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Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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Like Thomas Aquinas once said,”There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” Friendship is everything. They always have your back. Friends get you through rough patches. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about friendship. It is also about a young boy, named Bruno, who moves from Berlin to a Nazi concentration camp, called Auschwitz. Tommy is not excited for the move he is afraid of missing his friends, His dad, a Nazi commandant got a promotion, and they were forced to move. While exploring, he meets this boy named Shmuel. They quickly become friends and have a lot in common. I think the theme in the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about how some friends may come, and some, unfortunately may go, but true friends stick with you through thick and thin. The theme first emerges from the novel when Bruno and family are packing their things up and Bruno made the remark, "But they're my three best friends for life!" (Boyne, 7). Bruno was explaining to his mom that he didn’t want to move away from his three ‘best friends’, Daniel. Martin, and Karl. But, it didn’t work. His dad had his mind set that they were moving. Bruno was upset that he had to move away from his friends. This is an example of the theme, because Bruno again, is going to miss his friends, but we …show more content…

Bruno is crushed, he wants to stay here with his new best friend. It’s too late. Bruno accepts that he is leaving and he has to break the news so Shmuel. Shmuel says "I won't have anyone to talk to anymore when you're gone." (Boyne, 196). That is probably the saddest part of the novel. This is when Shmuel realizes he going to be lonely again. This true friendship when Bruno says, "You're my best friend Shmuel, he said my best friend for life." (Boyne, 213). That is when the theme of the novel is at its strongest. Bruno and Shmuel created a bond so strong, it’s

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