English 2033E Midterm: Children's Literature Test Review

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

Document Summary

Examine the contrasts between bruno and gretel in john boyne"s the boy in the striped pajamas. Bruno displays ignorance regarding the nazi regime fails to understand what is going on (or at least acts as if he does not understand the severity of it) Gretel is older, therefore more knowledgable: she understands what"s happening within the country. Yet both are very immature, as they are still children. Both of them, possibly subconsciously, have different opinions of the nazi regime. Bruno: dislikes his nazi tutor, befriends shmuel: while he adores his father, he also feels both scared and in awe with him an acute fear of his father speaks to the distaste for the nazi regime. Thesis: while both children are immature and presumably hidden from the truths of the nazi regime, gretel accepts the principles with little question. However, bruno"s actions can be interpreted as resistance to the nazi regime.