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Bruno's The Boy In The Striped Pajamas

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A book titled “ The Boy in The Striped Pajamas” is a good example of understanding others. The book is about an 8 year old named Bruno and his family who left Berlin to move to a residence near a concentration camp, where his father just became commandant. Bruno did not like moving away from his home, so he goes out and explores and he finds the camp where he meets a boy named Shmuel. Bruno began to build a friendship with Shmuel, but what Bruno did not realize was that Shmuel was a jewish prisoner. One day Bruno crossed the barbed-wire fence to help Shmuel look for his father. At the time Bruno didn’t think of the consequences of crossing the fence, but because he did, he was killed along with other Jews. The father was the one who sent soldiers

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