

Loading... The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2006)by John Boyne
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Historical Fiction (36) » 26 more Top Five Books of 2013 (510) Books Read in 2017 (386) Reading Globally (21) Holocaust (46) Books Read in 2012 (44) Books Read in 2010 (86) Books Read in 2011 (15) PRC 2015 Years 7&8 (27) Books set in Berlin (45) Best War Stories (25) Biggest Disappointments (371) No current Talk conversations about this book. Sensiblero ( ![]() A well-known and international bestseller, this is a book set during the Holocaust and telling the story from the point of view of an innocent boy. On the one hand, this should be a classic for generations to come and required reading; indeed, many teachers in the UK use this for teaching already. However, Bruno would not have been so unaware; as a German child of the time, he would have been part of the Hitler Youth movement, taught (brainwashed from a young age) to swear oaths to support the Fatherland. The book suffers from other faults such as the unfortunately flat character of Shmuel, the boy Bruno makes friends with — a child who more likely would have been instantly murdered at Auschwitz, the obvious setting as Bruno calls the camp Out-With. Sadly, the book falls short by showing the atrocity though one point of view, and a blinkered one at that. I can’t help feeling this would have a greater impact on today’s youth were the reader to see through the eyes of both boys revealing the true horror in the camp. Still, simply told yet disturbing, this fictional work of a factual era is appropriately unsettling, and as a teaching tool is a fine stepping off point for the young. I felt irritated that even a 9-year-old could be so ignorant of the world but realised this reflects one facet of reality — that too many, aged 9 and older, remain or even choose such ignorance. Although I worked out the ending, there’s still something chilling about the conclusion and the closing sentence is one hard to forget. Título original : The boy in the striped pyjamas The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about Bruno, a boy that goes through the Holocaust. There is no question that this is a sad book but it is an important one as well. I read through this book in middle school and I believe that this is an appropriate age to read this. Readers will feel deeply for the characters and learn about a dark time in history. Wat een ongelofelijk verhaal over de vrijheid en hoe daar voor gestreden is. Hoe 1 van de twee zijn eigen vrijheid opgeeft voor de ander. Ik heb hier zeker een traantje gelaten aan het einde van het boek.
"Powerful and unsettling.......As memorable an introduction to the subject as The Diary of Anne Frank." "Deeply affecting......Beautiful and sparely written" Aunque el uso habitual de un texto como éste es describir las características de la obra, por una vez nos tomaremos la libertad de hacer una excepción a la norma establecida. No sólo porque el libro que tienes en tus manos es muy difícil de definir, sino porque estamos convencidos de que explicar su contenido estropearía la experiencia de la lectura. Creemos que es importante empezar esta novela sin saber de qué trata. No obstante, si decides embarcarte en la aventura, debes saber que acompañarás a Bruno, un niño de nueve años, cuando se muda con su familia a una casa junto a una cerca. Cercas como ésa existen en muchos sitios del mundo, sólo deseamos que no te encuentres nunca con una. Por último, cabe aclarar que este libro no es sólo para adultos; también lo pueden leer, y sería recomendable que lo hicieran, niños a partir de los trece años de edad. Escolhi ler este livro porque consegue abordar a época Nazi de uma forma simples, não deixando, no entanto, de ser cruel e realista. Foca a inocência de duas crianças, que apesar de pertencerem a culturas diferentes, conseguem viver uma amizade inocente num mundo ignorante. Recomendo-o pois ele consegue transmitir que somos todos seres humanos e que devemos ser respeitados independentemente dos nossos ideias, costumes e cultura, porque se não o fizermos podemos magoar quem realmente amamos. Belongs to Publisher SeriesFischer Taschenbuch (80683) Has the adaptationHas as a teacher's guide
Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence. No library descriptions found. |
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