Boy in the striped pyjamas book Week 1. Blog post 2

After reading the book, I half expected what the ending was going to be. I was not expecting at all what was going to happen with Bruno and Shmuel and how they were going to spend their last moments together and where they were going to spend their last moments together.

However, I was expecting that the relationship that Bruno and Shmuel had with each other would reach an all time high... and I was right. The reason I predicted that the relationship that Bruno had with Shmuel would reach a peak by the end of the book was because all through the book, their relationship with each other slowly but surely started to increase.

There was really no problem resolved because Bruno died, but I strongly believe that the bond between Bruno's mum and Bruno's older sister got heaps stronger by the conclusion of the book. However, the bond between the father and the rest of the family decreased substantially.

I predicted this was going to happen because, through the book, Bruno and Shmuel had a steady, stable and strong relationship with each other, all through the book, the relationship between the father and the rest of the family was very low. They were always fighting and arguing (especially the mother and father).

I feel as though both Bruno's mother and his sister were deeply saddened and in shock at the same time by the end of the book. Still, the father wasn't affected by any of this.
The reason I believe that the father was not saddened by Bruno's death was of two reasons. One, he was in the army, which meant he had a pretty thick skin, so he wouldn't have been that emotionally attached with the situation.

And two, the father only very rarely had a positive relationship with any of his family members so agin, I don't think he was too emotionally attached to the situation.
The clues in the story that show this is when after Bruno dies, the mother and daughter go back to Berlin while the dad stays in OutWith. Also, in OutWith, the father didn't feel in any way affected.