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The boy in the Striped Pajamas is during World War 2, where a boy named Bruno and his family have to leave Berlin and take up residence next to a concentration camp. Bruno's father has just become commandment. Bruno looks out of his bedroom window and finds an odd-wired fence next door. He notices the people next door aren't all children, but appear to be wearing striped pajamas. Bruno always liked an adventure, the next day he begins exploring the fence. He walked for a while until he came across a boy about the same age. This boy, Shmuel, lives on the other side of the fence. Shmuel tells Bruno how he used to live above his father's store, but how soldiers came and moved his family into this camp.

The boy in the Striped Pajamas is during World War 2, where a boy named Bruno and his family have to leave Berlin and take up residence next to a concentration camp. Bruno's father has just become commandment. Bruno looks out of his bedroom window and finds an odd-wired fence next door. He notices the people next door aren't all children, but appear to be wearing striped pajamas. Bruno always …show more content…

The protagonists in the story are Bruno and Shmuel, and the antagonist is Bruno's father Ralph. Bruno and Shmuel share much in common, they are both nine years old and are not very aware of the situation. They both live and hate Auschwitz, and both speak German. They both share the same birthday. However Bruno is from Germany and Shmuel is from Poland and is Jewish. Bruno has a sort of education whereas Shmuel is uneducated. Bruno is rich, Shmuel is poor. Shmuel is hard working, and Bruno is adventurous. Bruno shares many similarities with his father however Shmuel does not. Shmuel is Jewish and Ralph (Bruno's father) hates Jews. Shmuel is kind and forgiving, Ralph is very strict and gets angry. Ralph wants all Jews killed, gassed in his concentration camps. Shmuel and Ralph show no

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