Brun Bruno's The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

In The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, Bruno mentions that he lives in Berlin numerous times (176 for instance), he lives in the city area of Berlin judging how there are numerous greengrocers, teachers, and chefs (4). Bruno’s family is also seen to be wealthy from the description given of his house (6), “It was a very beautiful house and it had 5 floors in total, if you included the basement, where the cook made all the food. And if you added in the little room at the top of the house with the slanted windows where Bruno could see right across Berlin.” The wealth of his family is also seen in other luxuries his family can afford such as having the cook, Lars the butler, and Maria the maid come to Auschwitz with them (6). Speaking of Auschwitz, that is where the majority of the story takes place.

The signs of it being Auschwitz are all present because there are strictly men there who all wear the Jewish Star of David on their armbands that go over their striped pajamas (). Also they are abused by the Nazi soldiers () and have shaved heads (). Auschwitz does contribute to the time period where Jewish people were considered terrible as seen by it being a concentration camp which means the one and only Hitler was the leader. This does make sense as Bruno’s father works with the soldiers against the Jewish () and in reference to Hitler, Bruno calls him the Fury when said Fury comes to have dinner (121). This would make the time around World War 2 which explains why the citizens in Berlin had to put pitch black sheets up over their windows (). For Father’s work, since the family had to move to Auschwitz, they had to live in a less than grand house compared to the Berlin house. Auschwitz house is very boring in comparison because it wasn’t fit for