Boy In The Striped Pajamas Movie Vs Book

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The book and movie of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” were quite similar. The main storyline of the book was mostly shown in the movie, with a few differences. For example, Bruno comes home from playing with his friends to find his house being packed up, ready to move. Also, Bruno meets Shmuel and talks with him through the work camp fence. The characters in the book were all shown in the movie, which isn’t always the case with some books. For example, Sergeant Hoffschneider, a man who Lieutenant Kotler made fun of for being large, a insignificant character is included in the movie. Despite their many similarities, the book and movie also had a few differences. For example, there is a scene in the movie where they are at their grandmother’s funeral and on top of the casket, there is a book with a signature from Hitler, which made the mother angry. That scene, however, was not in the book, but was most likely added to provide more reasons for the mother to want to leave the father. At the end of the book, the readers are told that Bruno was never seen again, not giving information on whether he died or not. In the end of the …show more content…

I would make it PG by changing the scary or sad parts and make them more appropriate for small children. For example, Pavel, one of the Jew servants in Bruno’s house was very feeble and accidentally spilled wine while pouring a drink. Because of this, Lieutenant Kotler drags him into another room and beats him, Pavel most likely died because we never see him again in the movie. The film was made by Miramax, their film quality and actor choice are quite different than producers like 21st Century. So if I could choose, I would have 21st Century be the main producer of my movie. Lastly, I would change the very ending of the movie. In the movie, Bruno and Shmuel die in a gas chamber, but that doesn’t happen in the book, so I would change it back to them being together but never seen

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