Adolf Hitler's genocidal beliefs towards the Jewish race are clearly depicted in John Boyne's novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Compared to Ao Neville's imagination of Aboriginal breeding, which is also depicted in Phillip Noyce's film, Rabbit Proof Fence. Cruelty can be explained as willfully causing pain to others, which is evident in the ideology of Hitler and Neville. The cruel acts of these two “superior” leaders have certainly demonstrated and emphasized the cruelty of the human race. From both texts it is clear that the children's lifestyle was not changed in any case, separated from their homes. Furthermore, forms of discipline and punishment are a way to cause pain to children. Subsequently, the two leaders were the roots of the annihilation of the two races, their reasoning for initiating discrimination between the "accepted" and "marginalized" society demonstrating how dark and cruel they can be. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay The cruelty of the human race is emphasized through the changing lifestyle of Bruno and Shmuel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and Molly, Gracie and Daisy in Rabbit-Proof Fence. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas showed Bruno being forced to move with his family to Auschwitz, Poland, due to his father's new job as commandant. The house had a reputation for being an "empty, desolate place and there were no other houses to be seen, which meant there would be no other families around and no other boys to play with, no friends and no problems." It is also evident that Shmuel was taken from home because he was born a Jew. It goes without saying that Shmuel had a life before the concentration camp, before Hitler's hatred spread throughout Germany. He and his family were kidnapped from their homes, forced to wear striped pajamas, stripped of their rights, humiliated and more, "Some of the children, even some older ones, even the grown ones like her [Gretel], they looked like they were crying.” It is recognizable that in Rabbit Proof Fence, Molly, Gracie and Daisy were taken from their homes because of their mixed blood, being called “half-breeds”. to wear white cloths that aren't even real clothes, three girls were introduced to a new environment, welcomed with beds, shelters with closed roofs, prayers and God, and were unable to speak their language. mother. “We won't have Wanka here! You speak English!” Both lyrics show the obligations of children being taken away from their homes and incarcerated causing cultural oppression rabbit, punishments were shown, although they are not similar. Both are towards shunned congregations, Jews and mestizos. Shmuel received a horrible punishment from Lieutenant Kotler after he was caught eating while he was supposed to polish glasses with his thin hands: "Bruno smiled back and was about to offer him more food, but at that moment Lieutenant Kotler reappeared in kitchen and stopped when he saw the two boys talking... 'Did I tell you to polish those glasses?'” Bruno's betrayal of not defending him when Lieutenant Kotler saw him had caused Shmuel to be punished, then a week later. the meeting at the corral to no avail, Shmuel was “Sitting cross-legged on the ground.”, but “There were a lot of bruises on his face and Bruno grimaced. Compared to the punishments of children in Rabbit Proof Fence, they were whipped and”.