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The book I did was The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The author is John Boyne and is characterized under historical fiction. In Berlin 1942, Bruno returns home from school and gets the surprise that his belongings are getting packed in crates. They are moving because Bruno’s father had gotten a promotion. He moves to a place called “Out-With.”
The narrator talks about the main characters: Bruno, Maria, Gretel, Bruno’s Mother, Bruno’s Father, and Shmuel the most with a couple background characters. Bruno is a protagonist because he is nice to everyone and treats everyone the same, even though his father is a Nazi. Bruno is nine years old and is very adventurous. He is always looking someone to play with and this caused Bruno to get upset about moving to Out-With where there is no kids near him. Bruno’s father is a Nazi commander and is very secretive. He doesn’t let Gretel or Bruno into his office and has very high …show more content…
Bruno started to adventure. Bruno then saw a speck, then a blob, then a figure, and then a person that ended up to be Shmuel. Bruno saw the boy wearing striped pajamas sitting crossed legs. Bruno said hello and they started talking about why he’s wearing striped pajamas and why he’s on the other side of the fence. They kept talking until Bruno had to leave for dinner. The next day Bruno came to the fence again and they later discover that they share the same birthday. Bruno returns to the fence everyday to see his new friend, Shmuel. Bruno is completely oblivious of what Shmuel has to go through. Bruno complains to Shmuel that he had to move from a five story house to a three story house. Shmuel responded in a friendly way saying that he had to share a room with eleven people. Which Bruno tried one-upping him saying that at least Shmuel didn’t have to listen to Gretel always complaining and being a pain. In which Shmuel decided not to respond upon the
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