Whisman,+Kyle

== = Summary:  = **//The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas// is a young adult fiction novel about a boy named Bruno, the son of a Nazi commandant and his friendship with Shmuel a concentration camp inmate. This novel is set in Nazi occupied Germany during the Holocaust. This novel begins with 9 year old Bruno and his family that are forced to move from there alluring townhouse in Berlin to a foreign hole in the wall house "Out - With" in the German countryside. Adventurious Bruno who is tempted to explore his new unfamiliar environment is repeatedly told that there are places that are "Out Of Bounds At All Times And No Exceptions". However ignoring his fathers demands, Bruno ventures into the unknow one afternoon. When walking infront of his house Bruno comes apon a very tall fence stretching vastly into the horizon. While Bruno curiously follows the fence he sees a young boy sitting on the other side of the fence. The boy is wearing stripped pyjamas and a cloth cap. Bruno quickly becomes friends with the boy, Shmuel. That night his family had dinner with Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva. Bruno istantly hated him. Bruno continues to explore the woods behind his house and often finds himself at the fence with Shmuel. Bruno routinely brings him food and they sit and talk for hours. They become so close that Shmuel asks Bruno a favor. The favor is that Shmuel wants Bruno to help him find his father. Shmuel promises to get some pyjamas so that Bruno will blend in on the other side of the fence. One fateful day, Bruno puts on the stripped pajamas and sneaks onto Shmuels side of the fence. As the boys search to find Shmuels father the heard the prisoners.**

=  Author: John Boyne   =
 * 1) **John Boyne was born on April 30, 1971 in Dublin, Ireland.**
 * 2) **"John Boyne is the author of nine novels, as well as a number of short stories which have been published in broadcast on radio and televison".**
 * 3) **"//The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas//, which to date has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, is a #1 New York Times Bestseller".**
 * 4) **John Boyne is an Irish novelist.**
 * 5) **His most recent children's novel, //Noah Barleywater Runs Away//, reached no.1 on the Irish Bestseller Chart in October 2011**
 * 6) Some of his most recent works include:[[image:montgomerybookwiki/john_boyne.jpg width="207" height="175" align="right"]]
 * 2000: //The Thief of Time//
 * 2001: //The Congress of Rough Riders//
 * 2004: //Crippen//
 * 2006: Next of Kin
 * 2006: //The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas//
 * 2008: //Mutiny on the Bounty//
 * 2009: The House of Special Purpose
 * 2010: //Noah Barleywater Runs Away//
 * 2011: //The Absolutist//
 * facts from Wikipedia

= Social Isssue Relevance: Racism = In this novel there is alot of racism issues. Most of these occur of stereo types against the Jewish faith. There is still many racism issues today agianst races, religions and homosexuals. = Dramatization: =

I would choose Leonardo di Caprio as Bruno because they share similiar characteristics. I say this because the movies that I have seen staring Leonardo have been adventurious and daring like Bruno in the novel. = = = = = = =Reader: Kyle Whisman= **I am Kyle Whisman. I am 15 years old and I go to Gahanna Lincoln High School. I love swimming and drawing. I enjoy traveling and want to be a pilot when I am older. I have a older brother named Ryan who is a Sophomore. I have two loving parents and a pet Chinchilla named Chubby.**

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