Bruno's The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

“Young children were particularly targeted by the Nazis to be murdered during the Holocaust. They posed a unique threat because if they lived, they would grow up to parent a new generation of Jews. Many children suffocated in the crowded cattle cars on the way to the camps. Those who survived were immediately taken to the gas chambers” (historyfacts.com). Adolf Hitler, the most ruthless leader alive, would take innocent Jews away from their homes and would throw them in concentration camps. “The term ‘holocaust’ refers to an event in which many people are killed and many things are destroyed, especially by fire. Jews refer to this historic event as Shoah, which means “The Catastrophe” (haventoday.org). In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bruno
Buno is a curious boy who’s life is full of secrets. Bruno has no idea what is going on, so he thought he would go see for himself by exploring until he discovers something. “The dot that became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy” (Boyne 104). Bruno was so far he couldn’t tell what or who was there. The closer he got the clearer every thing came into view and there was the boy in the striped pajamas. The boy's name is Shmuel. He wore striped pajamas and was sitting on the ground with a sad expression, he was as skinny as a piece of thread, and there was a wired fence between Bruno and him. Bruno and Shmuel talked and then Bruno asked why he was there. Shmuel wasn’t sure what happened but he knew a little. He told Bruno that one day Shmuel and his family left their home to go hide, but doesn’t know why. They got caught and Shmuel’s mother got taken from them but Shmuel’s father and him were thrown into the concentration camp at “Out-With”. Bruno and his new friend Shmuel became close friends and would visit him in Shmuel hiding spot where they first met. Bruno would bring chocolate and other food for Shmuel to eat, so he wouldn’t starve to
When he did he met a boy named Shmuel they became, best friends. Even though Shmuel is on the other side of the fence, that doesn’t stop Bruno from meeting him at their secret hiding spot. Because Bruno was naive, this book had some interesting twists and turns. If the author wrote that Bruno knew what the Nazis believed about the Jews and Adolf Hitler because his father told him about the situation, what would there have been to make the book more exciting? Bruno would have known about what was going on and would have just agreed with what his father was saying and doing because he wouldn’t have had a reason not to believe him. In the long run it was good that Bruno was clueless because he got to meet his best friend even though it wasn’t allowed. Bruno’s family realized that ‘Out-With’ isn't the safest place for children. Hitler caused a lot of pain and suffering for those people he despised, but when people realized what he was doing they put an end to his