The thought of juxtaposing a 9-year-innocence old's with the infamous symbol of evil, of the Holocaust, of a Third Reich with horrifying concentration camps gave me chills. Bruno knew nothing about the crime on the other side of the fence and the terrible fate he faced in the midst of a country and entire family (except for the boy's grandmother) brainwashed by the Hitler government. It was truly heartbreaking and tragic for the boy's friend Shmuel to have to endure it.
I wondered why Bruno was so stupid, how weak he was, how he could have acted differently and become a little hero to Shmuel. But, come to think of it, how could Bruno have been used to a full life, shielded from the terrible truths that were unfolding around him, from the barbaric work done in the name of patriotism that his father always admired and was proud to be doing for the Führer? In the end, he was just a 9-year-old with typical 9-year-old preoccupations. You can't expect too much from Bruno, just as no WWII story can have a happy ending...
While the ending of this novel was unexpected, I found it to be too abrupt and lacking in something. I'd like the author to continue the story, to show me the thoughts and emotions of a father who must pay the price for the karma he sows with his own child. It's so bizarre, so bittersweet... "Father's life is salty, son's life is thirsty," as the saying goes...
After finishing the book, I discovered that it was adapted into a film in 2008. I only now have time to watch a movie, and it did not disappoint. I am moved to tears by the plight of the Jews who were sent to concentration camps, as portrayed by the character Pavel, a former doctor who is now forced to peel potatoes and serve tables for Bruno's family, who are mistreated. than a dog, sick, austere, and emaciated from a lack of food.
Vera Farmiga has completely transformed into the role of an innocent wife before discovering the truth about her husband's actions, only to be shocked and horrified when she discovers she is married to a demon who dares to call her job. To protect the nation, Jews were imprisoned, tortured, and enslaved in concentration camps. Officer Kotler is played by Rupert Friend, a character with a handsome exterior but a cruel heart, filled with violent thoughts and poisoned by his own hatred of Jews. from Führer Hitler's brainwashing process.
A wife and mother who is well aware of her husband's immoral and callous behavior, as well as the overall brutal ideology that governs Germany, but what can be done when Are you simply a woman in a time when men are still autocratic? What can be done for an 8-year-old boy who only wants to be a world explorer, has a pure, innocent soul, and has no idea about the crime that is taking place right behind his house? Are you here to help a friend in a concentration camp? ...
The ending differs slightly from the book; it's clearer, more brutal, and thus more painful and agonizing. The mother's anguished cries in the middle of the seemingly never-ending rain when she lost the son she gave birth to, the father's perplexed expression as he now pays the price for his sins. And the final scene is haunting... What could be more agonizing than that? ..