The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Compare And Contrast Essay

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About 11,000,000 people died during the Holocaust, which was organized by Adolf Hitler. Hitler was Chancellor of Germany from 1933-1945 (12 years). There were about 23 main concentration camps during the Holocaust. Auschwitz was one of them. 6,000,000 of the 11,000,000 people that died were Jews. Shmuel could’ve been one of those Jews. Bruno could’ve been one of the other 5,000,000. The book might not have been true, but it was based on the truth. The movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is not as good as the book, because the book is more detailed, and interesting.

The book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas characters have different relationships than in the movie. The Mother’s and Lieutenant Kotler’s relationship is very different in the movie compared to the book. In the movie, Mother doesn't seem to enjoy Kotler’s company very much. Although, he seems very close to the family in the the movie and book, Kotler and Mother seem to have a special bond in the book. The character’s relationships are very different in many ways.

In the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, the scenes are cut a lot shorter than in the book. For …show more content…

Ib both, the reason why Bruno goes with Shmuel to the other side of the fence is to find Shmuel’s papa because he’s missing. Bruno and Shmuel ended up dying the same way in both versions, although there was much more detail in the book. The book also goes further in time to after the incident. This was the biggest similarity between the book and the movie.


The overall storyline of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas was the same, but in the movie there was a lot of detail lef tout. The movie is more basic and doesnt have as much detail about the characters feelings/emotions. Overall, Bruno learned that curiousity kills, and his family learned to be responsible and not take things

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