Historical Movie Review: 'The Boy in the Striped Pajamas'

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Jaycee Garth The boy in the Striped Pajamas - Historical Movie Review May 7, 2015 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is the story of a small boy named Bruno, who lives with his mother, his sister, Gretel, and his father who happens to be a Nazi officer in the 1940's of Berlin, Germany. Bruno's father gets promoted and they have to move out to a place which Bruno calls "Out-with." When they first arrive and Bruno is exploring his room, he looks out his window a notices a “farm”. Smoke continuously billows from chimneys above the "barn", creating an incredibly disgusting smell. One day in the kitchen, Bruno mentions the farm to his mother and explains the people who work there all wear pajamas. Bruno soon discovers that one of these "farmers" works in his kitchen peeling potatoes. His name is Pavel, a Jewish doctor who was forced to come to the concentration camp, Auschwitz. After setting up a tire swing in his front yard, Bruno discretely explores out in the back until he stumbles upon a large barb wired fence. He notices a small boy on the other side, wearing the same gray and white pajamas Pavel was wearing. He soon learns the boy's name is Shmuel and him and Bruno are both eight years old. Bruno begins making daily visits, excited he has made a friend, often bringing with him mountains of food. He notices Shmuel always seems to be hungry. Shmuel explains to Bruno that he wears his "pajamas" because the soldiers had taken his family's clothes away. Bruno mentions his father is a soldier, " . . . but not the kind that takes people's clothes away." After an incident that involved Bruno getting Shmuel in trouble with a Nazi officer, Bruno decides to make it up by helping Shmuel's father, who had mysteriously disappeared. Bruno manages to get a pair of "pyjamas", slip under the fence, and help find Shmuel's father. This movie was extremely well done, with great

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