The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Social Analysis

Problems of socio-economic class in Boyne’s novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Hitler’s regime in Nazi Germany caused a major issue of socio-economic class and a great divide between the Germans and the Jews. In John Boyne’s novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, these issues are illustrated through the eye of a Nazi Soldier’s family who have to move to Poland after the soldier becomes commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. In a place where the soldier’s son whose name is Bruno comes into contact with a Jewish child named Shmuel, who is on the other side of the fence in the concentration camp. Bruno tries to understand both sides of the story, the Nazi side as well as the Jewish side, but believes he is superior to Shmuel, only because he is always taught to think so. This problem of socio-economic class is evident throughout John Boyne’s story of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, as the main message of the Nazis in the novel promotes hatred to the Jews and their culture, and teaches German children these messages.
In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Bruno and Gretel, the son and daughter of the Nazi soldier start out innocent at the beginning of the novel, not knowing very much about …show more content…
Bruno and Gretel are taught about the war going on by people who surround them such as their father, Lieutenant Kotler, and their History teacher. They are taught to hate Jews and see how poorly the Jewish servants are treated in front of them. Bruno’s father tells him that Jews are not considered people due to how low their socio-economic class is. This issue of socio-economic class caused a great amount of devastation and many lives were affected by it. Many lives were taken only due to prejudice and the thought of being superior. In his Author’s note, Boyne