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John Boyne Train Experiences
John boyne interviewed a lot of people about the train experiences. The train experiences are real life train experiences because in the Boy in The Striped pajamas in the text it states,"And the trucks took us to a train and a train." Shmuel said that,"The train was horrible." Shmuel said that because the train had to many of the carriages for one full thing.He said the was no air where he could breathe. It was also a real life experience because John Boyne got on that train so he did not have to walk in the cold.Shmuel he didn't really want to goon that train because it smelled bad on the train and it had a lot of

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