Boy In The Striped Pajamas

One of the books I read this quarter was a novel named The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. This novel is 216 pages long and it took me a little over a week to read. This novel is told in 3rd Person Limited point of view. The setting takes place during World War Ⅱ in 1942 near a concentration camp in Germany. In a nutshell, this book is about a nine-year old boy named Bruno whose father is a Nazi officer who gets a job as the commander of a concentration camp and the whole family must move to a house near the camp where Bruno meets one of the prisoners and they become friends. This friendship then leads to many adventures and a very sad tragedy. I definitely believe that this book is worth reading because it teaches you about our nation’s …show more content…
When Shmuel brought Bruno the pajamas, Bruno thought “It didn’t look particularly clean but it was a disguise, and Bruno knew that good explorers always wore the right clothes”(Boyne 202). Bruno’s apotheosis finally came when he reminded himself that he had to do this for his friend whom he may never see again. Knowing this, he bravely climbed under the fence and stealthily started looking for any evidence or clues that could help him find out where Shmuel’s father was. Bruno thought, “He had promised his friend that [he was going to help Shmuel find his father] and he wasn’t the sort to go back on a promise, especially when it was the last time they were going to see each other” (Boyne 208-209). The ultimate boon hit after they searched for a couple hours and Bruno grew weary and knew that he had to go home soon, so he started heading toward the fence when all of the Jews were ordered to march. “March? I can’t go on a march. I have to be home in time for dinner. It’s roast beef tonight”(Boyne 210) said Bruno when the men were asked to march. It started to rain as they marched and Bruno was afraid that he wouldn’t get home on time for dinner and that his family would get worried. He didn’t have to march in the rain for long luckily for him, for the men were told to go into a warm room where not a single raindrop could enter. It was this …show more content…
My book interests are also changing I believe because of my age. I used to really like adventure and fantasy books, but now I am more into survival stories or tragedies mainly because it opens my eyes to how much worse my life could be compared to others even though they may be fictional characters. My habits while reading this book is that I read around three to four chapters per reading period steadily for a little over a week. I read about 85% of the book at school during the reading periods at this pace and I read the rest over a weekend. Another book I have read this quarter is Hate List by Jennifer Brown. This novel is also a survival story and it is about a young girl named Valerie whose boyfriend started a school shooting of all the people that were on this hate list that he and Valerie made when they were mad. It then talks about how Valerie has to cope with being known as the girl that is responsible for the shooting and the deaths of the many students that were shot. Overall it’s a really great read and a very inspiring story. My reading has greatly surprised me with the fact that I can now read in slightly louder areas which is a great improvement for me because I used to only be able to read in extremely quiet areas which wasn’t very easy for me to do all the time and my reading definitely suffered because of this. Some goals that I have set for myself was to