Movie Review: The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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The Boy in The Striped Pajamas is a wonderful movie that the director Mark Herman was able to perfectly portray a story that could have happened near the times of the holocaust, which would be around 1944. Although the film was released November 7, 2008, the character played in the movies represented strong emotions of some characters towards others, inclining the viewers towards a more personal connection for certain roles. The heartwarming film didn 't involve many different sets other than a Concentration Camp in Berlin,Germany and a home not far from this camp of a Lieutenant of the camp in his family. This Lieutenant had two children and his wife, all of whom thought this man was great although they didn 't know what he was doing to thousands …show more content…

Bruno is unaware of his surroundings and assumes that a place like the Auschwitz Concentration Camp is a place he should envy because they had other kids to play with in there and they were allowed to wear their supposed sleeping wear all day, when in reality, it was a horrendous place to even wish anybody in.
Throughout the film, there 's many conflicts Bruno ( the protagonist in this case) encounters, although the main one which brought a domino like effect to the rest of the conflicts, was the fact that him and his family had to move away leaving behind memories and friends but bringing boredom. When children get bored, they tend to roam around and look for fun things to do. In Bruno’s case, he decided to do something he said he wanted to do when growing up, which was explore. He explored around the backyard and saw a door. He knew one of the farmers with the striped pajamas would go to the back to get things like tires and supplies, and when Bruno had followed him, he spotted a window near the ceiling. A couple of days later he climbed it and ran off into the woods which led him to the concentration camp, this is why him moving was

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