Compare And Contrast Bruno And Shmuel

In the movie, the final scenes were of Bruno and Shmuel being burned in the gas chamber and their screaming followed by absolute silence. In the book, Bruno and Shmuel were stated to have suddenly disappeared after the march and were never to be heard of again. This means that in the book, the death of Bruno was never written, which was a key factor in the movie and the overall result of Bruno’s decisions that were displayed.

Since in the movie you were able to see the death of Bruno, you could understand what actually happened when he disappeared. This means that you were able to feel the impact of his death on his family. In the novel, however, the emotional downfall of Bruno’s family was never portrayed, so this could only lead the readers to interpret what happened to Bruno.

If I were the director, I would’ve easily made the same decision. This is because

Whereas in the movie, Shmuel never hesitates when it comes to getting food from Bruno which is shown in the scene when Lieutenant Kotler walks in on Shmuel being fed by Bruno.

This impacts the audience of the movie because it leads them to believe that Shmuel is more of an outgoing person and does not care about getting in trouble. This contradicts the book because in the book when Shmuel hesitates to receive food from Bruno it leads readers to believe that Shmuel is generally shy and cares greatly about his choices.

If I were the director, I would’ve attempted to recreate Shmuel as his more traditional character in the novel where he was a lot shyer and thought more about his decisions. I would have done this to help evolve Shmuel into his more natural state as a shy person instead of his new stereotypical character where he always tried to get food since was starving. This would help readers become more involved with Shmuel and go into detail with his original personality from the