Chapter 5 Of The Boy In The Striped Piesmas

Chapter 5 may not be essential to the plot, but is essential to the character development of the story. The author includes it to show us the Father and Bruno's character in more depth and exposes the German soldiers' hostility towards the Jews. He subtly hints important things which make the reader understand the story more. Chapter 5 has some hidden important events, such as the one on one conversation between Bruno and his Father; here they unveiled their true feelings for one another. In this chapter we see Bruno and his family boarding their spacious train to Auschwitz in contrast to the Jews' crowded train and Bruno's increasing maturity.

Bruno and his family are treated much better than the Jews, it is from this chapter that we see

The author includes this to help the reader see things about the father-son relationship, that you wouldn’t see anywhere else in the book. It also shows us Bruno grow as a character and become more mature. Before Bruno enters his father's room, you can already see that he has a lot of respect for his father, and maybe a bit intimidated by him. When Bruno enters the room, his Father seems pleased to see him, which shows the reader that he does care for his son. They give each other a handshake and then Father says, "my boy". This may surprise some readers, as although they may not expect them to kiss each other, they would expect a warmer embrace between a Father and son. They treat each other more like colleagues. This is most likely because they do not have an intimate relationship and is clearly shown by the author. In most of their conversation, Bruno's father tries to be calm and patient towards Bruno. The author's intentions were to probably show the readers that the father isn't really a cold person but cares for his son in his own way and is patient. Father handled the sudden conversation with Bruno well, but he could have done better if he hadn't interrupted Bruno when he spoke, and when he used words Bruno couldn’t understand. When Bruno asks who the people outside his bedroom window are, father says," they're not people at all." This can easily lead to more curiosity and confusion, which is

In this chapter, the description of his office contrasts deeply with the rest of his house and especially to where the Jews were living. His room had a deep carpet and a high ceiling, with mahogany shelves lined with books. The author shows the reader quite clearly that Father seems to be on a much higher level than anyone else in the story. You will see other places other than the book that shows this, but this description is one of the best places for evidence. In Chapter 4, it says that the Jews were living in a place where "the ground was made of a sand-like substance and there were nothing but low huts". This contrasts a lot with Father's room and shows the reader the difference in the way that different people were treated. When Bruno moved into his home, his mother, his sister and the maid all helped to unpack but there was no mention of Father, which suggests that he was away doing something else when really, he should have been there for his family. Bruno also describes his new home as horrible, but when he walks into his Father's Office, he says he was "a little overawed by the splendour of the room". This makes the reader understand the dissimilarity that even Bruno notices between the office and the rest of the house. This section of the story is important as it focuses on father more; in the rest of the book, the prime focus is Bruno. The author