The Boy In Stripped Pajamas by Alyssa Asche

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The Boy In Stripped Pajamas

Published on Feb 05, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS

HEIDI KEITH

Protagonist: Bruno is the protagonist of this story. He is a 9 year old boy that moves with his family from Berlin, Germany to a place called Out-With. At his new home Bruno can see tents, small buildings, chimneys with smoke coming out, and people in striped pajamas. Bruno is too young too know what this place is, but it is a concentration camp. To Bruno, the most exciting thing he can do is explore. Towards the end of the book, this gets him in trouble.

Antagonist: Bruno's father is the antagonist in the story because he is a Nazi commander. He is the reason they moved to Out-With because he needed to live closer the the concentration camp. His father is also never there for Bruno, he rarely ever listens to him when he treks to converse.

Inciting Event: The father got a job as an officer at the particular camp, which leads to his family moving to a house right outside the camp.

Rising Action: Bruno ventures off into the woods behind his house one day to find a boy sitting on the ground inside a fenced in area. The boys name is Shmeul and him and Bruno became good friends. They talk about their families, what they have in common, and many other things. Bruno is even kind enough to bring Shmuel bread on a daily basis.

Climax: One day when Bruno was visiting Shmuel, Shmuel said he couldn't find his dad. Bruno decided he would help Shmuel look, so they boys began to dig a hole under the fence for Bruno to crawl under. Once the hole was dug, Bruno crawled under and Shmuel gave Bruno a pair of "pajamas" so that he would blend in. When the boys started to look for his dad, the soldiers began yelling and they grouped up all the men and children. At this point, the two boys had no idea what was going on. The Nazi's then told the group to go into the chamber and they were killed.

Falling Action: After Bruno had been gone for a while his family began to worry. They started to look for him and eventually found an open window in the shed in the back yard big enough for Bruno to fit through. They went through the shed into the small forest behind their house, eventually they came across his clothes and a hole under the fence.

RESOLUTION

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Foreshadowing: Towards the end of the book Shmuel says, "He was here on Monday and then he went to work duty with some other men and none of the, have come back". This is foreshadowing because it helps us draw to the conclusion that Shmuel's father was killed.

Flashback: After Bruno and his family had moved to Out-With he began to miss his grandma and grandpa. In the book Bruno flashed back to a memory of him, his sister, and his grandma performing in a Christmas play together.

Irony: The irony in this story is that Shmuel and Bruno are born on the same day and died in the same day.

Symbols: The fence symbolizes the little difference between the two boys. It also shows how similar they are to each other, they were born on the same day and they have many of the same interest.

Bruno is a round character because throughout the book he exhibits multiple traits. He is very kind to his maids and cooks. He respects his parents and sister. Bruno is a static character because throughout the book he does not change. In the beginning of the book Bruno gets mad at his sister for ordering the maid to get his bath ready when he knew he could do it himself. Then later in the book, Shmuel received bread from Bruno because he knew he wasn't getting fed enough. Both these examples show that Bruno wants everyone to have equal jobs and opportunities.

Alyssa Asche