THE BOY IN THE STRIPEDS PYJAMAS

The Boy in the Stripeds Pyjamas

The Boy in the Stripeds Pyjamas

Thesis Statement

The opening credits are flashed against a billowing red background. It's a rich red, aesthetically pleasing, and then the camera pulls back, and we see that we've been looking all this time at a Nazi flag.

Review

The flag is one of several hanging from a government building overlooking a Berlin square, on a beautiful spring day, late in the war. Children are playing, and adults are going about their business. Only the sight of swastikas transforms what would be a benign, inviting sight into something ...