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What is the plot of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne? What is the conflict or goal and how is the character trying to solve or achieve...

The plot of any novel involves the exposition, the inciting incident, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution.  In regards to this book, the exposition is learning about Bruno as the son of a Nazi commandant who was forced to move from Berlin to Poland, as well as the dynamics of their family.  The inciting incident is when Bruno first sees Shmuel on the other side of the fence.  The rising action involves Bruno and Shmuel becoming friends and Bruno helping Shmuel in any way he can (including by donning the "striped pajamas" and entering the camp).  The climax is when Bruno and Shmuel enter the gas chamber together and are killed.  The falling action and resolution (which is not really "resolution" at all) is how the German family reacts to the death of Bruno.  Throughout the plot, the "goal" of the main character is simply to be "best friends" with Shmuel.  Because Bruno is a German boy (and the son of a Nazi commandant) and Shmuel is a Jewish boy (and a prisoner at Auschwitz), this is particularly difficult.  Bruno is trying to achieve his goal first by talking through the fence to Shmuel, by helping Shmuel by providing food and company, and ultimately by entering the camp to try to help Shmuel find his father.

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