1. In a paragraph or two, compare (similarities) and contrast (differences) Night and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
I didn't really think these two Holocaust stories were really all that similar, aside from taking place during WWII, and featuring a boy who goes to a concentration camp. They both do see the full extent of the Nazi's brutality, with one being tortured and severely mistreated, seeing hundreds of thousands die, and the other who died alongside them. In Night, Elie was a Jew who was severely mistreated, and several years older than Bruno. Elie really saw all of the terrible things done to the prisoners of the Nazis, as he was one. Bruno had a nicer experience than Elie, because he was not a Jew and had a high-ranking officer as a father. Instead of experiencing the hardships of camp life, he heard of it from Schmuel, and saw inaccurate propaganda. Also, Bruno died during the Holocaust while Elie survived. 2. Choose 1 character from Night or one character from Boy in the Striped Pajamas to analyze. Make note (explain) of their physical appearance, character traits, feelings, demeanor, thoughts, etc. I chose Schmuel, because he seems like a pretty interesting character to psychoanalyze. Oh that's a fun word. Schmuel was a young Jewish boy, 8 years old, who was caught and put in a concentration camp. He was bald at the time, his hair having been cut for camp life. He wore a baggy prison uniform, the 'striped pajamas' mentioned in the title, and thin, ragged shoes. His face was smeared with dirt, and later graced with a bruise around his eye. I really liked the interactions between Schmuel and Bruno. Schmuel answered Bruno's more oblivious questions almost incredulously, particularly when Bruno asks about the game the inmates are playing with the numbers on their uniforms, and when he asks about the cafeteria. Schmuel was also very careful, more than Bruno, because he knew what could happen if he got caught. This is demonstrated when Bruno throws the ball over the fence and Schmuel tells him not to do that again, and also how Schmuel always looks back at the camp during their conversations.
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