Friends Together Forever

Author's Note: This writing piece is about point of view and how the reader could be affected differently depending on who's point of view the book is written in. I also wanted to meet my goal of using A/B transitions at the beginning of my paragraphs, like in the second, third, and fifth paragraph. I also looked on online sources to score a 10 in introductions, and I did that by making my thesis statement clear. Finally, I included clear topic sentences to start each paragraph.  

What would you do if you lived during World War II and met a Jewish boy and became best friends with him ? In the book, The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, the main character Bruno, is kind of a brat and isn’t happy that the family had to move away to another house. As the story progressed Bruno found Shmuel, a Jewish boy, and that made Bruno happy again. He had no idea why Shmuel and the others had to be locked in and surrounded by a fence. Bruno’s perspective changes on things, for instance, when Shmuel tells him that the soldiers took them away from Poland and put them in the concentration camp away from his mother and grandmother, Bruno starts to feel sad. If the book was written in Shmuel’s perspective it would be a depressing book.  In the book The Boy in The Striped Pajamas, it definitely shows how the reader could be affected differently, in Bruno’s point of view and in Shmuel's point of view.

One way that Bruno’s point of view affected the way the book went is when he had to move to a new house across the country. There weren't any houses around and led him to become curious. His curiousity led to finding Shmuel, who became his best and closest friend throughout the story. The first time Bruno went to the fence he found Bruno which made him feel excited and overjoyed! I think if the book was in Shmuel’s point of view he would feel happy too. Especially when the soldier took him in to Bruno’s house and Bruno snuck him food.  After that Shmuel was scolded and he became very emotional.

Another part in the book that would be emotional in general for the reader would be the end scene.  Bruno meets Shmuel at the fence and tells Bruno that his grandfather is missing. Bruno becomes sad and offers to help find Shmuel’s grandfather. Shmuel goes to get an extra pair of striped pajamas for Bruno to put on. He undresses, puts on the striped pajamas and wriggled under the fence to assist Shmuel. They looked and looked but couldn't succeed in finding the grandfather. Then they scrambled over to where a group of people are and ended up in a room with no windows. They start feeling aghast because there were no windows and nobody could get out. That’s when Bruno takes Shmuel’s hand and they perish in a gas chamber. If this part was written in Shmuel's point of view he would be terrified and shocked, like a little kid watching a horror movie. He would feel differently than in Bruno's part of view. As you read that ending it makes you feel nervous about what would happen to the two boys and  after you read the l ast few sentences you feel sorrow and heartbreak.

Since this book has different emotions in it, it shows how the reader can be affected differently from the point of view of Bruno. If it was in Shmuel’s point of view it still would be a very emotional book. This book also shows how much of a good friend Bruno was to go with Shmuel  to find the grandfather and die trying to help. If in the book Shmuel was Bruno he would probably do the same thing, so in the next book you read try imagining what it would be like as the other character in the book.