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The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, is a book about two children that were enemies, but at the the end, they became friends. Throughout the book, I describe Bruno as playful ,and smart.

I described Bruno as playful, because he loved to play with his old friends before he moved to his new house in Berlin. Once he got to his new house in Berlin, he didn't have no one to play with, than he asked Pavel to create a swing with an old tire. Once Pavel was done with the swing, he started swinging by himself since his sister Gretel didn't want to play with him. Once Bruno met Shmuel for the first time, he didn't know he was a Jewish. The next day Bruno wanted to play checkers with Shmuel, but Shmuel said that it was a very bad idea, because if the soldiers were to see him, Shmuel would of been in trouble. …show more content…
When Bruno heard his parents arguing about how the Jewish people were being treated, Bruno thought that Pavel was wearing pajamas, because he was a Jewish as well as Shmuel.

Bruno is thoughtful, because everytime he sees Shmuel and the Jewish working on the house, Bruno thought right away, why wasn't Shmuel helping the rest of the Jewish working on the house instead of being here all alone. Bruno directly thought why was Shmuel in prison if he had the same birthday and age as Bruno.

Bruno is a smart guy, because he loved to read books with his sister Gretel. The next day, Bruno went to visit Shmuel, but what Shmuel didn't know, was that Bruno had a shovel to dig a hole, and get in prison with Shmuel. Not everyone will agree with me, but Bruno is smarter than Shmuel, because Bruno used to have friends back in Poland, so Bruno learned lots of new things from them. Bruno taught Shmuel how to play fun games such as Checkers
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