It's sad that the story ends in the way it does. It makes me sad that Bruno died for such a notion as to spend some time with a friend. It is interesting; it almost seems to me that Bruno's death was the punishment for his dad's actions. And what's worse to think about is that even that may not be ample compensation for the atrocities wreaked upon those people in the concentration camp by Bruno's father.
The part where Bruno sees those people in the concentration camp so depressed and hopeless in probably the only part of the story where Bruno actually is exposed to their plight. Most of the story, it is avoided or Bruno just doesn't understand it.
The last part of the book says that nothing like the Holocaust could ever happen again in this day and age, which is ironic, probably the author's intention, because it is happening all over the world, and it is not given as much attention as it ought to be. It was a good way to end the book.
I read the interview, and it is very cool that he did not use the word Aushwitz so his book could be a type of all-encompassing thing.
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Yeah it was supposed to be ironic. It was the whole, right?right?RIGHT!? thing were the person obviously knows their wrong and everybody else knows it too. But in this case, he was trying to get people to think about how it is very possible and very real. For example recently, the supreme court ordered the release of five algerians who had been held for seven years at gitmo, on no evidence what so ever. There countless other held there, who have commited no crime.
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