John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is one of the most popular books to read in schools for English, Drama and History lessons. But how accurate is it to actual history? And what is the best way to portray more difficult histories in fiction? Spoiler: don’t do it the John Boyne way.
00:00 the book
2:20 the good
4:08 the bad
9:55 the context
11:54 the author
16:32 the impact
Notes here (please check it out, there are some interesting links in there, I promise):
https://www.mimi-mortmain.com/all-the-things-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas-gets-wrong-about-history
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