Discrimination against Jews “..when we were told we couldn't live in our house we had to move to a different part of Cracow, where the soldiers built a big wall and my mother and father and my brother and I all had to live in one room.” [Ch.12 p.128] Here, Shmuel recounts what happened to his family and him before moving to Auschwitz into a concentration camp. He stated that they were “told” they were unable to love in their home anymore but in one room instead; we are able to learn that they are not free and it's the beginning of their entrapment. “The train was horrible..There were too many of us in the carriages for one thing. And there was no air to breathe. And it smelled awful.” [Ch.12 p.129] The audience is able to learn that …show more content…
there was something about the people from there that made him think they shouldn’t be in his house.” [Ch.15 p.166] These are Bruno’s thoughts towards Shmuel, which came across quite surprising considering they had been spending lots of time together. This could be a demonstration of inner racism Bruno has or simply just an observation he makes to how Shmuel looks compared to his family. “Do you know this boy?...I’ve never seen him before in my life. I don't know him.” [Ch.15 …show more content…
There must be something else in your wardrobe." [Ch.14 p.151] For the whole novel Bruno believes that Shmuel and the others wear pyjamas and not prison uniforms. The audience is able to learn that Bruno is sheltered enough not to realize it’s prison uniforms. From the novel, it can be seen that prisoners in the concentration camps are required to wear a uniform that can look like striped pyjamas. "It's only food." [Ch.15 p.169] Food is only food if you never have to worry about eating. We are able to learn that Bruno doesn't understand that the prisoners don't have the freedom to buy their own food, cook, or go shopping. They have to eat what is given to them, and usually it isn't close to enough. “In another corner he could see more soldiers standing around and laughing and looking down the barrels of their guns, aiming them in random directions, but not firing them.” [Ch.19 p.208] At this point in the novel, Bruno has crossed over to the other side. For the first time he sees what really goes on in the camp, and he quickly becomes very uncomfortable. From Bruno’s point of view we are able to understand some of things that occur inside the camp, for example; Nazis walking around with