Boy In The Striped Pajamas Thesis

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Boy in the Striped Pajamas
“Bruno can you help me find my Papa,” Shmuel (BSP). A nine year old, named Bruno lives in Berlin, with his sister, mom, and Dad. His father is a high ranked soldier during the Holocaust. They move to “Out-With” for his work. Bruno and his sister Gretel don’t have any friends there when they make the move. They live by a concentration camp, but Bruno doesn’t know it. Throughout the novel Bruno tries different things to keep him from being bore. Then he decides to go to the fence, and finds a boy named Shmuel. Shmuel lives in the concentration camp, and has a story that he shares to Bruno, which Bruno doesn’t fully believe. Towards the end Shmuel lost his father… In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, it was good that Bruno was naive about the Holocaust throughout the novel because it allowed him to develop a friendship with Shmuel, and Bruno might have been scared of what was going on.
Bruno developed a friendship with Bruno throughout the book, but that might not have happened if he knew about the Holocaust. Bruno might not have …show more content…

Bruno and Shmuel really got to get to know each other throughout this book because of Bruno not knowing about the Holocaust. They shared a lot about themselves, mostly without hesitating. Which was the main part of the story. Also, Bruno, when they moved to Out-With he wasn’t scared of the people on the other side of the fence. He actually wanted to play with the kids. Although Bruno didn’t like the move at first, he started to get comfortable and like it there. Furthermore, it was good that Bruno was naive for these reasons. If this wasn’t the case Bruno might have been one of the most miserable nine year old ever. He was naive, which is what both of his parents wanted,

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