In chapter 7 Bruno was very bored, and decided to think back and do something he did back in Berlin. He decided to make a tire swing. So he ran downstairs and flung open the door to find Gretel flirting with "Lieutenant Kotler (Bruno’s father’s soldiers). Interrupting their conversation, Bruno asked if anyone has seen a spare tire laying around. Lieutenant called Pavel over, one of the men is striped pajamas, to lead Bruno to the shed and put the tire wherever Bruno desires. Pavel limped over to Bruno and lead took him to the shed. From there, Bruno took the tire and tied it up to the tree with some rope. Soon he began to swing, noticed he was going too high, and shortly flew right off into a tree. He did not know whether to faint or cry. Right away, Pavel came over and helped Bruno inside and cleaned him up. His mother was on a long trip, but came home to find Pavel and Bruno talking to each other. This was not looking good for either of them at this point. Bruno was sent to his room at once, but as walking up the stairs, he heard some disheartening words: "If the Commandment asks, I cleaned Bruno up."
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In chapter 6, Bruno was talking to Maria and telling her how he thinks his new house is awful and that he hates it. Bruno gets very upset that his father "is not a good man", and gets very agitated about it, but on the other hand, Maria thinks he is a very warm hearted man who gave her a home, money and food of her own, and even paid her bills and expenses.
I think it is important to really get to know someone so you are able to understand how things work with them and the way they do stuff. I used to think someone from my dance class was really nice, until I heard from my friends that she bullies people in school. I think its because she's jealous. She doesn't have the prettiest clothes, or the best body, which I think is where she is coming from. All the girls in my class are so slim and pretty, and I think she is just around so many thin people, she probably just wants to be like them, and it eventually comes out all over her friends. This changed the way I though of her, thinking she is not very kind, but I also felt bad at the same time. At first when my parents brought up camp to me, i did not like the sound of it at all. I was going for pretty much the whole summer, and my friend only went for one week, but that really didn't matter because once I went I had so much fun and made friends the moment I went there. I still go to that same camp every year, speaking of that, I can't wait for June!
In this chapter we read about how Gretel and Bruno are missing their friends since they moved away. When the conversation between the two started to drag down was when Bruno brought up that there are no kids to play with. This made Gretel feel uncomftorable inside because she didn't see any houses either outside. Gretel then felt so curious so she looked out the window and saw no houses there. In this chapter, the family has officially moved in. Bruno thinks that is is lonely and abandoned because there is no where to make friends and if their was he wouldn't know if they were good influences or not. There is only three floors,one bathroom, and all the rooms were connected. In the other house there was five floors and various bathrooms. Also in the old house Bruno liked sliding down his banister, but theres no banister in the new house. The strangest of them all, is that they were in the middle of nowhere, but there was a big wired fence running down the side of the house for miles after miles. If I was Bruno, I would explore, which Im sure he will do. In this very first chapter, we are introduced into some characters. We met Bruno his mother and father, his maid, Maria, and the Butler, Lars. When Bruno came home from school, he found Maria shuffling though his belongings, packing it into bags. Soon enough, Bruno finds his mother and asks her whats going on. He found out that they are moving. Bruno was very sad and felt betrayed. He did not want to leave his friends and school. If I out of nowhere came home from school and found out I was moving away, I would feel frustrated and angry. Although I cannot relate to Bruno because Ive never moved away or switched schools or anything like that, and i never plan to either. I would be so sad day after day, eventually get over it, but I would miss it like crazy, which is guaranteed what poor Bruno is feeling.
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