The Boy in The Striped Pajamas Summary

                   The story the boy in the striped pajamas takes place around a concentration camp named Auchwitz. Bruno the main character is a child who likes to play alot. He is forced to move out of his home town Berlin to an area called Aushwitz but he hears it as "Out-with". He has more restrictions and there are many places that are out of bounds for him. When Bruno decides to ignore the rules he finds a out of bounds area that has a fence around it. On the other side of the fence was a boy named Shmeul. They quickly find out that they share the same birthday, and Bruno notices him wearing no shoes, striped pajamas and a armband with a star on it. He became quite curious why there were people on the other side of the fence, and why were there so many. Later that night Brunos father had dinner guests over and Bruno did not approve. The mans name was "The Fuhrer" and his date was Eva. Bruno's sister Gretel "The Hopeless Case" became quite fond of the two and tried very hard to impress the two of them.

                    Bruno still decides to ignore the rules of the house and continue exploring the woods around his house. He brings food for Shmeul every once in a while and the others lament the fact that he is unable to cross the fence and play with his friends. Shmuel stresses about not knowing where his father is so Bruno decides to promice to him that he will find his dad. Shmuel promiced to grab some striped pajamas for Bruno so that they can find Shmeuls father on his side of the fence. The soilders start to herd up the prisonners, Bruno aswell and they are forced into a gas chamber where they have their own lives taken from them.