“The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” happens to use many different symbols and images to express something in the book or create an image in the readers brain.  All of the images portray something different, but together make the book what it is.  I feel that there are many important images created in the book such as the striped pajamas.  Not only are the striped pajamas in the title of the book but it is also one of the first things that Bruno notices when he enters into his new home next to Auschwitz.  The striped pajamas are also represent the dehumanization that the Jews are faced with from the Germans.  Due to all of the Jews all having to where the same outfit, instead of being classified by the people that they truly are, they are just viewed as the people who dress the same.  An example of this is when Bruno is asking his father who the people in the camp are and even says, “Who are all those people outside …. In the huts, in the distance.  They’re all dressed the same.”  This not only shows how Bruno doesn’t truly understand to the effects of what is going on, but this also shows how even a young kid like him realizes that something is not right, due to the fact that they are all wearing the same clothes.  Another example of an image that plays a big role in the book is Bruno’s house in Berlin.  Not only does it represent wealth, but it also represents how good life was before the war.  I feel that this house represents peace before the war due to the fact that Bruno only mentions the good time in this house.  The house also portrays a theme which is that, if everybody in the world was nice and could have peace with each other, there would be much less anger, consequences such as leaving your home, and much more happiness.  I feel that this house proves how naive and little understanding Bruno has of the situation he is in.  Bruno keeps complaining about his new home and how his house in Berlin was much bigger and cleaner, however he doesn’t realize lucky he is compared to the people he lives right next to.  This also gives off an important theme which is to always try and be grateful for what you have and to be happy that you have family instead of sad about your house.  I feel that these symbols are an essential part of the book as they help to create the story.