Moreover, a German boy mispronouncing German words such as ‘Auschwitz’ and ‘Führer’ as English words (‘Out-With’ and ‘Fury’ respectively) is a blunder on Boyne’s part. Boyne’s distortion of history is apparent all throughout: Jewish children as young as Shmuel were killed instantly after their arrival at death camps, fences were electrified and guarded, and a German boy (having German education and a Nazi Commandant as a father) is unlikely to be ignorant of the unwanted existence of the ‘impure’ race – owing to the phenomenon that children are brainwashed by parents/ peers through the vicious tool of hegemony. The incorruptible Bruno remains unaware till the end, when fate brings him and a group of ‘the pajama people’ into a gas chamber, where he and his Jewish friend Shmuel die while holding hands. The horror of the Holocaust is therefore under cover, thanks to John Boyne’s cutesy characterization of Bruno as an implausibly naïve German boy. According to Bruno, Auschwitz is ‘Out-With,’ Führer is ‘Fury,’ the Jewish children on the other side of the fence were having a ‘rehearsal,’ their Jewish slave is a ‘waiter,’ Hitler had a tiny mustache – ‘so tiny in fact that Bruno wondered why he bothered with it at all or whether he had simply forgotten a piece when he was shaving,’ etc. However, Bruno, the protagonist of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, misrepresents reality to a very gross degree. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different from his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.Now available in a gorgeous deluxe edition featuring stunning artwork by award-winning illustrator Oliver Jeffers, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas takes on dramatic new intensity.Children’s perspective on the Holocaust is important because they give us a glimpse into its traumatic effects from an innocent standpoint. But Bruno decides there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. A tall fence stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people in the distance. His father has received a promotion and the family must move to a new house far, far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. Synopsis: The international bestseller that has touched millions of readers around the world is now available in a deluxe illustrated edition, featuring powerful illustrations by acclaimed artist Oliver Jeffers.Berlin, 1942: When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Deluxe Illustrated Edition) Free book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Deluxe Illustrated Edition) by John Boyne. Lpoiq2020wer532 - Read and download John Boyne's book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Deluxe Illustrated Edition) in PDF, EPub, Mobi, Kindle online.
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