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The Themes Of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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One of the themes of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is determined two factors; the characters and point of view. The theme of the excerpt of chapter fifteen is the struggle of facing the challenge of having to chose between right or wrong. The fear of telling the truth and getting hurt can cause an individual to lie, saving them-self from being hurt, but causing another to be hurt in the process.
The characters involved in the excerpt are the two protagonists; Bruno, the son of an SS officer in charge of of a concentration camp, and Shmuel, a Jewish prisoner in the concentration camp. The two, despite being on opposite sides of the conflict between the Germans and European Jews, are friends against the odds. The boy’s unexpected friendship
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