In the novel the Boy in the Striped Pajamas, by John Boyne, the theme of this book is, that no matter how different you are from a person, you can still be friends. This theme is mainly exhibited between, Shmuel and Bruno. Shmuel is a, Jew who is put in a concentration, camp and lives on the other side of the fence, where they live in huts, and are constantly supervised under fear by the soldiers, while, Bruno is the son of a Nazi, who does not know much about the war, except that he had to move because of his father’s job. Though, the boys differ from these, they share the same birthday, and age, and when Bruno takes a walk and meets Shmuel they become friends. The friends although they never touch until later on in the novel, exchange stories,
