The boy in the striped pajamas

Retell

The boy in the striped pyjamas is mainly about two boys, Bruno a German boy and a Jewish concentration camp prisoner Shmol. Bruno along with his family lived in Berlin but then they moved. When they moved to their new house, Bruno goes on exploring seeing "farmers" working in the farms in their pyjamas. As soon as he goes on his exploring journey he comes across a fence where he first meets Shmol. They become really good friends, so he always went to the fence everyday to spend time with Shmol asking him questions about the farm, giving him food and playing games with him. Bruno's mother was worried about how they lived near a concentration camp and how it wasn't a good environment for Bruno, also she was worried about her daughter Gretel who had been getting really interested in Hitler and the camps. So she decides to take her kids somewhere else. But before they could go, Bruno promised Shmol that he would help him find his father. Bruno went on the other side of the fence wearing the pyjamas so he would blend in with the other prisoners to helped Shmol, but then both boys ended up in the gas chambers where they both died.

Reflect

The boy in the striped pyjamas was a really good movie. It was a heart breaking movie to watch because of how the two innocent boys died. Looking back at the movie, I don't know how Bruno's father could live anymore due to the fact his son died because of what had been in charge of. It took his son to die to have him realize what he was doing was wrong because when someone you know dies its so painful. Everything that happened in the movie was because of how everyone misunderstood every situation. After watching this movie all I felt was pure sadness over the fact that two innocent lives had died, basically this movie left me speechless.

Relate

This movie can be related to how kids are innocent they believe in what they see and not what they are told. In the movie The boy in the striped pyjamas, Bruno and Shmol had no idea what was going on, Bruno thought shmol was a farmer who had so many friends and thought that he had a great life. Shmol on the other hand didn't know why he was at the camp. But due to the boys curiosity and innocence, it eventually lead Shmol and Bruno to their death.