Similarities Between The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, racial tension between Jews and Germans was at an all time high. The Germans felt they were superior to the Jews. As a result the Germans committed genocide against the Jewish race. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is set during the time period of the Holocaust. It is told from the perspective of a young boy named Bruno whose father was a Nazi commandant stationed at Auschwitz, a concentration camp. Here, Bruno meets a young Jewish boy named Shmuel. They form a friendship through a fence which separated what the Germans believed was right from wrong. Bruno, being the naive boy he is, doesn’t understand the significance of this fence. He also doesn't understand how unlikely their friendship is. These characters gave in to different desires they had and found out if they were what they truly wanted. Both the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and the Bible teach the lesson that sometimes

In Luke 15:11-32 Jesus tells the story of a father who evenly split his riches between his two sons. The elder son stays and loyally works for his father, whereas the younger goes off and spends everything on a wild living. Later on the younger son goes back home and his father throws him a party to celebrate his return. The elder son is jealous of this and believes he wants a party too . After speaking with his father he realized he didn’t want a party after all, he only wanted some recognition for all his hard work. Another instance where this lesson is portrayed is in Genesis chapter three. In this passage Adam and Eve give in to temptation and eat the fruit of the forbidden tree. They do this in hopes of becoming more godlike by knowing good and evil, however, they only become more separated from God. Even biblical characters struggled with the difference of what they thought they wanted and what they really