Boy With Striped Pajamas
By: John Boyne
Main Conflict
The main conflict in the story is that Bruno and Shmuel should never be friends because it was against what Nazis belief. They believed that Jews were less than them, therefore they should all be killed. So they thought that since they were less beings, humans. The Nazis put a lot of the jew in concentration camps. And that's where their friendship was separated...
Main Charaters
Shumel- A 9 yr old jewish boy sent out to a concentration camp, a good friend of Bruno
Gretel- The sister of Bruno. She doesn't get along with him. known as "the hopeless case"
Father- A military Commander. Always working in his office not bothered.
Mother- A Redheaded stuck up, and depends on their maid.
Maria- A maid the whole family takes advantage of, accept bruno. They have a good friendship
Setting
~Camp Auschwitz