1. Bruno still tries to explore his new house and make the most of their move even though he really hates it.
2. I liked it when Bruno used the old tire and rope to make a swing for his own entertainment. He was bored and decided that all he needed was some rope, a tire, and a tree to have some fun at this horrible place.
3. When Bruno falls off of his swing, Pavel, one of the Jews working in the house, runs to help him and fixes him up. Bruno kept asking if he would need to go to the hospital and Pavel kept telling him that it was just a little cut and that he could fix it. When Bruno asks how he would know because he wasn't a doctor, Pavel replies with "Yes I am" (82). Bruno is then very confused and says, "But you're a waiter... And you peel the vegetables for dinner. How can you be a doctor too?" (82). Pavel then proceeds to tell Bruno about how he always wanted to be a doctor then became one.
4. I liked how Bruno always noticed when one of the adults broke one of the rules that were set for the children. He notes that those rules were obviously not for the adults. Whenever he interrupts one of his parents or another adult he is scolded for it, but when they interrupt each other it seams to go unnoticed.
5. Bruno goes into Gretel's room to ask her what she thought about the new home. She didn't like it too much either, but told Bruno that they would only be there for a couple of weeks. Then he asks her to come and look out of his window and tell him what is going on. She then comes to the conclusion that they are now living on the countryside because the yard looked like a farm with a lot a people working on that farm. Bruno points out that there aren't any animals, and Gretel was then very confused about what she was looking at through Bruno's window, and she wasn't sure that she wanted to know exactly what it was.
6. Bruno has a lot of respect for his father, but lost control of himself one time in particular. He is asking his father why they moved to such a horrible place after they had such a good life in Berlin. Bruno starts to interrupt him and say things that he knew shouldn't be said to his father, the authority figure in his house. His father ties to explain to him why his job was so important without actually telling him what his job really was.
7. I like how Bruno and Shmuel have the same birthday, April 15, 1934. This was the start of their friendship.
8. Bruno sneaks out of the house on a regular basis to go visit his newly found friend who lives behind this mysterious gate and he has no idea what it is there for.
9. Shmuel and Bruno are discussing what they want to be when they grow up. Shmuel wants "to work in a zoo" (139). And Bruno tells Shmuel that he "[is] going to be a soldier... Like father" (139).
10. Bruno decides to be a good friend and help Shmuel find his father. This turns out to be not the best decision Bruno could have made, but he was being loyal to his friend and wanted to help him.
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