I have just finished reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. The mix of the nievity and innocence of Bruno contradicts with the horrors taking place in his backyard. This book has the ability to draw in the reader. Once I started reading, I couldnt put the book down. Bruno decided to go on an exploration where he would soon find a boy his age sitting cross legged behind a fence. He would find that the boy in the striped pajamas name is Shmuel. Every day for a year Bruno would go visit Shmuel but before he would leave his home he would stuff bread and other food to feed his friend. Bruno felt that it was very unbfair that they couldn't go across the fence and play together. Bruno asked Shmuel if he could crawl under the fence with him so they could play and everytime Shmuel said no. Through many tragedies that have taken place throughout the book, Bruno begins to realize why they are on one side and the people in the striped pajamas are on the other. Although he does not fully understand the reason, he knows something is wrong. He doesn't find a difference between himself and Shmuel. Pavel, their waitor who cleaned up Bruno's wound from when he fell off his tire swing, never came back after an incident at the dinner table. Bruno doesn't know why someone so kind who helped him before his knee "bled to death" would suffer what he did for a simple accident. For a few days when Bruno went to go see Shmuel he wasn't there. He began to worry over his new bestfriend. Finally, he arrived and began to tell Bruno how his father had gone missing. Shmuel decides he needs to do a little bit of exploring to find his father, as Bruno suggested. Bruno offered to help find his father but under certain conditions. Bruno would need a pair of striped pajamas and a striped cloth cap. The question is the fate of Bruno and Shmuel.
Did you enjoy this book? Was it similar to anything else you had read before, or not?
ReplyDeleteGood Job! I have read this book before and I liked it. It was a very unique book. When I read it, I haven't read anything else like it before.
ReplyDeletethis book sounds very intersting. What would you rate it?
ReplyDeleteNow I have seen the movie for this book and its a amazing do the book and the movie compare or re they different?
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