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Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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In the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, the author highlights the main characters point of view to convey the theme that children who are sheltered from bad happening around them have a different,more positive, view of the world. Set during WWII, the story tells of a young boy named Bruno who meets another young boy, called Shmuel, and they form an incredible friendship. At the beginning of the book Bruno and his family are forced to move to Auschwitz. Bruno is very curious about many things, so it is only natural that when he sees the people in the striped pajamas behind a fence out of his window, he decides to check it out.That is when he meets Shmuel, a young Jew.
When Bruno first looks out of his window he sees some curious looking people. He decides to ask his sister about the people. “It must be some kind of rehearsal,’suggested Gretel, ignoring the fact that some of the children, even some of the older ones even as old as her, looked as if they were …show more content…

That day it is very rainy and Bruno is relieved when all the Jews and Bruno go into a very secure metal room, but he is surprised when a loud ring sounds. “Bruno raised an eyebrow, unable to understand the sense to all this, but he assumed that it had something to do with keeping the rain out and stopping people from catching colds.” (Boyne 213)Bruno didn’t know they were entering a gas chamber. He thought that when they were entering the gas chamber to be gassed to death, he thought that they were going into a waiting room to wait for the rain to stop, so the people wouldn't catch colds. This is his positive view of the gas chambers. In conclusion in the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas it convey the theme that children who are sheltered from bad happenings around them have a different, more positive view of the

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