The Boy In The Striped Pajamas Online

It is flawed. It is manipulative. It is also one of the most effective empathy machines ever written.

The "heavy rain" that falls for days after. The father realizing the fence has been lifted. The screaming. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

If you are a student reading this for class: Please, for the love of Bruno, read the historical notes in the back of the book. Don't use this novel as your only source for your history paper. It is flawed

What makes this book so devastating isn't the violence. In fact, Boyne cleverly avoids showing us the true horror directly. Instead, we see everything through Bruno’s naive, literal eyes. He doesn't understand why the people on the other side of the fence wear striped pyjamas. He doesn't understand why his father is a Commandant. He just thinks it’s a farm. The "heavy rain" that falls for days after