The Fence

The fence which keeps the two worlds separate is so much more than just a physical barrier. It represents a lot of things. For example, the fence represents the racial barrier between the Jews and Bruno's family. This fence also represents the barrier between the privileged and the not so privileged. Bruno comes from a powerful family with money and leads a very privileged life. However, Scmhuel is in a concentration camp, gets beat often, and food is very scarce.

Summary

Young Bruno lives a priveleged lifestyle in Germany along with his mother, older sister, and army Commandant father. The family re-locates to the countryside where his father is assigned to be a commandeer in a prison camp. A few days later, Bruno befriends another child, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electric fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews.
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