Ivan O Mahoney Go Back To Where You Came From

English

Discovery can change the perspective of an individual. This revaluation occurs and can shift or challenge existing perspective. Discovery a transformative process has the ability to influence an individual’s perception of the world and this is where ideas are shared and challenged. This is reflected by the SBS documentary by Ivan O'Mahoney Go Back To Where You Came From (Go Back) , which highlights a physical exploration where individuals gain knowledge and realisation of the terrible lifestyle refugees have to go through. comparatively in Boy in striped pyjamas by John Boyne explores the desire of the young boy to disobey his culture and be friends with a jew he realises that jews are not so bad people and he learns a new cultural

Bruno asked his father about the community of people dressed in pyjamas his father responded “there not humans bruno you have nothing what so ever in common with them”.. Bruno father try to persuade him to stay away from them and not speak to them unless he needs something from the jewish slaves. Bruno begins to become curious about the people in pyjamas he begins to explore out side of his house and meets a boy at the fence called Shmuel bruno doesn't understand why Shmuel gets to "It's so unfair. I don't see why I have to be stuck over here on this side of the fence where there's no one to talk to and no one to play with and you get to have dozens of friends and are probably playing for hours every day. “I'll have to speak to Father about it.” and bruno stuck outside the fence with no one to play with. his quotation represents an instance of dramatic irony, in which the reader understands that Bruno has a backward conception of the way things are: while the situation is unfair, it is Shmuel who is "stuck" on the wrong side of the fence. This quotation represents Bruno's childlike misunderstanding of the Holocaust as well as his innocence at this point in the story. Everyone is consumed by

Despite the books bruno been reading about the jew and the brain wash his father puts through his head about the jews bruno and Shmuel have a strong friendship bruno bring food everyday for Shmuel and they talk about one another life. "I'm very sorry, Shmuel...I can't believe I didn't tell him the truth. I've never let a friend down like that before. Shmuel, I'm ashamed of myself.” this quote shows that they have built a powerful friendship that has overcome many barriers. The fence symbolises a mirror in a way as the boys are same age,born on same day have a lot of things in common the only thing separating them is culture. Bruno agree to coming with Shmuel in the camp to find his father. When the boys get rounded up and forced to march into the gas chamber with the group of Jews, Bruno is worried he won't be home in time for dinner and asks Shmuel if the marching usually goes on for long. Shmuel answers, "I never see the people after they've gone on a march. But I wouldn't imagine it does”. The reader understands that the march is really to the gas chamber but the young boy’s don't know , Bruno thinks that it must okay .“”He wanted to whisper to them that everything was all right, that Father was the Commandant, and if this was the kind of thing that he wanted the people to do then it must be all right”. Bruno is completely