Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

What does the textual matter highlight more or less the concept of belonging? The film tells a story seen through the innocent eyes of a 8 year old boy, Bruno, who is unsure of his bespeak in the world. The approximately evident concept of belonging is his hitch in his transition from barbarianhood to adulthood. passim the film, he faces the bout amidst accepting the harsh Jew-killing solidity of the world or stay immersed in his fantastical world filled with adventure.Bruno also feels disoriented from society having been moved from Berlin to the countryside, resulting in his isolation. On another level, he must further decide his place and to whether support his Nazi fathers actions and stay true to his fatherland or stay a companion with Schmal, the 8 year old Jew that Bruno befriends. 5. What connections about belonging can you make expectween this text and your prescribed text? In Dickinsons poems, there is a champion of disconnection with society that the poet exper iences due to her isolation and seclusion from the world.Similarly, Bruno, in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, experiences the same reek of disconnection due to his unsurity over what is right or wrong. He feels out of place and confused throughout the film as a result of his offspring as well as his lack of knowledge about the hostile situation in the world. Also, where Dickinson regards her social intercourseship with nature as the most dominant one(a) in her life as depicted in What mystery pervades a well, Bruno does the same in reference to his relationship with the Jew child, Schmal.Like nature, Schmal is an enigmatic type which Bruno does not seem to fully connect throughout the film, largely due to physical barriers such as the electric fence and mental factors kindred the judgemental disposition of Lt. Kotler and his father. Lastly, Dickinson make outs her importance and place in the world due to her seclusion. Likewise, for the boy Bruno, it is left for him only to decide where he belongs in the world despite his age. Throughout the film, although Bruno is supply Nazi propoganda, we realise that it is ultimately up to him to decide his alliances as what he sees in the world is not quite what people describe. . What techniques does the composer use to acquit his/her idas about belonging? (techniques, example, explain) Through the use of camera angles, Herman illustrates a sense of alienation between Bruno and his surroundings. He achieves this with a low shot of the new bag, overshadowing and looming over a timid and doubting Bruno. Furthermore, the first scene that we see in the new home is Bruno sitting on the stairs, behind full-length banister rails, suggesting a sense of entrapment within the house.The use of costuming in the blue and white striped pyjamas by Herman illustrates Brunos innocence and his inability to comprehend what is right or wrong. He does not realise that the clothing is the uniform for captured Jews but as the film p rogresses, harsh reality soon overtakes his naive outlook of the world. The uniforms also represent how different the prisoners are to Bruno. Brunos conflict between childhood and adulthood is further insinuated through the quote My dads a soldier, but not the sort that takes peoples clothes away. The use of dramatic irony suggests once more Brunos innocence and how he is still very ofttimes a child in what is a hostile, adult world. The character of Schmul represents the power and solidarity of human relationships. What was intially a fleeting fellowship becomes permanent when Bruno becomes filled with regret after he betrays Schmal. A shake of the hands through the electric fence suggests that a connection between Bruno and Schmal exists regardless of any barriers.Boy in the Striped PyjamasBrunos diary Year 1943, age 9 years old as I was natural on the 15th april 1934. twenty-four hour periodlight one of strange happenings Today I came home from school and maria was in my be droom going through MY things all the same my secret things. She is just a servant but I tried to be polite when I asked what she thought she was doing. Maria never takes all my confidential things out, she puts things away ilk shes supposed(a) too. I asked mother why maria is packing my things but she wont answer me properly. She just keeps construction we are all going away because of fathers job. She state Ill thrust to hypothesise goodbye to my friends, my best long life friends.I wear upont want to say goodbye to my friends because of fathers job. I know hes important but why cant father go by himself and come back later? Its not fair. I still have lots of plans with my friends that I need to do. I wonder if grandma and grandfather are coming on this holiday too? We cant really leave them behindthough I dont mind if Gretel stays shes hopeless. Gretel can look after the house so we can come back to it if this new one isnt as good. I wonder if the other house has a big bannister like this one that I can slide down? I hope so because its my favourite thing to do.day two of strange happenings We are at the new house and its horrible It only has triple floors, not five like the other one and there are no other children around to command with. I dont like this place but mother wont take me back home, she says this is where we stay now but I dont want to live here. Gretel doesnt like it either, or maria, so it definitely is a horrible place to live. Ill just have to tell father what a luxate hes made and past we can all go back home to berlin. Even the people here are scary and boring, like that man that came out of fathers room at present.I dont think I like himhes too serious. Maria says to steer clear of him anyway. Day three of the horrible place I scared Gretel today when I showed her the weird children outside my windowpane. She is three years older than me and quite scary, so scaring her isnt an easy thing to do. I dont know why she has co me with us anyway, all she does is cause trouble. Thats what mother and father say anyway. At least her friends cant come round anymore. She has horrible friends that call me six when Im actually nine She still has her dolls though.I bet they spy on me when Im in her room, so I dont go in there much. Gretel said father said we are going to stay here for the foreseeable future, whatever that means. Gretel thinks its about 3 weeks, so at least it isnt a month I suppose. She doesnt like this place either though so maybe we will move back sooner. Day four of the horrible place The people outside my window are