1. One difference between Night and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is that in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, the main character is a German boy, and it does not focus mostly on the concentration camp or the Jews in it, but rather how Bruno's, the main character's, life is affected by it. In Night, the main character was a Jew, and they did not go into the Germans' lifestyle at all.
One similarity is that there seem to be conflicted characters in both. For example, in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Bruno's mother, and maybe even his father, don't completely agree with what the Nazis are doing. In Night, the dentist was very nice to Elie, and treated him with respect and kindness, unlike the soldiers at the camp. 2. In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, I thought Bruno's mother was an interesting character. She had dark hair and blue eyes, just like Bruno. She was very protective of her children, and would not let Bruno out of the front yard. She also seemed conflicted at the beginning, because her husband was a Nazi soldier, but she did not agree with what they were doing to the Jews. 3. At the beginning of this unit, I did not know that there were two types of concentration camps, death camps and labor camps. I thought the Nazis killed Jews as soon as they got there, and did not realize that they often had to go through months and even years of starvation, abuse, and extreme labor. 4. I liked The Boy in the Striped Pajamas more than Night. I enjoyed them both, but I think in the movie I could connect with the characters more. I could really understand their situation, and I think it made the whole thing more real for me. It was hard to realize that these things had really happened as I was reading the book, but it was easier seeing people actually act it out.
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