The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a WWII based novel transformed into a 2008 drama. Written originally by John Boyne, this masterpiece takes the innocence of a child's mind and shows you how they believe things are. Played by Asa Butterfield, Bruno, a wide eyed skeptic moves into a new house places across from a concentration camp. Boyne uses an awesome technique of sadistic puns, he spells the hard to pronounce words like Auschwitz and Führer and spells them as though a nine year old would say them, out-with and fury. The reason these are sadistic puns is because out-with is stating out with the Jewish population the Nazis goal, and fury is showing that the Führer uses fury as a technique of control (Führer is the German word for leader, aka Hitler).
While the movie leaves out these small important pieces it still manages to capture Boyne's purpose for the book. The main idea, I believe, is that prejudice is created not an idea you are born with. This is not one of the cases of read the book first, it can be but I does not matter. We were watching the movie in Social Studies and I read the book while (not at the exact same time just within the three day period) were watching the movie and managed to finish the book before the movie. Both show something unique to the story through facial expressions or the diction used, and both truly give you another mind set of looking at the holocaust. If you have read or might read this book your really should read The Book Thief by Markus Zusak it is truly another wonder WWII novel. Another movie to watch is War Horse, this is one of the coolest movies I've seen it follows the horse not the human through WWI and gives you a new perspective on that.
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