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The Boy in the Striped Pijamas, The victorian age - Coggle Diagram
The Boy in the Striped Pijamas
Characters
Children
Shmuel
flat character
introverted and intelligent
he knows more than Bruno but leaves him in his innocence
introduced by
Bruno's description
to also enhance the difference between the two
dialogue
Gretel
flat character
when she changed, she wasn't aware of her growth
she was manipolated and indocrinated
introduced by
description by Bruno
dialogue
Bruno
flat character
he dies before he could mature
the protagonist
innocent and self-absorbed
Adults
Father
the only round character
touched by Bruno's innocence
never fully introduced
mostly by Bruno's ideas of him
distancing from reality
as his job would be horrid to explain
Mother
neither flat or round
she doesn't change opinions
she stands up for what she believes in at the end
introduced by
description by the narrator
dialogue with Bruno
against the ideas of the party but supports her husband
Themes
the story is a
fable
distancing from reality
words are mispoken
violent scenes are never described
it is written for children
Bruno is a point of reference to the readers
the message is universal
it is also unclear
there are multiple
"Inform yourself on what goes on around you"
Bruno's innocence and ignorance
useful to the story
older readers infer whats going on
young readers feel understood
adult characters reevaluate their actions
it is conserved
he asks questions about what's going on
he is never aswered
he can't be considered culpable
whenever he parrots the regime propaganda
he feels what he is saying is wrong
he doesn't understand what he's sayning
he acts out of fear
he asks questions but doesn't insist
he is influenced by the strict family situation
the Nazi teach this
"Don't repeat the stay mistakes"
Culpability
Mother
Father
Maria
Deliberate ignorance
Gretel (at the beginning of the story)
Maria
she tells Bruno that he isn't allowed an opinion
Support of the party
Gretel (at the end of the story)
Grandfather
Mother
"We are all equal"
Equality
parallelism between Bruno and Shmuel
their thoughs on moving
they have the same birthday
15 of April 1934
they die together
no one can explain or tell the difference between a jew and an arial
the story is
fictional
Narrating technique
Narrator
external
unobtrusive: except from the end
Point of view
Bruno's
consequences on the language
the point of view is a child's
distancing between adults and children
thanks to the Nazi regimes' family ideas
because Bruno percieves adults more distantily than other kids
consequences on descriptions
sometimes we get glimpces of other character's thoughts
Narrative modes
description
by the narrator
to describe adult characters
by Bruno
to describe child characters
to understand Bruno's perception of characters
dialogue
to introduce pre-described characters objectively
narration
to understand Bruno's thoughts
The victorian age
Characteristics
Contraddictions
Respectability
Optimism
faith in progress