preview

The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

Decent Essays

In The Boy With The Striped Pajamas the whole story is following a boy named, Bruno. In the beginning of the story Bruno comes home to the house maid, Maria, packing all of his belongings "even the things he had hidden in the back and that were nobody else's business." Soon after he finds out that him, his family, and even the house servants were to move from Berlin to Out-With (Auschwitz, Germany) for his father's job. When having just arrived, Bruno dislikes it immediately, it's nothing like the five floor mansion with all the nooks and crannies to explore; the house has peeling paint, unfriendly soldiers rushing in and out of the house like they own it, and none of his friends, Karl, Daniel, or Martin. After living in the new house for a bit longer, Bruno and his sister, Gretel start schooling again, but are homeschooled this time. After one of his lessons, Bruno decides that he is bored with his house with no nooks and crannies to explore, so he decides to go outside and explore there. Bruno decides to walk along the fence that holds all the people with the striped pajamas and caps. He ends up walking for what seems for miles, and …show more content…

Instantly Bruno and the boy began talking. The boy's name was Shmuel. Shmuel was just about Bruno's age, but was much smaller and skinnier than Bruno, he had even asked Bruno for some food, but Bruno had not brought any. That day, Bruno and Shmuel had become friends. Ever since that day Bruno would walk daily after his lessons with Herr Liszt, until he could no longer see his home and until "the dot became a speck that became a blob that became a figure that became a boy". Every day the boys would talk to each other, but they would never play since each boy was on their own side of the fence. There was however, a small opening where a boy Bruno's size could just barely slip

Get Access