The main theme in The boy in the Striped Pyjamas is the Holocaust and the Nazis. Bruno is still a young boy, and he doesn't know much about it. He is an unreliable narrator. Throughout the book, it gives clues about who his father is, and why they had to move. One of the key issues is Bruno wanting to go back home to Berlin. He tries to find out why they had to move house. Another key issue is the people who live next to him. Bruno doesn't know much about it but when he tries to find out more his father says they weren't human. So far in the book, Bruno is still confused and doesn't know much although you can tell from the clues it gives. Other books that are about the Holocaust are The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and The Book Thief.
I think the unreliable narrator bit makes the book much more interesting than if the narrator told us everything.
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