The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Chandler Naidu

Character Sketch

My first impression of Gretel was that she was the older sister of a nine-year old boy was was accused of being a "Hopless Case and caused nothing but trouble for him" (3). This reminds me of me and my little brother. We would both describe each other as a Hopeless Case and that we only caused trouble for each other. Gretel always has her blond hair pulled into two braids. This shows that she is a very monotonous person. Bruno always describes her as a "Hopeless Case" and eventually she proves this to be true. She is very mean to Bruno and teases him any chance she gets. She also tries to be older than she is by flirting with Lieutenant Kotler who is much older than she is. Bruno points this out to her face and she gets very angry with him for making her seem childish in front of Lieutenant Kotler. She also gets angry when he enters her room to ask her questions about the new place they are living in. All Bruno wanted were answers and Gretel couldn't have been meaner to him. My first impression of her was extremely wrong, because I thought that it was just her little brother saying bad things about her just because they were related and both annoy each other. Gretel is really a mean, naive, rude, and fake person.