Bruno thought of his old house in Berlin very often and how he missed his grandparents. He was a very curious and adventurous child, and his new house was not entertaining enough to keep him satisfied. Even though his parents told him that he was not allowed to explore, he shows his adventurous side as he starts to roam around his new house and discover the fence of “Out With”. When he found the fence, he also found another boy on the other side. The boy was wearing the striped pajamas, and so were the all of the people on the other side of the fence. It describes him as the skinniest and saddest boy Bruno had ever seen. This made Bruno engage conversation with the boy. The boy introduced himself as Shmuel. Shmuel told Bruno about why he was inside the fence and why he and his family had to move there. Bruno and Shmuel became friends over time, and at one point Shmuel was at Bruno’s house. This was not because of their friendship, but because Shmuel had to help out around Bruno’s house. While he was at Bruno’s house, Bruno grabbed some food out of the fridge and began to eat …show more content…
An important part of prosperity and protest is Modernism. The high and low cultures are shown by the two boys. They reflect each other, just in different situations because of segregation. Bruno’s family is very wealthy and has everything going well. Shmuel and his family are in a concentration camp because they are Jewish. The people in the concentration camp are always working and hardly have anything. Bruno’s family, other than his dad, get to stay home and have everything handed to them. They have Jewish maids and caretakers that work for them. The Postmodernism is shown, but not nearly enough. The only characters that give it off are Bruno and Shmuel. They are young, and think that everybody is and should be equal. Their innocence was really the only part of the story that showed