Ask anyone. Most people have a negative attitude towards racism. Prejudice has inevitably become conjoined with the human race, no doubt about it; The KKK and the Nazis during WW2 are very bold and common examples of people who discriminate. This essay will be an analysis of how the author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, John Boyne, delivers his perspective on prejudice through the characters Bruno and Shmuel. John Boyne shows that prejudice is caused by the level and quality of education that is provided to children. The Boy in the striped pyjamas is situated during the Second World War, an era where prejudice was abundant everywhere, predominantly in Germany towards the Jewish. The quote “Poland, said Bruno thoughtfully, weighing the word on his tongue. That’s not as good as Germany, is it?” shows how youth are anticipating prejudice to be a good thing, and considering it to be widely accepted. The analysis of the word “thoughtfully” indicates that Bruno is relating to his parents and teachers lessons and mimicking what they have taught. This can also show that Bruno’s behaviour ‘chatty’ and trivial because all Germans consider Germany to be superior to a cocky level. Boyne is trying to illustrate that our present actions and attitudes are determined when we are young by how we are taught. The reader(s) may interpret the story differently. They might feel that Bruno is unsure about what he is saying and was not taught well enough. It can be inferred that prejudice is