The Boy in the Striped Pajamas --John Boyne

1942 Berlin   

Confused → angry → bored → happy and enjoy → worried → Sad - Bruno found there were some people he had never seen before. - He argued with his father to back to Berlin to live, but failed. -Bruno met Shmuel and made the friend with Shmuel. -Bruno liked to play with Shmuel.  - Both of Bruno and Shmuel died in the concentration camp. - Brun's family also had some problems. Confused → angry → bored → happy and enjoy → worried → Sad - Why they need to move to the new house. - Bruno thought that he took some mistakes,but his mother did not answer him. -There were no any children can play with him. - His teacher just taught him history but not allow him read some book about exploration. -Bruno played with Shmuel, but he knew that his father did not want he play with Shmuel.

Social Conditions: WWII

'alive' in the mind's eye: -" After entering the concentration camp, Bruno imagines the place which Shmuel lived is very good, all the people live in a happy family, the elders sitting in a rocking chair, they will talk about their childhood story with the children. It is very warm. He thinks the children here would play games together, play tennis or play football. He also thought that the concentration camp will have a store, there may be some small coffee shops or fruit and vegetable shops". -" But when he entered the concentration camp, he found that it is very different with his imagine. In the concentration camp, there are no adults sitting in the corridor rocking chair, and the children did not group play games. And there is not only a vegetable and fruit shop, nor a cafe like Berlin. Where the people sitting on a group of people, watching the ground, looks very sad. And they have one thing in common: all skinny, eyes dim, shaved bald, Bruno would like to also trouble here. "

Bruno Bruno:  Bruno is a 9 year old boy who is currently living in a new house by a concentration camp. Since he is only 9 he doesn't understand what goes on in the camp, or why he moved out of his house in berlin to this new house. He is a very curious boy and love to explore and discover new places. Quote: "It's so unfair. I don't see why I have to be stuck over here on this side of the fence where there's no one to talk to and no one to play with and you get to have dozens of friends and are probably playing for hours every day. I'll have to speak to Father about it." (Pg.111)

Shmuel Shmuel:  Shmuel is a child, a good listener, and he has the same exact birthday as Bruno. He and Bruno become good friends. , But Shmuel is  a Jewish prisoner in Out-With Quote: "I won't have anyone to talk to anymore when you're gone" (Pg. 196)

Bruno's family Bruno's Father He is the Bruno's fahter. He's the guy working for Hitler, fostering a home life for our main character devoid of criticism of the Nazis.He is very strict and professional. Quote: "Those people... well, they're not people at all, Bruno." (Pg.53)

Gretel Bruno's Sister​ Gretel is Bruno’s twelve years old sister.She feels that she is much wiser and more mature than Bruno, and often tease him. At first she mostly interested in her dolls, but after her lessons from children’s tutor, Gretel becomes obsessed with the changing politics of World War II. ​ Quote" : I'm thirteen years old, for heaven's sake! I can't afford to act like a child even if you can." (Pg. 159)

Bruno'smother Bruno's Mother​ Mother is very loving towards Gretel and Bruno, but become serious they ask many questions moving to “Out-With.” She wants hide the reason why they move to the "Out-With." At Out-With, Mother develops a friendship with Lieutenant Kotler seemingly an act of rebellion against Father, who controls her life.​ Quote: "Some people make all the decisions for us."(Pg. 14) ​

Secondary Characters Lieutenant Kotler： One of the Nazi soldiers stationed at Out-With. He has "very blonde hair, an almost unnatural shade of yellow". Gretl develops a crush on him, and it is implied that he is carrying on an affair with Mother. He is cruel and Bruno doesn't like him.

Secondary Characters Pavel: An old man who prepares meals and waits on Bruno's family at Out-With. He is a former doctor and now a prisoner at Out-With. He is described as "quite a small man, and very skinny too, with long fingers and angular features"

Secondary Characters Maria: The maid who moves to Out-With with Bruno's family. Her mother worked as Father's mother's seamstress, and Father offered her a job when she was destitute.

Secondary Characters The Fury(Adolf Hitler): Bruno's mishearing of the Furor, or Adolf Hitler. He is Father's boss and appoints Father to work at Out-With. Bruno meets the Fury when he and Eva come to dinner at Bruno's family's home in Berlin. Bruno finds him very rude.

Complication World War II, Germany attacked Poland Jews were caught in the concentration camp The work of Bruno's father was changed There were no friends who Bruno knows, so Bruno often feels very boring. When Bruno asked his family why they were going to move as well as his father's work, they also did not tell anything to Bruno. 

Conflict Person VS. Person In this story " Nazi's"holding and killing "Jews".Bruno is unaware about why there people stay in this fence. 

Lieutenant Kotler and Bruno's sister. 

This is Shmuel. His eyes were wounded .And he looks unhappy.

Bruno's parents 

Conflict Person VS Society  Bruno VS Society: When the Polish defeat, the Jews were captured by the German army. The German army carried out a very cruel massacre of the Jews.