Boy in the Striped Pyjamas:
The Boy In Striped Pyjamas was set in the past. Why should you care about the issues raised in the book? Should we continue to study this book in Grade 7?
WE should care about the issues raised in the book because they are big issues in life. The main issue of the book is that since Bruno is Nazi (or his father is) and Shmuel is a Jew they can't be friends. The other large issue of the book is the cruelty and journey through hardship of those going through that period in time. I do believe that we should care about these issues so we can learn about how horrible and torturous those times were to others and hopefully prevent it from possibly happening again.We should also care about these issues because now we can look at the progressed world and know that it most likely never happen again.
John Boyne actually ends his book saying "Of course this all happened a long time ago and nothing like that could ever happen again. Not in this day and age." (p.216) and said that he actually wanted people to look around at the world and realize what happened then, will never happen in this day and age. This got me thinking that we should care about past issues so we can compare it to our world today and the progression the people have made. Especially with the issue about how torturous the Nazi were to the Jews. We have proof of some torturous events against Jews from Nazi such as when Kotler (Nazi) beat up and possibly killed Pavel (Jew) for accidentally spilling some wine (in the book). WE should also see how our world has progressed with the second issue about Bruno and Shmuel not supposed to be friends. We should look at our world now and realize how all nationalities are friends and there are rarely racists issues. Most international schools help encourage nationalities to be united. We should also care about these issues to realize and remember the torture some people must have felt going through this. Maybe after noticing how much pain was caused, it can strengthen the idea of never letting those issues happen again in this day and age.
We should continue to study this book in 7th grade. This book is very emotional and if we're able to handle all of it, then we should definitely continue reading and studying the book. I agree with studying that period in time in general but I strongly think we should continue studying this book. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas lets people know about what the Holocaust seemed like through the eyes of an innocent German child. It was about half seeing and half understanding for the main character, Bruno. This book is a good place to start at a 7th grade level. It introduces the Holocaust in a way maybe kids like us may have understood it and maybe we can connect better to an innocent child than an adult Jew.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is different as a 7th grade book. It shows what life may have been like a a German boy who's father is a Nazi. It's also interesting because we still have a Jews perspective sometimes because of the character Shmuel. We also get to see a glimpse of the Jewish life through another kid's eyes. As kids ourselves in 7th grade this book is quite easy to follow and possibly to connect to more than other characters. AS I said, it's also a good and easy way to introduce the book to students since it doesn't describe the brutality of some actions from Nazis towards Jews.
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