Bruno And Shmuel Relationship

Introduction
Imagine living in Nazi Germany and your father is called to be lieutenant of one of the largest concentration camps in the country. Worst of all, you are only nine and a spontaneous move catches you off-guard. Leaving your friends and home for the unknown is difficult. When you finally get there, a single house stands alone with no sign of human life. The only thing that catches your eye is the tall standing fence located a few miles from your new home. From your bedroom window you discover beings on the other side of the fence, dressed comfortably in their striped pajamas. In this companion book of The Boy And The Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, you will learn about Shmuel and Bruno’s relationship and how it relates to the
No one lived there, therefore it became very lonely. After Bruno discovered other human beings beyond the fence he decided it was worth exploring. He knew he was not to go near the fence, but being isolated from others drove him towards it. When he met Shmuel he felt cured of his boredom and loneliness. His time spent trapped in his own thoughts was over because he could now share them with Shmuel. Unlike most friendships their age, they shared their thoughts and how they feel about situations occurring around them. An example is “ ‘I don’t like talking about him,’ said Shmuel… ‘He scares me.’ “ (Boyne,2006,141) Shmuel shared fears he had and things he experiences inside the camp. If their friendship occurred in another time and place they would not have been so close and dependent on it. When Bruno could not go and see Shmuel, he wondered what Shmuel was doing and if he was thinking of
In this group they were required to tell authorities if family or neighbors opposed Hitler’s beliefs and actions. A theory of why Gretel did not join the League is that she might have told authorities of her Grandmother’s opposing beliefs, while she was alive. If she told authorities before Father did, he would be severely punished and lose his position in Hitler’s army. Also Father’s mother would be executed. An example that Father could be punished is when Kurt Kotler withheld information about his Father’s beliefs and he was “moved elsewhere”. Father did not want to risk this possibility so he did not allow her to join the group. That may be a reason why he did not introduce her to the League when she turned