Bruno's Relationship With Shmuel Analysis

Bruno is an 8 year old boy, whose determination and courage is one of the numerous things that makes him one of the most dependable charters within the novel. Bruno is shown to be particularly vulnerable of his surroundings and what was going on throughout this time. His connection and willpower to be able to make a friend in the most unlikely area and conditions, he sees an opportunity and turns it into an improbable and prohibited friendship that has many twists and turns and uncontrolled concecuences. After meeting Shmuel a young 8 year old boy, who appears to have a matching birthday to Bruno, they form a tight and loving friendship. Shmuel is undernourished and appears to be extremely pale, bringing the readers to understand the vulnerability of the

For starters, He had befriended a young Jewish boy by the name of Shmuel, which was an unacceptable action to compel in the time that Bruno was living in. Although Bruno didn’t know that what he had just done was considered as the wrong thing to do, he treated Shmuel just like anyone else never the less and thought of him as a close friend, well the only friend he had since moving to Auschwitz. When he had found out that Shmuel was starving and in need of food, Bruno made sure to go to the effort and bring food with him to enjoy with Shmuel when they were sitting together, separated by the fence. One day after uttering that the Germans were “superior” (Page 112), Bruno had quickly thought of changing the subject as it made him uneasy to have said that to Shmuel, having an innate sense that it wasn’t the right thing to have said. Although Bruno’s father had exclaimed it many times before, Bruno had not been fond of the words that were spoken out of his mouth at that exact moment. As the novel progresses further

He realizes that when he sees Schumel and all the hardships he has gone through and survived, he is capable of being his own person. Despite the circumstances in “the chaos that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel’s hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let it go” (Boyne 213). Bruno goes from being dependent on his father to being independent and making his own decisions based on what he believes is right. Through his experiences, he learns the importance in his life and how he should not be convinced otherwise. In conclusion, Bruno becomes condescending of an adult in terms of making decisions for

Beginning: Bruno wanted to meet Shmuel and become friends with him at first sight; He wanted to play with him also. But they were separated by a fence. I can relate to that because I like meeting new friends and when I meet them I normally ask to go play and have a conversation with them.

Bruno likes going to meet Shmuel as much as he can and also loves bringing him food, talking and asking questions about his unfortunate situation and his seclusion behind a fence. Although Bruno does often say some silly and selfish things, Shmuel manages to contain himself out of respect. One example is when Bruno asks him why he wears pyjamas all day and Shmuel replies that are the soldiers that they took all their clothes away. Bruno then says: “My dad's a soldier, but not the sort that takes people's clothes away.” This sort of dialogue shows how naïve, ignorant and unaware were the young people like Bruno about the political situation of their time and about the segregation of Jewish people and their extermination and

What he would do to Pavel? ( Jews were not supposed to touch or help Germans in world War II another example is while Lieutenant Kotler was walking in the kitchen, Shmuel and Bruno were talking while Shmuel were cleaning the glasses just as he was eating he shouted ‘where did you that from’ he shouted. Then Shmuel answered ‘he gave it to me’ Bruno answered ‘I have never seen him before or spoken to him’ (pg.171 2007). why do you think Bruno lied? He lied because he was scared that he would get beaten up by lieutenant Kotler. So he lied and gave the blame to Shmuel. (Bruno has fear he would get beaten up just like Pavel got beaten up by Kotler. Bruno is terrorise by lieutenant Kotler) this example highlights Bruno has fear and he terrorise by Kotler this shows Prejudice and

Bruno did not understand what happened daily in the camp and was jealous that Shmuel was surrounded by other children. Bruno said “It's so unfair, I don't see why I have to be stuck over here on this side of the fence where there's no one to talk to and no one to play with and you get to have dozens of friends are probably playing for hours every day, I'll have to

I liked that Shmuel was a happy kid when he met Bruno and he didn't let the fact that he was a Jew bothered him. Even when Bruno said he wasn't his friend, Shmuel had still forgiven him. I feel bad for Shmuel because a young sweet kid like him shouldn't be in the position he is presently in.

Finally, Bruno would occasionally steal food from his house to bring to Shmuel to snack on during their long conversations (Boyne, 2006). However, this detail from the the book is inaccurate because the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team, also known as H.E.A.R.T., specifically said,“Those caught carrying anything at all – even a piece of turnip – could expect severe punishment” (H.E.A.R.T., 2012, p. 68). In reality, Bruno would not have been able to give him even a crumb of food let alone even be talking to Shmuel on the other

When asked if Bruno knew Shmuel Bruno didn't answer the question. " Bruno’s mouth dropped open and he tried to remember the way you used your mouth if you wanted to say the word “yes”. He’d never seen anyone look as terrified as Shmuel did at that moment and he wanted to say the right thing to make things better, but then he realized that he couldn’t; because he was feeling just as terrified himself. " The way Bruno responds to conflict is a natural reaction.

Bruno is extremely ignorant when talking about the Jews. Firstly, in the excerpt given, he thinks

Coming of age. Often the phrase refers to the process of growing up or the entering to adulthood. As a matter of fact the ‘The Boy in Striped Pajamas’ directed by Mark Herman revolves around this idea. This film involves a young boy named Bruno living in Auschwitz during the holocaust, he then meets a young Jewish boy named Shmuel where he and Shmuel both faces and overcomes inevitable obstacles. Correspondingly, directed by Rob Reiner, ‘Stand by Me’ is an inspirational film that sets in the summer of Castlerock, Oregon in 1959, where four boys Gordie, Vern, Teddy and Chris Venture out to find a dead body of a local boy called Ray Brower.

In the movie The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bruno states to his new friend “We're not supposed to be friends, you and me. We're meant to be enemies. Did you know that?” but they still becameare friends. Even after he figures out that he isn’t supposed to be friends with Shmuel, he still continues to be because he and Shmuel need each

The second struggle in Bruno 's and Shmuel’s friendship is their need to overcome their differences in the family background. One day, Bruno decided to talk about how they came to be in Auschwitz. When Shmuel starts talking about how he got here.He said that, “The train was horrible," said Shmuel. There were too many of us in the carriages for one thing. And there was no air to breathe.” “That 's because you all crowded onto one train,”said Bruno.... “When we came here, there was another one on the other side of the platform, but no one seemed to see it. That was the one we got.” (129-130). When Bruno talks about

he finally has someone to talk to for once rather him sitting all alone contemplating everything he has in his mind and bugging his father, he finally has someone to express his emotions to. This decision changed Bruno as he would after wards continue a conversation with the boy and they would both share each other’s stories. If it wasn’t enough Bruno was now bringing food to the boy that is “Shmuel” without anyone’s permission. But this wouldn’t be the last change Bruno goes through as now Bruno will cross all lines and take the most drastic measure in the