Who Is The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

Have you ever found out that someone you love isn’t who you thought they were? In The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne, Bruno did. This book is set in Nazi germany in the eyes of a 9 year old boy. He moved from Berlin to right across the Auschwitz extermination camp because of his father's job. His father was a high commander for HItler and the Nazi propaganda. He wore nice suits and high ranking clothes. Bruno thought he was a very nice soldier. Not all loved ones are who you think they are. Bruno had just found out that someone was packing his suitcase and touching his special things. He was talking to his mom and she said “ ‘We don’t have the luxury of thinking,’ … ‘Some people make all the decisions for us.’ ”(pg.13-14). She was talking about his father and how he kind of forced them to move with him. Bruno thought that his father was an innocent soldier that did good soldierly stuff. But is that what they find out later? Bruno’s father had just walked in with his new uniform on. Bruno’s mom had called him handsome and Nathalie broke out. “ ‘Handsome, did you say? You foolish girl. Is that what you consider to be of importance in the world? Looking handsome?’ ” (pg.92).That’s what Bruno’s grandma said to his mom. The mom didn’t know what the father was doing so she just thought that he …show more content…
He expresses this point in the eyes of a 9 year old boy to put across that even innocent boys died because of all the terrible things that they did. I feel by using a minor it made it seem worse than if they had used an adult because then we feel worse and realize how bad the Nazis were. We feel even worse for the family especially because his dad was working for the organization that killed his son. The main point of the book was to put across that the Nazi’s were bad people and did some really bad things that they will never be able to take back or make up for their