The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Conflicts

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The novel The Boy in The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne takes place in the 1940’s in Germany. Bruno a 8 year old boy, is being forced to move away by his dad’s job. Bruno and his family are moving halfway around the country leaving his friends and family behind. Taking place in world war II, his father becomes a commandment for a nearby concentration camp. Just when Bruno thought things where getting rough, he soon meets a little jewish boy named Shmuel. Through a large fence the boys would talk for hours, but the camps kept the boys friendship complex. Shmuel unlike Bruno struggled with having to share food, having no father, and living in cramped corners. Bruno never understood why he lived like this and how he could help. Bruno still not