The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas was written by author John Boyne and is about a boy named Bruno who moves from Berlin in 1942 to a crummy house outside of a concentration camp called Auschwitz at the same time of World War 2 and makes a really great, new best friend named Shmuel. During many parts the book, Bruno faces many situations of which require great bravery. The intention of this essay to show that Bruno is a brave character and not a coward.
To begin with, Bruno has a friend that he is not meant to have. Bruno knows that he is not meant to be friends with Shmuel in fact Bruno and Shmuel should be enemies because Bruno is the son of a high ranking Nazi and Shmuel is a Jew in a concentration camp. In the book you can see that the first time Shmuel and Bruno meet is in chapter 10 on page 58 and the first thing Bruno says is “Hello” and Shmuel replies with “Hello” to. Another quote that shows evidence for this topic is on page 103 chapter 18 when Shmuel explains to Bruno “Well, you’re probably not allowed to come here and …show more content…
Bruno stands up to father because he hates the new house Out-With and wants to go back home in Berlin to his old lifestyle with his friends and where he could go to school and live in his big house. Evidence to show that Bruno doesn’t like the new house is when he stands up to father which is a factor that makes him brave as he shouldn’t argue with his parents. You can see this factor throughout chapter 5 and especially after Bruno and his father have been arguing for a while and Bruno shouts “I don’t want to accept it”. This shows that Bruno is really angry at his father for moving out of their old home in Berlin and is upset where they are living now. This is brave because there could be severe consequences for Bruno yelling at his father. As you can see Bruno shows bravery and stands up to voice his opinion even though his father may not see his
To begin with, Bruno has a friend that he is not meant to have. Bruno knows that he is not meant to be friends with Shmuel in fact Bruno and Shmuel should be enemies because Bruno is the son of a high ranking Nazi and Shmuel is a Jew in a concentration camp. In the book you can see that the first time Shmuel and Bruno meet is in chapter 10 on page 58 and the first thing Bruno says is “Hello” and Shmuel replies with “Hello” to. Another quote that shows evidence for this topic is on page 103 chapter 18 when Shmuel explains to Bruno “Well, you’re probably not allowed to come here and …show more content…
Bruno stands up to father because he hates the new house Out-With and wants to go back home in Berlin to his old lifestyle with his friends and where he could go to school and live in his big house. Evidence to show that Bruno doesn’t like the new house is when he stands up to father which is a factor that makes him brave as he shouldn’t argue with his parents. You can see this factor throughout chapter 5 and especially after Bruno and his father have been arguing for a while and Bruno shouts “I don’t want to accept it”. This shows that Bruno is really angry at his father for moving out of their old home in Berlin and is upset where they are living now. This is brave because there could be severe consequences for Bruno yelling at his father. As you can see Bruno shows bravery and stands up to voice his opinion even though his father may not see his