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Bruno And Shmuel The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
Bruno and Shmuel had a spontaneous friendship and it is also an unpredictable friendship. Somewhere, in the beginning of The Boy in the striped pajamas Bruno decides to run through the woods and discovers a barbed wired fence and runs towards it. When Bruno makes in to the fence he finds a little boy around his age named Shmuel and decides to befriend him. Once Bruno and Shmuel started to talk a little Bruno says hello “I’m exploring” and then they discover each other's names. Bruno and Shmuel start to talk a little more and Shmuel mentions that he is hungry and asks if Bruno has any food and Bruno says he does not have any but the next day Bruno returns with some bread for Shmuel and he is very grateful. Throughout the movie, Bruno would visit Shmuel everyday and he would learn a little more each day about what was happening but then one day Bruno suggests that Shmuel should come over. …show more content…
Soon after the soldier catches him eating the food he asks where did he get the food from he then says Bruno gave it to him and Bruno betrays him by denying it and Shmuel gets beaten by the soldier. Later on, Bruno would go back to the fence everyday looking for Shmuel and he was nowhere to be found, then one day Bruno sees Shmuel with a black eye. Bruno realizes what happened with him and the soldier and apologizes, Shmuel ends up forgiving him and playing checkers. Eventually, Shmuel states that he lost his father and he has been looking for him and Bruno offers to help and they made a plan. The plan was to dig a hole under the fence to the other side and have Bruno wear a uniform to prevent being caught and to help him find his father but it does not end up going that way. Bruno and Shmuel both end up being brought to a gas chamber and to their

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