Bruno and Gretel's parents are extra cautious about what their kids know about. They are overprotective and isolate him from the world. Bruno and Gretel have just moved into Out-With. Now this house isn't particularly everyones favorite place to live. Their new home is placed right next to Out-With concentration camp. Bruno and Gretel can see a fence between them and the people in striped pajamas. They have no idea why there are people on the other side! His father also wears a Swastika on his arm along with all the other soldiers. Also,his father travels on the other side of the fence often. Many times he see's people on the other side fall to the ground, and being carried away. He has enough information to make out the truth, but he is to young to do so.
He questions his parents often about who the people in the striped pajamas are. His parents will never give him a detailed enough response. They never actually answer his question, always avoiding it somehow. An example of this is when Bruno is having a meeting with his father. He brings up the people on the other side of the fence and once again... he doesn't answer his question. "Ah those people, they're not people at all Bruno... well at least not as we understand t'he term, but you shouldn't be worrying about them right now. They're nothing to do with you. You have nothing whatsoever in common with them. Just settle into your home and be good" (Boyne 53). Bruno's parents always give him a reply that doesn't address the topic. They leave out all the parts about the people in striped pajamas. Maria and Pavel never say anything either! Some adult should tell him what's going on cause he might go to far. Bruno's parents should tell him and his sister Gretel, to avoid any harm.
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