The Boy In The Striped Pajamas [Latest - Workflow]

Boyne has said he wrote a fable, not a textbook. He is not trying to teach you the logistics of the Holocaust; he is trying to teach you the morality of it.

There are some books that you read. And then there are books that happen to you. John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas definitely falls into the latter category. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

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Their dialogue is heartbreakingly simple: “We’re not supposed to be friends, are we?” asked Shmuel. “Why not?” asked Bruno. “Because we’re supposed to be enemies.” Boyne has said he wrote a fable, not a textbook

October 26, 2023

If you are a student reading this for class: Please, for the love of Bruno, read the historical notes in the back of the book. Don't use this novel as your only source for your history paper. And then there are books that happen to you

That exchange summarizes the entire tragedy of war in two sentences. It is a reminder that hate is taught, not born.