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O-Level English Literature | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

O-Level English Literature | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

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The complete O-Level English Literature pack for The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: Notes, Exam Questions and an Answer Booklet, three PDFs that work together. Every quotation is checked word for word against the novel.

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What's inside?

  • Notes: all 20 chapters one by one, every character, nine themes, Boyne's methods, context used properly and a quotation bank
  • How to answer: the short-answer question and the full extract essay, step by step, with 6 model short answers, an extract bank and 5 annotated model essays
  • Exam Questions: 16 short-answer questions and 16 extract essays, set out the way the exam sets them
  • Answer Booklet: model answers for every short-answer question, and marking points for every essay
  • Common mistakes examiners penalise, and a plan for the last week
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How many pages?

  • 209 pages across three PDFs
  • Notes: 143 pages · Exam Questions: 37 pages · Answer Booklet: 29 pages
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Which topics are covered?

Themes: Innocence and Ignorance · Appearance and Reality · Friendship · Boundaries and the Fence · Contrasts · How the Jews Are Degraded · Family and Loyalty · Guilt and Responsibility · Prejudice and Indoctrination

Characters: Bruno · Shmuel · Father · Mother · Gretel · Lieutenant Kotler · Pavel · Maria · Grandmother and Grandfather · Herr Liszt · the Fury

Methods: the child's-eye viewpoint · dramatic irony · Out-With and the Fury · capitalised phrases · repetition · symbols (the fence, the pyjamas, the window, the tyre swing) · foreshadowing · the closing voice

Key extracts: the view from the window (Ch. 4) · Pavel and the grazed knee (Ch. 7) · Grandmother storms out (Ch. 8) · Herr Liszt's lessons (Ch. 9) · Bruno meets Shmuel (Ch. 10) · the bottle of wine (Ch. 13) · the kitchen (Ch. 15) · the haircut (Ch. 16) · inside the camp (Ch. 19)

Keep your own copy of the novel to hand: the extracts are given by chapter and their first and last words, as the novel itself is not reprinted.

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How does it help?

  • Builds up from short answers to the full extract essay, step by step
  • Every quotation gives its chapter and has been checked against the novel
  • Exam-style questions with an Answer Booklet, so you can practise and mark yourself
  • Written around what examiners reward, and the mistakes they penalise
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How do I receive it?

  • Sent as three PDFs by email
  • Your download link arrives a few seconds after you pay
  • Nothing is posted, but you are free to print it
  • For your own personal use
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  • Yes, tap the cover or View sample pages at the top of this page to flick through real pages
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Will it work for 2027 and 2028?

  • Yes, we update our packs every year to match the syllabus
  • Bought from us before? Ask for the latest edition, free of charge
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O-Level English Literature | The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Regular price €39,99
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