Chapters 3 & 4 Of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

In chapter 4 Bruno and Gretel look out the window of there new house to find a large group of people working, "small boys and big boys, fathers and grandfathers. Perhaps a few uncles too" But they didn't know who the were or why they were there. "'Who are the?' asked Gretel, as opened mouthed as her brother often was these days. 'what sort of place is this?'". "he wanted had seen it first and could see it whenever he wanted because they were outside his bedroom window and not hers and therefore they belonged to him and he was the kind of everything and they surveyed and she was his lowly subject." This can explain hoe Bruno wants everything to go his way.

In chapter 5 Bruno get to go into his father's office even though nobody is ever allowed in there at all times and no expectations. Bruno tells his father that he wants to go back home and he doesn't like his new house because none of his friends life there. And that he wants to move back to Berlin. But his father explain to Bruno that the new house is their new home and they can't move back.

About the Author

 

The Author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is John Boyne. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1971 and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize.

John's early writing consisted mostly of short stories and he published a number of them. His first story, The Entertainments Jar, was shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award in Ireland. He has published about 70 short stories.
John's 2006 novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, was made into an award-winning Miramax film. The novel itself won 2 Irish Book Awards, the Bisto Book of the Year, and was shortlisted or won a host of international awards. Amongst other books, it spent more than 80 weeks at no.1 in Ireland, topped the New York Times Bestseller List, and was the bestselling book in Spain in both 2007 and 2008. Worldwide, it has sold more than 5 million copies.

His novels are published in 46 languages.

John's most recent novel for adults is This House is Haunted, and for young readers, Stay Where You Are then Leave, which will be published in the US in March 2014.

Here is a interview With John Boyne and the director of the movie, Mark Herman.

Chapter 2: The New House and my Relation

In this chapter Bruno and his family have moved into their new home. The new house was not as big as his old house, but still very large. "Everything seemed to be the exact opposite of their old home and he couldn't believe that they were really going to live there." His new house was still in Germany but they moved towns. Their family used to live in Berlin, Germany but they now live in another town in Germany. When they first got to the new house Bruno didn't like it because the house sat alone with no other houses around it, which means that he would have no friends to play with."'I Think this was a bad idea,' said Bruno a few hours after they arrived" In the new house Bruno's father had a office, just like his old one, that nobody was ever allowed in. Bruno never knew why he couldn't go into his father's office."There were even whole rooms - such as Father's office, which was Out Of Bounds At All Times And No Exceptions - that he had barely been inside."

I can relate to this because over the summer I moved houses, but we still stayed in the same town as our old house. We only moved because my parents felt as if our old house was beginning to be to small for our family and we should buy a larger one.