Pajamas | The Boy In The Striped

The "heavy rain" that falls for days after. The father realizing the fence has been lifted. The screaming.

That exchange summarizes the entire tragedy of war in two sentences. It is a reminder that hate is taught, not born. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Their dialogue is heartbreakingly simple: “We’re not supposed to be friends, are we?” asked Shmuel. “Why not?” asked Bruno. “Because we’re supposed to be enemies.” The "heavy rain" that falls for days after

You know it’s coming. History tells you there is no happy ending here. But Boyne writes the final chapter so gently, so quietly, that you almost hope you’re wrong. Bruno, wanting to help Shmuel find his missing father, puts on a pair of the "striped pyjamas" and crawls under the fence. That exchange summarizes the entire tragedy of war

Boyne has said he wrote a fable, not a textbook. He is not trying to teach you the logistics of the Holocaust; he is trying to teach you the morality of it.