Authors Note: I think this book shows a great example how point of view can change a book.

In The Boy With Striped Pajamas a nine year old boy, son of a Nazi officer, becomes friends with a concentration camp inmate. Together, they become great friends even though there is a fence separating them. The story is written in Bruno’s point of view. From this perspective, a lot of events and characters are described in a way that makes the reader a little naïve about the events going on at the about what his dad does and what is happening at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

One way that Bruno’s point of view influences the reader's interpretation is how this perspective describes the Jewish at the concentration camp. He simply sees them as people with striped pajamas. Even though they are starving and sick, he fails to notice what is really happening. This stood out to me because he will most likely get in trouble later on in the book.

However, the reader would feel a lot differently about the Jewish and the Auschwitz concentration camp if the novel was written in the point of view of Bruno’s dad who is a Nazi officer. As an example, the reader would react angry when Bruno was interacting with Shmuel- who is Jewish -when Shmuel was supposed to be cleaning glasses. These points of views are almost completely opposite.

As you can see, the point of view of a story just shows you one side but knowing the other is important. In The Boy With Striped Pajamas the narrator's perspective makes the reader naïve about the events happening around Bruno. After reading this book you realize how naïve and confused Bruno was towards the concentration camp. He thought the Jewish were only different because they wore striped pajamas and were on the other side of the fence. His point of view is completely different than anyone else’s and leaves you wondering what other people were thinking during the time of Bruno’s short life.