The innocence and ignorance of this young boy is as critical to the brilliance of this work as the story of the Titanic. (I speak not just of Cameron’s film, but Maury Yeston’s musical, “a Night to Remember” and the three other films made between 1938 and 1984) Boyne uses the literary tool that his audience not only knows so much more than Bruno, but that we are anticipating the sadness that ends the novel. So we are prepared to cry but when the end does come, Boyne shocks us in such a way that instead of tears, our mouths are opened in the O shape that he uses to describe several characters through the book.
This book is by no means a “Sophie’s Choice” though the horror is just as shocking, but few writers in history have been able to achieve what William Styron did. Still Styron’s novel and Boyne’s novel use a similar foundation but their books are about very different things. Where the ending is horrifyingly shocking and, like Styron’s “Sophie’s Choice,” completely unexpected (who in fact could have imagined an ending such as this one) the poignancy of “The Boy In Striped Pajamas” makes it impossible for this book- and the fame it will bring Mr. Boyne, you heard it here first- to become satirized in any way. Because the innocence and ignorance, as a result of the way his parents have shielded Bruno, is a metaphor for the way in which the population who was aware of the death camps were inactive; complacent and how the same continues to occur day after day from the beginning of recorded time to the continued genocide in Darfur- the world’s largest death camp- to which the UN has placed sanctions against while The full force of the American military tore apart Iraq in search of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
The current political winds in the United States suggest that Gay Americans and Female Americans are just as vulnerable. All of these circumstances suggest that you could very well be next. John Boyne manages to suggest all of this is his two hundred page fable using a modicum of brilliantly chosen words.
John Boyle has sub-titled his book, A Fable” and it is. His final words are like a double edged sword:
“And that’s the end of the story of Bruno and his family. Of course all of this
happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again.
Not in this day and age.”
The irony of this ending reminds us that this is a fable, but more so, it makes us stop and think of the responsibility that we all owe to anyone who has been maltreated, either in the form of Bruno, Anne Frank, Sophie Zawotoski or Carol Stewart, Amy Fitzpatrick, Dave Pelzer and the millions of others.
This novel is worthy of a prize. It’s not a children’s book, though my children should read it. It’s not an adult book, but all adults should read it. This would rule out the Newbury or Caldecott. In regard to its literary merit, the American version needs some editorial work (only once did the editors miss a pajamas and leave pyjamas) but the writing is pristine and brilliant and worthy of The Pulitzer. As far as The Nobel Prize for Literature, it is worthy there too. But mostly it’s is worthy of you. And, like “Sophie’s Choice” I am told that a motion picture is in the making. Depending on whose hands it falls into this could be a miracle. The innocent eyes through which Bruno’s story unfolds are critical and these innocent eyes are just as important as Sophie’s guilty and lying soul. If Benton could do it, perhaps “The Boy In The Stripped Pajamas” will as well.
But there are a lot of “Maybes” involved with the hopes of John Boyne, this critic and every other artist who has attempted to move us. As far as I can see, Boyne has done his part. This book, like Elie Weisel’s “Night” needs to be published in as many languages as possible and marketed toward as many customers as possible. No one should keep this book from the hands of a nine year old nor should anyone consider it a book too young for adults.
In short, this is a remarkable book in every way and perhaps, after more times has passed for thinking and another read through or so, l may well see that there is no other possible way for this story to have ended.
Not in this day and age.
Amazon Customer –
Is a well written book about a family during ww2 that tells the story of the holocaust from the perspective of a child. It’s scary to think that humans can believe that hair color, eye color, skin color determines one is better than another or more deserving than the other. History often repeats itself. I hope it never does but I do worry.
Luciano Amaro –
Produto entregue dentro do prazo e conforme o anunciado.