The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

I have just started reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne. In the first few chapters Bruno is unaware what his father's job is. All he knows is that his father's job is a "serious job." He notices his father and many other men wearing the same uniform but he believes his father is more important because there are more "decorations" on it. Because of this new job Bruno and his family are forced to move and leave their lives behind. Not much is told to Bruno and his sister Gretel. All they know is that they have to take precautions to keep their family safe. Bruno has made his opinion about moving very clear. Once they unpack into the new house Bruno begins to miss his "best friends for life" and his life in Berlin.


12/16/12

To the point I have read to so far in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, Bruno and Gretel looked outside of Bruno's window in his bedroom and found something the didn't expect. Bruno saw "dads, grandpas, and uncles." He wasn't sure who they were. Although he did realize that they were all wear the same outfit, striped pajamas. He noticed that many of them had bandages that wrapped around their heads. Gretel tried to come up with possible explanations as to why they were there. They wondered where the girls were and why they were split up. When Bruno talks to his father and asks who they were he said "Those people...well, they're not people at all Bruno. Well, at least not as we understand the term. But you shouldn't be worrying about them now. They're nothing to do with you. You have nothing what soever in common with them. Just settle in your new home and be good, thats all I ask." Will Bruno begin to understand the tragedies that are taking place right in his backyard?