Based on what I have read so far, I think the fence that Bruno admired from a distance that he is now walking along will have a huge impact on the rest if the story. I believe the fence is going to cause a lot of problems and will be his down fall. Some problems that I hope will be resolved throughout the book will be that he finds out what his father does as a job and uncovers the secrets about "out-with". I believe Gretel and Bruno will have a stronger relationship throughout the book. I believe Bruno's mother will try and move the family back to there home in Berlin, away from the camp as she wants a proper family. I also believe Bruno's father will just do what he is told as this is his job he has been given. So far I sense that something bad is going to happen to Bruno and his family will suffer because of it.

Based on what I have read so far I believe the character that will experience the greatest change by the end of the book is Bruno. So far Bruno's life has changed dramatically from moving away from his beautiful, big house in Berlin to a dull, concrete house in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a dark forest with no one to play or interact with. Bruno describes his house back in Berlin, a happy, cheerful family home, with neighbourly children to play with, shops surrounding and busy streets to navigate through. As against this sad, unfriendly, lonely house where there are no neighbours, there are no shops, there are no cars and only a distant view of a barbed wire fence. By the time the story is over I believe Bruno will be well on his way to developing from a quiet boy to a questioning teenager. He will probably have a better relationship with his sister and ask further questions of his Mum and Dad as to what his Dad does for a career and why they moved so suddenly.

This story is set in Germany during World War 2. The central character is nine years old named Bruno. Bruno's father is an SS commander who has been given a promotion to look after a concentration camp. Which means Bruno's family including his mother and his sister Gretel are forced to move from the beautiful, big house in Berlin to a dull, concrete house in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a forest. The biggest conflict so far is when Bruno and his older sister Gretel are forced to move away from Berlin for there fathers work. Bruno believes it is extremely unfair that he has to leave behind his friends, his house and pretty much his whole entire life just so his father can work. Bruno tries as hard as he can to convince his father that this place is just not right for a nine year old boy like himself, but his father explains that job is very important and is a serious matter. However when Bruno spots an enormous barbed wire fence in the distance that separates himself from other adults and children everything starts to change.