Father:

1. Kind:
- “Your father took me in and helped me when I needed him”
- “He was very kind to me then”
both in chapter 6
2. Prejudice:
- “he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just imitate the way Father spoke to her.” Chapter 1
- “Those people… well, they’re not people at all, Bruno” chapter 5
- “Father said she was just a maid and overpaid at that.” Chapter 1
3. Controlling:
- “She jumped when she saw Maria standing there, watching her” scared of father finding out chapter 5
- “Out of bounds at all times and no exceptions.” Chapter 1

Shmuel:
1. Well-read:
- “Because you said hello in German.” Chapter 10
- “But it’s all relative, isn’t it? Distance, I mean” chapter 10
2. Courageous:
- “I don’t feel anything anymore,” said Shmuel. Chapter 15
- He forgave Bruno after being badly beaten up “It’s alright” chapter 15
3. Aware
-never tells Bruno about his father but knows chapter 19
- “But this is Poland” chapter 10

Bruno:
1. Innocent/naive:
-thinks Heil Hitler means “Well, goodbye for now, have a pleasant afternoon.”
- “Out-with camp” chapter 9
- “Fury” chapter 1
2. Curious
- “If this is the countryside like you say it is, then where are all the animals you’re talking about?”
chapter 4
- “Why are there so many people on that side of the fence?” chapter 10
3. Lonely
- “wished that Gretel would sit down beside him and put her arm around him and tell him that it was all
going to be all right.” Chapter 4
- “Bruno felt very happy all of a sudden” upon meeting Shmuel chapter 10

Gretel:
1. Innocent:
- “That’s the name of the house, Out-with” chapter 3
- “This must be the country-side” chapter 4
2. Prejudiced:
- “Because she’s the maid,” said Gretel, staring at him. “That’s what she’s here for.” Chapter 6
- Bruno asked if they were Jews to which she replied, “No we most certainly are not. And you shouldn’t
even say something like that.”
3. Ignorant:
- “Perhaps this is our holiday home,” She added hopefully. Chapter 4
- “Ignoring the fact that some of the children, even some of the older ones, even the ones as grown up
as her, looked as if they were crying.” Chapter 4

Prejudice:
1. The fence: A barrier
- “He lifted up the bottom of the fence like he did whenever Bruno brought him food, but this time he
reached his hand out and held it there.”
- “lifted the bottom of the fence off the ground” chapter 19
2. Lieutenant Kotler:
- “none of them could watch” chapter 13
- “And something about the harsh sound of it made Bruno look away” chapter 7
3. Father
- “Whom he ordered around mercilessly.” Chapter 20
- “Those people… well, they’re not people at all, Bruno” chapter 5

Ignorance:
1. Gretel:
- “Perhaps this is our holiday home,” She added hopefully. Chapter 4
- “Ignoring the fact that some of the children, even some of the older ones, even the ones as grown up
as her, looked as if they were crying.” Chapter 4
2. Bruno:
- “That happened to me too!” chapter 12
- “There were no grown-ups sitting on the rocking chairs on their porches.” Chapter 19

Family and friends:

1. Shmuel:
- “Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel’s hand in his own and nothing in the world would have
persuaded him to let go.” Chapter 19
- “And you could help me look for Papa,” chapter 18
2. Grandmother:
- “and you feel like the person you’re pretending to be” he thought of her in his last moments. Chapter
19
- the memories “refused to fade” chapter 19
3. Father:
- “The rims of her eyes were more red than usual” chapter 1
- “Father had not come up to him to say hello in the hour or so that he had been here,”