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Bruno's The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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Thick, dark ash swam around the sky like silver snow floating to the dry soil. A towering barbed wire fence surrounded the area. Narrow houses scattered across the brittle land, some people shuffling around the camp. Distress, famine, and solitude coated everything in sight. Sitting cross-legged on a distinctive side of the fence, the side of the fence where roses bloom crimson, and tulips shine amber. The side of the fence where warm turkey, buttery potatoes, and tender peas and beans are served, was a nine-year-old boy named Bruno, who died trying to play with his only friend, Shmuel. In the book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, Bruno’s father was a Nazi, and was promoted so his family had to move to Poland, which was virtually …show more content…

From the very beginning, Bruno complained about the house, and said it was absolutely horrible. His family put this off as typical nine-year-old behaviour - nobody likes to move. They, as well as ignoring him, pushed him away. His mother and father told him to play outside (with nobody to even play with), or to leave them alone because they were busy. Later on in the book, Bruno’s mother gathered how dreadful the idea of moving …show more content…

And you’re still hungry?’ ‘A little,’ said Bruno ‘I’m going for a walk, and I thought I might get peckish on the way.’ Maria shrugged her shoulders, and went over to the cooker.” page 135 Maria didn’t care that Bruno was going for a walk, nor where he was going on this walk, or when he would be back. Although Maria is not Bruno’s parent, she should be looking out for him when his mother and father are gone. But none of this would’ve happened if it wasn’t for Bruno’s father. Not only was he a Nazi, which is horrible enough, but considering his high level in the job, he was promoted to move away from Berlin, which caused the biggest problem of all. Poland had one of the worst concentration camps; Auschwitz. Looking through Bruno’s new window, he can see it - smoke billowing in the air, stick-like people scattered around, slouched, and hunched

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He moved to a house in the middle on nowhere it was called the Outwith. Bruno had no one to talk with, no one to play with or go on adventures with. One day he goes out adventuring by himself… he reaches a fence out in a field. This is when things start to hit him because he sees a little boy. He had to see this boy all beat up and dirty.

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During his work, he was informed that the residents, along with the manager, were Jews in hiding. Then soon after, the Jewish adults were being removed from society, Bruno decided to meet with Albert Van Den Berg, who was connected and a part of an organization who moved Jewish children into more safe hiding spots. This was the start to reach more meaningful, real accomplishments in Bruno’s life. He rode his bike place to place, working alone to protect his peers, in search of hiding places for Jews. along with the help of his new colleague, Albert.

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In both stories the protagonist have and feel as if they have little to no power in the direction of which their life is heading. Shmuel the Jewish boy that Bruno befriends in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas does not really talk about or try to explain to Bruno what is really happening to him or even to try and ask Bruno why his people are doing this to his people. Bruno and Shmuel do

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Why? What have you done?” , and Shmuel replies with, “I'm a Jew.” During this scene, it seems as if Bruno is starting to see what is really going on. It separated the world from the other and made Shmuel, along with the others,

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Once the family moves, the mother soon finds out that they live near a concentration camp. When she finds out, fights between her and her husband (also Bruno’s dad) which distances them from each other. Not only does it weaken their marriage, but they also do it in front of Bruno, which, as a kid would not be good because at a young age like that, they are extremely highly influenced by their parents and the people around them. Bruno continues to become more and more curious about what he refers to it as “the farm,” but is really a concentration camp and he continues to go and visit Schmuel from the other side of the chain-link. Lastly, the teacher that comes to teach Bruno and his sister exclusively seems to be extremely interested in WWII, which, as previously stated, can influence bruno, which made him more curious, which ultimately led to the death of both Bruno and Schmuel.

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas uses imagery in many different ways. For example, the fence of the concentration camp, Auschwitz separates Bruno's world and Shmuel’s world. Although they are very close physically, emotionally and mentally they are very far. The fence is used as an image of a cage in the novel. The fence of Auschwitz traps the people inside the camp and defeats all hope for the prisoners.

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