In class we have been reading The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne for the past couple of weeks. The main character in the story is Bruno. He lived in Berlin until he moved to Out-With because of his father’s job. He isn’t sure what his job is but he understands that his father is quite important. Bruno absolutely hates it at Out-With because it is so boring and plain compared to his old one. Bruno was having a hard time with his older sister Gretel after they looked out the window. They saw long barbed wires stretching over a vast area containing scared looking men ans small boys. Bruno found it quite unusual that the men and small boys were all wearing the same blue and white striped clothes. There were tiny wooden huts in rows and the ground was a grey and sandy looking. Soldiers were shouting at some children to get in line and they looked petrified. Scared, they tried to forget it and return to their usual ways. Several weeks later Bruno was still bored with their new house and was finding it hard to remain calm with all the strange men coming in to the house to have meetings with his dad. Bruno was on a mission to find a tyre to make a swing because he had recently spotted a great tree for a swing and while he was searching for one he bumped into Gretel and a slightly older looking chap. He asked if they had seen any spare tyres about but the man, Lieutenant Kotler, was joking around to much to answer properly. Instead Bruno found his own tyre, made a very loose knot and tied it to the tree. The knot was too loose though so he fell of and then it banged him on the head. Pavel, the waitor, quickly ran outside and tended to his wounds. Once mother came back she was shocked to see that Pavel had helped Bruno. He didn’t know why, but his mother seemed annoyed…

By Olivia and Lucy