The point of view is a third person style of narration.
Yet, it is focused on Bruno's vantage point. This allows Boyne to be able to tell the
story of what happens through Bruno's eyes, but also be allowed to freely move into
other characters' thoughts and mindsets that allow the reader to understand how unique
Bruno is and the state of affairs that surrounds him. The main concept of this style of
narration lies in the closing sentence of the
narrative:
readability="5">...nothing like that could ever happen again. Not
in this day and age.This
statement holds a level of irony in that the reader would no doubt want to agree with
Boyne's statement. Reading it after experiencing what Bruno and Shmuel experience
walking hand in hand is a hopeful sentiment with which one can only hope to concur.
Yet, in reflecting about the political and personal cruelty that has taken place since
the Holocaust, one recognizes that this is regrettably not the case. In order for Boyne
to be able to drive home this point, he has to present the story of Bruno in a manner
that will allow the reader to understand Bruno's experience, but also allow the reader
to accept and ruminate upon the theme that the Holocaust is a unique instant in human
history for to deny that it will happen again is as wrong as saying it happen again. In
order for Boyne's own point of view to be conveyed, he has to retain this third person
narrative with an emphasis to Bruno's own perception throughout the
novel.
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