The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Movie And Book Comparison Essay

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"They're not really people." Nazi officer, Ralph, says referring to the Jewish people in both the film and book version of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas". Although, this is just one of the quotes that appears n both versions of the story. This Holocaust book written by John Boyne shares similarities and differences with the film version of the same story line. Comparing and contrasting both versions will help the reader to recognize changes in one version and what was left out of one version. To understand the similarities and differences of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" film version versus the book version, it is necessary to take a closer look at the characters, the word choice, and the important details. Looking at the characters …show more content…

The book has a strong vocabulary and is very descriptive. It creates great imagery and paints a picture in your head. "She was a tall woman with long red hair that she bundled into a sort of net behind her head." (Boyne 5). This helps the reader to imagine what the woman looks like. Compared to the movie which is bland with its vocabulary. The movie describes people using words like "scary" and "interesting" whereas the book says "mysterious"(Boyne 19) and "enticing"(Boyne 24). The choice of words the author uses in the book makes the reader feel as if the are reading the story through Bruno's point of view. While the movie makes the viewer watch it for themselves through their own eyes. Although, both versions are written in first person. Because of the words the author uses in the book, it sets the tone more then the movie vocabulary does. When the author uses words like "mucky"(Boyne 7) in the book, instead of just saying 'gross' like the movie does, it gives the story a little bit more of a spark. It grabs the readers attention more. So, there are many differences in the word choice of the book compared to the …show more content…

Taking a closer look at the important details of these big events, I noticed there were many things left out of the movie that were important to the story line. Also, there were added scenes to the movie that were not included in the book. In the book and the movie, Bruno's father has the Fury over for dinner to discuss his promotion. While the movie just had it be other Nazi officers, the book had it be Hitler. This is a huge difference because in the book, this nine year old boy who doesn't hate Jewish people had Hitler in his house. In the book, Bruno sees the Concentration camp out of his window just miles away. "You said you could see it miles away." (Boyne 192). Whereas the movie had the Concentration camp farther away, and Bruno could barely see it. This is an important change in the two versions because Bruno saw the camp in the book, and saw that there were children there.brunk thought that he would be able to surcome his boredom and okay with the other children. "There are hundreds of children here. Except, they are on the other side of the fence." (Boyne 191). He saw the people and what they were wearing and what they were doing. While in the movie all he saw were tiny people in the distance in a fenced area. The biggest change of all was the ending. Bruno sneaks in to the Concentration camp to help Schmuel in both versions. Although, not both of the versions had the same

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