At the beginning of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,
Bruno gives little thought to his privileged life in Berlin. He has a loving family, good friends, many places to visit, and enjoyable days and nights. When his father becomes the commandant of Auschwitz ("Out-With") in Poland, Bruno asks in disbelief, "You don't mean we're leaving Berlin?
The character of Bruno in the novel The Boy in the Striped Pajamas displays signs of identity foreclosure throughout the novel. In Chapter 10, Bruno meets Shmuel for the first time. He asks Shmuel where he is from, and Shmuel says that he's from Poland. Bruno says, "That's not as good as Germany, is it?" (Boyne 111). Bruno continues to say, "Well, because Germany is the greatest of all countries...We're superior"
At the beginning of the novel, Bruno is living in Berlin and very happy. He has three best friends Karl, Martin, and Daniel, and they swear to be best friends for life. When Bruno has to move to Poland, he eventually forgets his friends and their names. We see at the...
