The Theme of The Boy in the Striped Pajmas

People can be friends no matter how different they are.

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• Bruno is a eight year old son of the commandant at a german concentration camp.
• He has forbidden a friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.

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• These are two boys born on the same day, two similar boys yet two very different realities.
• Bruno had a comfortable family but shmuel had no resources.
• Bruno and shmuel are very close friends but bruno does not understand shmuel and his side of the fence.

They are close friends even though

• They have different family situations.
• Shmuel is stuck behind a fence in a concentration camp.

Even though they are different,

• Bruno sneaks in food for Shmuel
• Bruno tried to help him find Shmuel's father
• Also, he plays ball with him so that Shmuel wouldn't feel lonely.

In conclusion, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas shows that it does not matter how different people are; they can still be friends.