In chapter seven of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Bruno is having a hard time getting used to this new lifestyle. He's afraid that if he doesn't make some changes he will go crazy. He decides he will make a tire swing, because he had made one with his friends back in Berlin. Although this time it was different because now he needed to find some help. His only choice was an adult. Unfortunately the only one around was Lieutenant Kotler. Lieutenant Kotler decides to call over Pavel who helps bruno get a tyre and some rope. His plan back fires and he gets seriously hurt. Pavel cleans the wounds, but Bruno's mother tells Pavel not to tell anyone about helping out.
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I've always been taught never to judge a book by its cover. Most people can come off as a different personality than usual. Sometimes first impressions aren't great. Sometimes I've not wanted to be around someone because of the first impression I've had. Because I've been forced to be around the person I got to know a lot about them and I'm even still friends with them today. There are definitely people I would like to know more about. Even celebrities are really interesting to me. Everything we hear about them comes from tabloids, and half of the time it's not true. I would like to get to know what their life is really like.
I have had many situations in where I had convinced myself I wouldn't enjoy something, but then end up loving it. Most of the time I'm just stubborn and and even pretend I didn't like it. A few years ago my parents made me go to a summer camp for a week. Camps were never my thing, and I was sure I wouldn't know anybody. It turns out most of my friends attended and that I even made some new great friends. I told my Mom I loved it, and I still attend the camp every year.
In this chapter Gretel and Bruno are just unpacking and trying to get used to this house. What makes the conversation so uncomfortable is that although Gretel is older and smarter she isn't sure what is happening outside of the house. Gretel is almost scared by what she witnesses outside the window. She has an uneasy feeling about everything going on. None of them really know what the foreseeable future could mean.
The new house that they moved into is definitely different from the old house. It is desolate, isolated, and just a drab place to live in. The old house was fun, near other houses, and had many rooms. The new house has four rooms and it is dark and dreary. There is no banister to slide down and no secret hiding places. Bruno isn't happy with any of it. He would much rather be at his old house.
I'm very lucky to say that i've gotten to grow up in one house for my whole life. The idea of moving was never a fun one for me. All the stress and everything I would miss would drive me crazy! Bruno has the right to be a little taken off guard. He has just been told that he is moving both out of his home, and possibly out of his country. He also doesn't really know why. If I were him, I would be freaking out. He should definitely be upset about the situation.
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