“A Boy in the Striped Pajamas” by John Boyne, is about this german family, who lives in Berlin, and is forced to move because of the father’s, Ralf’s,  job. They moved near a Nazi death camp because Ralf was a Nazi.  The move forced Gretel and Bruno to leave all their friends, and they hated it. At that time Bruno, who is ten, has no idea what his father does and what the camp even is. All he’s thinking about is how mad he is about moving.

“We don’t have the luxury of thinking”. This quote is said by Bruno’s mom when he does like his new home. She knows why they had to move, and they did not have the choice to say no.  He feels only and isolated there, and wants to go back to his town with his friends. The quote tells us that the mom did not want to move, but had to.  The quote foreshadows all the bad things that are to come.