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Boy In The Striped Pyjamas

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Are you on the search for a new novel, ‘The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas’ is a touching tale of an odd friendship between two young boys. John Boyne, an Irish novelist, wrote this book in 2006. As his first children’s book it tells an elegant storytelling with an emotional impact. 9 year old boy, Bruno lived with his mother, father and sister Gretel, in a five story house in Berlin. After moving to ‘Out-With’ because of Bruno’s dad’s new job. His father is the commandant of a German concentration camp, Auschwitz. Bruno is forbidden to explore around the camp. But out of pure boredom and curiosity he follows the big fence down the side of the camp. Bruno spots a speck in the distance, “Bruno slowed down when he saw the dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy” (pg. 109) Across from Bruno on the other side of the fence was a, Jewish boy, his name was Shmuel. Almost every day from then on they met at the same spot they sat there and talked. For many reasons Bruno decides to climb under the fence and explore Shmuel’s world. …show more content…

When Bruno first arrived at Out-With he saw the people in the stripped pyjamas outside his window. After asking his dad who they were and what they were doing. "Those people ....well... they're not peopling at all, Bruno....Well, at least not as we understand the term.... They're nothing to do with you. You have nothing whatsoever in common with them." (pg. 53) later Bruno is talking to Gretel, she is explaining why he is not allowed on the other side of the fence. "The fence isn’t' there to stop us from getting over there. It's to stop them from coming over here. ....Because they have to be kept together.... but with their own kind.... with the other Jews, Bruno." (pg. 182) Even though she doesn’t understand it

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