"Failure is Success in Progress"

District writing assessment.


Taryn Bradley
Hour 2
4/5/12
NOT DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
                An adventurous German boy named Bruno; swallowed up by the wonders outside of their new home. He comes to discover a boy; a boy that is very different than him. A boy stuck behind a fence reverting to a secure corner to stay away from the hurting and soldiers. John Boyne the author of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” did an excellent job of indicating how brutal the Holocaust really was.
                “Heil Hitler,” A term often used to pay respects to Adolf Hitler, the man who created the Nazi party. This party was not a fiesta, celebration, or fun gathering; more of an organization. It was considered National Socialist German Workers' Party. It was a political party meant to eliminate all Jews in a disgusting and horrible way. Starting with concentration camps.
                At concentration camps they had these so called “showers” were used as if they were a good thing. Instead they were a time bomb waiting to explode. Grouping people together in a diminutive room just to lock the doors and not to look back until it was time for cremation. They killed millions from this nauseating job; including Bruno the adventurous boy who became a little too bold. Bruno became great friends with the boy behind the fence and decided to come and play with him on his side. John Boyne made a point of showing how Bruno felt inside the concentration camp. He was scared and uncomfortable. There was no food and no living space. All of this resulting in malnourishment for people on the camps and a very confused Nine year old boy.
                The boy behind this fence, Schmuel, and the people around him were always described as dirty or skinny. They were never considered real people. Bruno’s father depicted Jews as creatures instead of real people. To him they he was making history, but this wasn’t a history I would want to be known by. This history has turned in to a reputation. A reputation that was 
               
                 

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