Literary Elements - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

When we learn that Mother wants Bruno to treat Maria respectfully and not speak to her as father does.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Mother looks as if she’s been crying as Bruno passes her on the stairs, but he doesn’t fully grasp it.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Bruno announces his plan to to wear a disguise and sneak over to Shmuel’s side of the fence.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Bruno concludes (decides) “Heil Hitler” is another way of wishing someone a pleasant afternoon.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Bruno wonders who decided which people wear uniforms and which wear striped pajamas, he suggests a concern about injustice and life not being fair.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Mother tells Bruno everyone must move with Father, because family always sticks together.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Bruno believes there is a farm full of children he can see outside of his bedroom window, but it is actually a concentration camp.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

Bruno’s observation that the train across the platform appears too crowded.

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Bruno overhears Mother and Father argue about living at “Out-With.”

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing

When Bruno calls Gretel a “Hopeless Case.”

• Theme

• Characterization

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Foreshadowing