Out-With
Quick: What's your neighbor's name? You know it, right? Yeah, we thought so—it's just kind of how things go with neighbors. You live next to someone long enough, and you're bound to know their na...
Bruno's Window
Have you ever heard the phrase the eyes are the window to the soul? Well, in The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, we can flip this around: In this book, the window is an eye of Bruno's soul. Yes, that f...
The Fence
The fence separating Bruno's family's house from Auschwitz might seem like a pretty straightforward symbol: It's a fence, so it keeps things apart. Next, please.But not so fast. Let's take a look a...
The Striped Pajamas
Come on, admit it: You spent a bunch of this book periodically scratching your head and wondering why it was named after Shmuel, Bruno's friend who wears the striped pajamas. And then, when you got...