30 Day Movie Challenge Day 8: A movie that makes me sad - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
I'm crying as I'm writing this blog. I seriously need some tissue.
I admit that I’m a sensitive person. I easily cry when watching certain movies, and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was one of them.
Bruno, the German boy, and Shmuel, the imprisoned Jewish boy, didn’t allow their racial and religious differences to come between them. Instead, they formed a strong friendship.
The Holocaust was responsible for the deaths of over six million Jews, whose only crime was being of a different race. Other groups of people such as Jehovah’s Witnesses, Black Germans, the Roma, Soviet civilians, and Poles were also victims of this evil atrocity committed by Nazi Germany.
The principal message of this film is heartwarming but horrific at the same time. The story shows that even in the worst cases of prejudice and discrimination, people can still find the best in each other. We should never let our ignorance stop us from treating every single person with respect and kindness.
God created one race: the human race. Man was the one who created racism. We should have compassion for one another.