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One day when Bruno comes home from school, his mother explains the family is going on a "great adventure" as his father's employer has a new job for him. They will soon be leaving their house in Berlin with their maid, Maria, their cook, and their butler. As he goes upstairs to help Maria pack, Bruno hears his parents argue in his father's office.
Upset with their new, smaller house, Bruno complains to his mother. Bruno sees a soldier carrying a box out of his parents' room and comments he looks too serious. Bruno looks out of his room window but, instead of the nice view of Berlin he used to have, he sees something that makes him feel cold and unsafe. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Chapt...
Bruno's older sister, Gretel, doesn't like their new house either and explains the place is called "Out-With," which she thinks means "out with the people who lived here before us." Bruno shows her the children he can see from his bedroom window.
From Bruno's room, Gretel sees a huge fence encircling an area with no grass, some huts, buildings, smokestacks, and men. Gretel wonders who these people are and where the women are. They notice some people on crutches, some carrying spades, some dirty children, and some crying. Bruno notices everyone is wearing the same outfit: gray striped pajama...
Bruno enters his father's new office and says he wants to go home. Bruno asks who the people outside his window are, and his father says they are not people at all. Bruno salutes him with "Heil Hitler" and leaves his office.
Bruno asks Maria if she hates the new house. After avoiding a direct answer, she tells Bruno his father always helped her when she needed, so she would never say a bad word about him. She also advises Bruno to keep his feelings to himself until everything is over. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Chapters 5 & 6
When Bruno decides to hang a swing from a tree, he finds some rope but not a tire. He asks for help from Lieutenant Kotler, who aggressively commands an old man who helps around the house, Pavel, to fetch him a tire. Later, Bruno falls from his swing. Pavel carries Bruno to the kitchen, dresses his wounds, and reveals he used to be a doctor. When B...
Bruno misses his grandparents, and recalls how his grandmother, who used to be a singer, devised performances for him and Gretel to act in. He remembers how their last performance ended poorly, after his grandmother expressed anger at his father for wearing his new uniform. Read a full Summary & Analysis of Chapters 7 & 8
Bruno's father hires a tutor so that Bruno and Gretel can resume their studies. Herr Liszt comes to their house, teaches them history and geography, refuses to teach art and literature, and argues they should learn about the great wrongs done to the German people. Bruno explores outside his house and walks along the fence despite his parents forbid...
After walking along the fence for nearly an hour, Bruno meets a skinny boy from the other side who wears striped pajamas and an armband with a star. Bruno learns the boy's name is Shmuel, that they were born on the same day, and that there are more boys their age on the other side of the fence. Bruno says he came from Berlin and Shmuel shares he is...
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Summary. Bruno, a nine-year-old boy living in Berlin, Germany in 1943, comes home one day to find his family’s maid, Maria, packing all of his things away in boxes. Bruno’s Mother explains that the family is moving away due to the demands of his father’s new job.
Chapter 1 Summary. When nine-year-old Bruno comes home from school one day, he is surprised to find the maid, Maria, packing up all his belongings. He tries to remember if he has done anything...
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