still there. Gretel thinks that we are in the countryside and that they must be farmers. I dont think they are farmers though because there are no animals and the ground is all brown and dirty.It doesnt look like a nice place anyway, there are soldiers yelling at people and for some reason everyone is wearing pyjamas. I wish Gretel knew who they were and would tell me. Shes the b rightest girl in her class apparently. I found them though, so they are my people, not hers. I am a high and mighty king in my bedroom and they are my minions that Gretel cant have. I shall have to ask father what they are doing there and why they dont have baths. Ill know more than Gretel then, even though shes older. Day fiveFather came to the house today. We had to leave earlier than father on the train. There were a lot of other people coming this way on the train toobut they were all on one big train squashed together. I dont know why they didnt just come on the same train as us because we had lots of empty seats they could have used. I was very brave today and asked father when we were going home because its horrible here. I thought father would get very angry because Im not supposed to go into his office or waste his time saying hello or asking silly questions.Father said we have to do things we dont like though because other people know whats best for us. He said we have to accept the situation we find ourselves in and then everything will become easieror something like that. I still dont like it here though and it will never be home. I dont know why father cant see that hes made a mistake. I even told him to prune to the fury and then we can go back to berlin. Father is a very respectable man but I still think he is wrong. Why doesnt he just listen to us instead of his job? Extract from chapter 12, pages 128 129 we had to move to a different part of Cracow, where the soldiers built a big wall and my mother and father and my brother and I all had to live in one roomThere was one small window in it but I didnt like to look out of it because then I would see the wall and I hated the wall because our real home was on the other side of it. And this part of town was the bad part because it was always noisy and it was impossible to sleepThen one day the soldiers all came with huge trucks And everyone was told to leave the houses. Lots of people didnt want to and they hid wherever they could find a place but in the end I think they caught everyone.And the trucks took us to a train and the train The train was horrible There were too many of us in the carriages for one thing. And there was no air to breathe. And it smelled awful. Shmuels exposition provides necessary background information that allows the reader to identify with the character. In this particular extract, the author conjures a lot of imagery to convey emotion and mood, which is implemented through structural and lingual techniques. Ellipses are used repeatedly throughout the extract, creating a pause, which causes the reader to consider and empathise with the characters ordeal.It also contributes to the stave of the paragraph, setting a slow and deliberate pace, evoking heightened emotions of fear and apprehension. The simplistic language, combined with alliteration delivers a childlike and innocent approach, which draws sympathy from the reader in relation to the chil ds traumatic experience. For example, the soldiers built a big wall contrasts against shmuel and his family living in a small room, emphasising how small and vulnerable they are. The use of repeat such as the train is effective in this extract, as it creates a sense of urgency and distress, helping to set a despondent atmosphere.This atmosphere is increase with short sentences and a hyperbole toward the end of the paragraph (There was no air to breathe) for a dramatic impact. The boy in the striped pyjamas is a fable found on the holocaust. The protagonist of the story, Bruno, comes home from school one day to find his belongings packed and told to say goodbye to his friends due to his dads promotion. Mourning his old home Bruno sets out exploring areas he shouldnt his naivety and inquisitive innocence, lead him to the outskirts of a concentration camp, where he befriends a boy just like himself, albeit religious boundaries.It is this friendship between two young boys that leads to a cruel twist of fate. The hamartia of bruno, in this case his innocence, leads to his downfall. It is somewhat ironic, that the innocence and accepting nature of a child is essentially a weakness that leads to a cruel fate, whilst those that deserve misfortune are without tragedy. It also conveys a moral, classifying this book as a fable. In relation, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare share the same themes as the boy in the striped pyjamas.Innocent characters lose their lives unnecessarily because of events that are out of their control, caused by prejudice and variety. Another similar make between the two novels is that Shakespeare uses dynasties/houses to create differences and segregation between parties. In correspondence, the author of the boy in the striped pyjamas, uses clothes to create differences and symbolise their status in society. For example, the striped pyjamas indicates inferiority, weakness and suffering of the jews, whilst the uniforms of the soldiers uphold authority, cruelty and dominance.As opposed to Shakespeare, what makes this book so despairing and emotive is the reality of it. It is not a romantic, fictional play based on lust and fate it is representative of real events where horrific tragedys took thousands of innocent lives for reasons due to nothing but social status, discrimination and prejudice. It can be argued, that such events would not have occurred in reality firstly, historical records show that more than 6000 soldiers were present in the aushwitz camp, making it unlikely that a child could escape their notice to sit at the edge of a camp and talk to an outsider.Secondly, most women and children were gassed upon their arrival, leaving the men to work. Another point raised, is that most credible 9 year olds have a lot more common sense in reality than is portrayed in this fable. Boynes story depends on the overwhelming naivety of his character, who is completely oblivious to the war despite his father working for Hitler. In conclusion, for a short fable aimed at children, I believe it to be a powerfully emotive tale that strikes key points. The innocence and reality of the events that took place in the book make it that much more touching, horrific and powerful.