The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas #3

• Title: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
• Author: john Boyne
• Genre: Historical Fiction
• Number of pages read this week: 95/215

• Report Section 

In chapter six, the author goes deeply into relationship between Bruno (the main character) and the maid that works into their house, Maria. Bruno's sister, Gretel, and Bruno himself, never thought of Maria as human being, simply because she has been doing the same thing since she came to their house. They had never seen her in normal clothes, only in her maid uniform which she was forced to wear everyday. Bruno and Maria started discussing about their moving. Bruno thought that the moving outside the Berlin was the bad choice that Father made, and he expected Maria's support, but unfortunately, he didn't get any. Bruno's father helped Maria a lot, starting with giving her food and a place to live in, so she was never allowed to speak bad things about Father. Later on, Bruno decided to find a way to entertain himself, or he would slowly go mad. There were only two things that Bruno needed in order to make his new entertainment, a rope and a tyre. Unlike tyre, it was much easier to find a rope. So, Bruno was forced to ask Lieutenant Kotler for a tyre, and he was more then willing to help him. 

In the section that I have read, I have mostly discovered and learnt about Bruno's character. In this section, he showed how in depended he actually was, by showing a great ideas for entertaining himself. Also, it took a lot of courage to ask Lieutenant Kotler for help, but even though he was much older and stronger then him, Bruno still did it. Also, Bruno showed how caring he was, by listening Maria and her life story. He actually cared of what Maria has been through, and I think that all of readers paid attention to that little gesture. 

These developments have affected characters, because first of all, I never thought that Bruno was a sensitive guy who understood much about the meaning of life, simply because he was only nine years old. The thing that made me sad was, even though Bruno had an actual sibling (his sister Gretel), he was never close with her, so he probably never knew what it felt like to have someone there for you, who was close to your age. 

• Response Section 

I think that the section that I have read was very well written and that the author used interesting word choice. I have discovered a lot about Bruno, and his relationship with Maria and Gretel as well. The author forces the readers to make an image in their head of what they were reading, and that is the thing that I like the most about this novel. 

My recent reading has fulfilled my expectations, because on every single page of this book, there is a new thing that you could possibly learn about the characters in it. 

For my continued reading, I expect something good to happen. Throughout 1/2 of the book, Bruno has been suffering in a new home without any friends, and I honestly expect him to join some boy group, and for them to get in a lot of troubles. 

I am very satisfied with what I have read, and I can't wait to finish this book and finally see what will happen to Bruno and his family!

• Passage Section 

''He had walked slowly but once he left the room he went more quickly towards the stairs and then ran down them at a great pace, suddenly feeling that if he didn't get out of the house soon he was going to faint away. In the distance he could see the gate that led to the road that led to the train station that led home, but the idea of going there, the idea of running away and being left on his own without anyone al all, was even more unpleasant to him than the idea of staying.'' (page 66)

In this passage it is shown how Bruno actually felt. He wanted to run away, but he couldn't because then he would be left on his won. He never had any reason to stay so far, because he didn't feel like someone loved him in his new house.