The Boy In Striped Pyjamas was set in the past. Why should you care about the issues raised in the book? Should we continue to study this book in Grade 7?
The setting of this book was awkward. The setting was during the World War II, time when the holocaust began. Millions of innocents died from this. This book is about an innocent German boy from with his strict father. Because of his dad's job, he moved to a place called "Out-With". Obviously as a reader, we know that this is a foreshadowing because "Out-With" is actually a concentration camp however, this boy doesn't know. Anyway, he was bored to death so secretly, he went to explore outside the house and met a friend named "Shumel". He was Jewish and he was born same date as Bruno was born. By the way, I think Shumel has more knowledge than Bruno because Bruno doesn't know what's happenening around the world and he doesn't know why Shumel is kept inside the "Cage". As the time passes, Bruno started to gain knowledge and had several questions. What's inside that area? How many people are there? And Bruno wanted to see visually, not just by hearing. So obviously, Bruno secretly crawled under the chain and went inside. Then unfortuntely, Bruno and Shumel were forced to go to the gas chamber and their lives were taken by soldiers.
As I read this book, I thought we should talk and care about this history more seriously. We can learn bravery, kindness, etc as you learn about this terrible moment. Also, we should care about this because we have to make sure that there are no more wars and holocaust which will create a disaster throughout the world. Also, I think we should keep this topic for next year too because this will educate the youngs to think "this shouldn't happen again". Educating youngs will eventually create a less percentage of having another holocaust because we are going to be adult and we will know what to do.
