The Boy in The Striped Pajamas

Retell:

The movie, “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is about a boy named Bruno at the time of World War II in Nazi, Germany. The story starts off by Bruno and his family moving from Berlin to a new unfamiliar home. Bruno is tempted to explore the area around the new house and is told that he is not allowed to explore certain areas. Bruno still decides to discover the area behind his house and comes across a Jewish boy at a fence around his age at a concentration camp. Bruno and his new friend, Shmuel bond together and discuss about their family background. Just as the boys start to bond Bruno’s family is planning to move away not allowing Bruno to speak to any Jewish person. They also restrain Bruno from knowing what his Fathers work actually is and what happens to the Jews. Bruno goes against his Fathers orders Bruno still visits Shmuel and brings him food and entertainment which aren't provided at the camp. Shmuel confides to Bruno that his father goes missing and he is worried. Bruno promises to help him find his father at the concentration camp and Shmuel promises to bring him pajamas to blind in with the people on the other side of the fence. Towards the end, Bruno goes missing. His clothes were found at the side of the fence in front of the concentration camp. As the boys search for Shmuels father at concentration camp they suddenly get trapped in a gas chamber. Sadly, it was too late when Bruno’s father finally realizes where he had disappeared to.

Reflect:

            This movie was about a start of new friendship. The desire of friendship is universal and important part of every child’s childhood. Bruno and Shmeul exist in completely different worlds and seem to meet due to Bruno’s desire to explore. Despite their circumstances they began to start a great friendship. Though they had conflict throughout the movie when Shmeul went to Bruno’s house the boys still developed to come across their problems. They both knew that they would get in trouble if anyone else knew about their friendship. I admired their friendship and the fact that despite their differences they still became great friends. Overall the movie was great and fascinating. It was unique to see life in the perspective of World War II.       

Relate:

            Bruno and Shmeul became great friends despite their differences in culture. It didn't matter to them about their differences even though they knew they would be in trouble if someone knew about their friendship. I can relate to this because several of my friends have different cultural backgrounds then me. I don’t care about their background but like them as my friend do to their personality. This is similar to Bruno and Shmeuls friendship because they also don’t care about their difference in background and still became great friends.