TheBoyinTheStripedPyjamas•Abouttheauthor•Anintroductiontothenovel•Whywechoosethisbook?•EducationalproblemsinthisbookAbouttheauthorJohnBoyne(约翰·伯恩),bornin1971inBerlin,Ireland,isanewstarinIrelandwritingcircle.TheBoyInTheStripedPyjamasishisfourthpublishednovel,whichisrewardedallaroundtheworld.AnIntroductiontotheNovel•Thenine-year-oldboyBrunoleaveshishomeinBerlin,togetherwithhisparentsand12-year-oldsister,movestoaplacecalled“Out-With”,wheretheonlyattractionisthepeopleoverthewirefencewhowearthesamestrippedclothesandhats.•Brunohatesthelifehere,becauseheislonely,untilonedayhemeetsaboynamedShmuelintheothersideofthefence.Theytalkeverydayandbecomefriends.•Oneday,Brunodressesinstrippedclothescrawlsbelowthefenceandmakeshislastexploration.Whydowechoosethisbook?1.The70thAnniversaryoftheVictoryoftheAnti-fascistWar2.Theracialdiscriminationcausedbytheproblemsofeducating.3.Thewordsdescribedpeople’slifewithoutbloodanddeath.4.Themostinnocentvictimsarechildren.WhatdoesthisbookexposeabouteducationinGermanyduringWWⅡ?IntroofGermanyeducationduringWWⅡ.ProblemsthatareexposedinTheBoyinTheStripedPajamas.Furtherthinking.IntroofEducationinGermanyduringWWⅡ•“Masterrace”(Aryansuperiority)theory•Militarismandterritoryexpanding•OnlyeducatedoutpeoplewhoundoubtedlygavetheirallegiancetoHitlerandinvadeothercountry.(Thoughtheythoughttheyareresurrecttheircountry.)•Racialsuperiority•Germanyexpanding•RoyaltyforHitler•AbsolutepoliticalagreementRacialsuperiority•Pg:62Thefathersaid“Thosepeople,theyarenotpeopleatall,Bruno”.•Pg:121Brunoaskedif“PolandisnotasgoodasGermany”.Heheardfromhisfatherandgrandfatherthat“Germanyisthegreatestofallcountry”•Pg:137ShmuelandotherJewsareforcedtowearasix-pointedstar(Hexagram)toshowtheirinferiority.GermanyExpanding•Pg:107HerrLiszttellsBrunonottofocuson‘‘Uselessbooks’’suchasliteraryandstorybooks,insteadheshouldconcentratemoreonhistoryandgeographyofGermany•Pg:189GretelabandonedherfavoritedollsandputonaGermanymapinstead.ShereadnewspaperandmovedthepinstoshowthenewestGermanydominion.Absolutepoliticalagreement•Pg:154-157TheconversationbetweenLieutenantKotlerandfatherhintedthefateofKotlerofbeingexpelledfromOut-WithbecausehisfatherwasaprofessorofliteratureandhewenttoSwitzerlandprobablyduetohisdisagreementwithHitler.RoyaltyforHitler•Pg:63Afteraconversationwithhisfather,Brunohastosay“HeilHitler”asagoodbye,whichhedoesn’tknowbutthemeaningis“ThegreatestrespectfulHitler”.FurtherthinkingAfterWorldWarⅡ,Germanisawareoftheimportanceofhumandignity,thecapacityforindependentthoughtandthedemocraticideal.Educationtrendstosolution-oriented,discardsviolence,cultivatestalentswithbothscienceandart.AllofthisisduetothelessoninWWⅡ.Whatcanwelearnformourhistory…