How is it possible for Bruno and Shmuel to have fun together and maintain their friendship in the midst of the circumstances? I think that
Bruno and Shmuel become and stay friends
, because they are the same age, and Bruno thought that they were the same. … They also become and stay friends over a mutual desire to escape.
How did Shmuel and Bruno become friends?
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is a story about a friendship that Bruno and Shmuel form during the Holocaust. Bruno and Shmuel become great friends. … As
a child prisoner of the concentration camp at Auschwitz
, Bruno sees Shmuel sitting on the other side of a fence. Shmuel is nine as well.
How are Bruno and Shmuel alike?
They are
both young boys who speak the same language
and they are both confused about the situation on where they are. Bruno and Shmuel have a very good friends ship and they both take risks to see each other at the fence.
How is Bruno's and Shmuel's friendship unique?
Their friendship is a secret.
Bruno finds comfort in spending time with Shmuel
. In fact, when Bruno's mother learns of the horrors at Auschwitz and insists they leave Auschwitz, Bruno does not want to leave his new friend Shmuel. When Shmuel's father becomes missing, Bruno wants to help Shmuel find his father.
What does Bruno think is unfair?
Bruno thinks it is unfair
that Shmuel has many friends while he has none
. What does this observation reflect about Bruno? … This observation reflects that Bruno has no understanding of what is happening to Shmuel and the people on that side of the fence.
Is Bruno and Shmuel the same age?
The boys exchange ages and birthdates, and are shocked to find that they have the exact same birthday:
April 15th, 1934
. Bruno says that they are like twins, to which Shmuel replies, “a little bit.”
Why is Bruno's mother unhappy at outwith?
Bruno's mother suddenly becomes increasingly unhappy
after Lieutenant Kotler gets sent away
. She was close to him, and without him she feels lonely and sad. She feels Out-With (Auschwitz) is no place to raise children and is frustrated with her powerlessness over her family's situation.
What is unusual about Shmuel's birthday?
When Bruno asked Shmuel how old he was, he said he was nine and that his birthday was
April fifteenth
. Shmuel's answer shocked Bruno since he, too, was nine and shared the same birthday.
What was Shmuel's journey to the concentration camp?
What was Shmuel's journey to the concentration camp?
He couldn't understand why so many people were being forced onto one train while there was plenty of room on his train
. He didn't understand why people on the other train could not leave through the back door.
Is Bruno happy to look like Shmuel?
Bruno is
pleased to see that Shmuel seems happier lately
, though he is still very skinny. Bruno remarks that this is the strangest friendship he has ever had, since the boys only talk, and cannot play with each other.
Who is responsible for Bruno's death?
No one individual is completely responsible
for Bruno's death in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. However, his father, as commandant of Auschwitz, should take most of the blame.
Why was Bruno not quite so unhappy about his new life anymore?
-Why isn't Bruno feeling quite so unhappy about his new life?
Because he has someone to talk to, he is not feeling so lonely as at the beginning of their life in Out
-With. As a result, Bruno is not feeling so unhappy 2.
How old is Bruno and Shmuel?
Set in World War II, the Holocaust drama relates the horror of a Nazi extermination camp through the eyes of
two 8-year-old boys
: Bruno (Asa Butterfield), the son of the camp's Nazi commander, and Shmuel (Jack Scanlon), a Jewish prisoner. It was released in the United Kingdom on 12 September 2008.
Why does Bruno think Germany is superior?
Bruno's comment stems from his father's
nationalistic beliefs
that Germany is superior to all other countries. Under the Nazi regime, the German youth were indoctrinated and lead to believe that Germany was the greatest nation on earth. Bruno has little experience learning about other countries and cultures.
What is banned for Bruno out out-with?
What was banned for Bruno at “Out-With?” He
saw a dot in the distance
.
Who Hated Shmuel?
He explained that the soldiers hated the people on his side of the fence. He hated the soldiers as well.
Bruno
feared that Shmuel might also hate Father. Bruno changed the subject to tell Shmuel that he'd be leaving in two days and that the following day would be their last chance to meet.
