Question

How can point of view and character shape the overall theme of a text? Identify the theme of "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas: A Fable" and discuss how character and point of view contribute to the theme. Include textual evidence to support your writing.

Answer 1

Point of view can and characters can shape the overall theme of a text giving multiple perspectives for the reader to understand in different ways. It also contributes to the theme by showing the characters thoughts, feelings, and or experiences. For example we have paragraph 26 where it says "No If he comes back-" said Shmuel. If this was not said from a point a view we wouldn't know what Shmuel was thinking at the current moment. This is why point of view is important for the theme of a text.

Step-by-step explanation:

Read your peer’s response. As you read, focus on point of view, character, and theme. Consider these questions (you don’t have to answer all of them):

How has this essay helped you understand how the story’s point of view allows the reader to understand the characters’ feelings and reactions?

What theme did the writer identify? How clear was the writer’s explanation of how the point of view and character support and shape the theme?

What sort of evidence did the writer use from the text to support his or her writing?

How well does the writer explain how that evidence supports his or her arguments?

To what extent did the writer’s use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling support the clarity of their writing?

Share with the writer what strengths and opportunities for improvement were apparent in their response.

Answer 2

The theme of the novel is about Friendship and Boundaries.

Step-by-step explanation:

‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjama’ is a book authored by John Boyne. This book is about a central character young boy Bruno, who is a son of a Nazi commandment. This book also depicts the conditions of children living in a concentration camp.

The theme of this book is based on the characters of the book. There’s this statement in novel which states, ‘The fence is a physical separation between Bruno and Shmuel.’ The fence here shows that there are two different people living on each side of fence. The theme here is about the boundaries set between the two group of people.

Another theme is based on the Friendship. Bruno and Shmuel shares a kind of friendship where Bruno gives away even his life to save his friend Shmuel.