Chapter 3

On this chapter we get a closer look to Bruno and Gretel’s relationship. Bruno had already mentioned how he considered his sister a “hopeless case” and he has heard his parents refer to her as “trouble from day one”. He also mentions how Gretel’s friends or the monsters as he called them always bothered him because of his small size in comparison too other kids of the same age as Bruno. Later on I could relate to an action the main character did, because when he went to his older sister room Bruno started talking about how much he dislikes the new living arrangements; and I do the same thing as Bruno, that when I don’t like someone or a situation I start talking about it with several people so they can share my same opinion or idea. Finally there was something I didn’t quite understand and is that at some point Bruno mentions how he doesn’t like the kids that live near the new house, to what Gretel responds surprise since she didn’t knew there were other kids around. That’s when Bruno shows her something from the little window and her sister ends up astonished and sharing the same feeling as Bruno. But I guess that as I keep reading, my doubts would be solved.

Chapter 2

Once Bruno arrives to his new house, he is extremely disappointed because his new residence is the opposite from his beloved home in Berlin. The new house is the only building in a big territory and is been describe to be an empty, desolate place, and as the loneliest place in the world with only three stories instead of five. Also the bedrooms are being described to be all together in the top floor, the servants sleeping in the basement, the ground floor being where the kitchen, dining room, and Bruno’s father office are located. I could see how upset and concerned Bruno was about their new living arrangements, since he dare to challenge her mom by telling her is a bad idea, and in those times kids where really respectful and even afraid of their parents. I can relate to the way Bruno was feeling, because when I change schools I also was really sad for having to leave my school and my friends behind and somehow disappointed to what came instead. And I felt just like Bruno’s mother told him, that sometimes we don’t have the luxury of thinking, there are always some people that make all the decisions for us. Also my mother was always telling me to, “make the best of a bad situation”, just like Bruno’s mother, so to take advantage of this new experience. 

Chapter 1

On chapter 1, we are introduced to five main characters. Bruno who is the main character and a 9 years-old kid who lives in a big house in Berlin, her older sister Gretel who has 12 years-old and to whom he refers as a "Hopeless Case", his mother who is a very righteous women that is very devoted to her husband and finally Bruno's and Gretel's father, who is a military with a very high rank, since the Fuhrer has been to his house and in those times that never happened unless you were really important. When Bruno talks about her sister, he calls her a "Hopeless Case", and I could totally relate to him. Since I also have an older sister that I'm always bothering saying that she is a lost case for fashion, because she dresses like a 50 year-old lady and because of the things she enjoys, like being the fan number 1 of Harry Potter and actually believing there might be a magic world and we are just muggles.  In my opinion, chapter 1 was a very good introduction to the characters personality and to what was happening during that time. Also it was very good described since by reading you could figure out the time the book was occurring, that was during the Holocaust and when Hitler was in control of Germany. So in conclusion the first chapter made me happy and wanting to read more to know what would happen next, so it kept me interested.