The reason author’s use this device is so as the reader is able to predict what happens next through the hints given. An example of one in ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is Bruno’s death. A hint that was dropped by Boyne was that Bruno and Gretel had lice and Bruno’s hair had to be shaved off. ‘I look just like you now’ (Page185). This comment is made by Bruno when he visits Shmuel; he says this because all Jews had their hair shaved off like Bruno had. Bruno had started to depend on Shmuel as a friend and wanted to help him look for his father as an adventure and asked to have a pair of his own pyjamas so he looked like them, this was just another hint given to suggest that Bruno was going to be mistaken as a Jew when he entered the camp via the fence. After he had climbed under the fence it had started to rain and when the whistle was blown they were taken to a separate building, here the reader was able to determine the fate of both boys. Bruno suggested they were just waiting there for the rain to stop, but they were pushed into the gas chamber and locked in. This was an expected, yet sad event that happened because two naive children were killed because of their race and friendship where they did everything together. After reading the chapter many parents felt emotional and wanted their children close by to know that they were safe with
The reason author’s use this device is so as the reader is able to predict what happens next through the hints given. An example of one in ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is Bruno’s death. A hint that was dropped by Boyne was that Bruno and Gretel had lice and Bruno’s hair had to be shaved off. ‘I look just like you now’ (Page185). This comment is made by Bruno when he visits Shmuel; he says this because all Jews had their hair shaved off like Bruno had. Bruno had started to depend on Shmuel as a friend and wanted to help him look for his father as an adventure and asked to have a pair of his own pyjamas so he looked like them, this was just another hint given to suggest that Bruno was going to be mistaken as a Jew when he entered the camp via the fence. After he had climbed under the fence it had started to rain and when the whistle was blown they were taken to a separate building, here the reader was able to determine the fate of both boys. Bruno suggested they were just waiting there for the rain to stop, but they were pushed into the gas chamber and locked in. This was an expected, yet sad event that happened because two naive children were killed because of their race and friendship where they did everything together. After reading the chapter many parents felt emotional and wanted their children close by to know that they were safe with