The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Friendship Analysis

“Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”-Muhammad Ali. In the book, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, written by John Boyle, tells a story about two boys, Bruno and Shmuel, finding friendship in most unlikely situation. As the book goes on, Bruno and Shmuel started to care for each other, started to talk to each other, and explore together, but it didn’t go as planned. Bruno and Shmuel realized that they can’t tell anyone about their friendship or they’ll be in big trouble. One day, Bruno found a blob that turned into a figure that turned into a boy sitting on the ground looking down with a forlorn face. “He had discovered something during his exploration, and now that he was finally talking to one of the people on the other side of the fence it seemed like a good idea to make the most of the opportunity”(page. 108). Ever since Bruno’s family moved the ‘Out-With’ (Auschwitz), Bruno has been looking for someone to play with because he felt empty, cold, and lonely. He noticed from his bedroom that there was a wired-fence in his backyard with people on the other side, but he didn’t know why. In Bruno’s eyes, everyone is the same to him, there’s
is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.”-Muhammad Ali. Bruno and Shmuel might of been two different religions, but that didn’t mean they were different. They were still both human and two little, nine year old boys whose lives were different because of their religion. Bruno wasn’t taught to make friends with anyone who was the same at him, he was taught to make friends with any he liked or with someone who understood him. Bruno learned throughout the book that everyone believes in different things, but we are all the same in the end so why were the people in the striped pajamas different from the people in the